The first day of the WSOP wrapped up well after midnight last night, Eli Elezra leading the field with an official chip count of 302,900. Trailing just behind with 251,100, Amit “Amak316″ Makhija ended the day to Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers’ 216,700. Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar rounds out the top ten chip stacks with 194K. Day 2 of Event #1 will recommence at 2pm PST with 70 players.

Players have now taken their seats for the first of two opening days of WSOP Event #2, which began at noon. Expected to break registration records, this event received more than 3K entries by Friday night, with hundreds more expected this morning for tomorrow’s second opening day.

The Amazon Room has been broken down into four separate sections (Red, Blue, Green, Orange) and nearly 2,000 participants have filed in to take their seats for Day 1A. Some familiar faces scattered around the tournament area include Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke, Jon “PearlJammer” Turner, Matt “Plattsburgh” Vengrin and Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg, as well as live pros Erik Seidel and David Pham.

Good luck to all P5ers!

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