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WPT Championship - Summary of Day 2

April 22, 2008

BellagioAs the second day of the World Poker Tour’s premier event opened, there could hardly have been a more impressive line up. Anyone who was anyone in the world of poker had turned up to play at the Belagio in Las Vegas - one of poker’s most recognised venues.

Having paid the $25,000 entry fee or (more likely) won their way into the star-studded event, every player, no matter what they had achieved previously, would have been relieved to have got through the first session.

Indeed, just glancing at the names of some of the players who have already gone to the rail reads like a Who’s Who of World Poker: Layne Flack, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Farha and Howard Lederer joined former WSOP champions Joe Hachem, Jerry Yang, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Phil Hellmuth on the bus home as they crashed out of the tournament alot earlier than they would have liked to.

It was Robert Mizrachi, brother of WPT champ Michael, who rose to the top of the field though. He finished the day with an impressive 523,200 chips - around 130,000 chips more than Bryan Devonshire in second place.

Also near the top is last year’s WPT Champion, Carlos Mortensen (320,000) who finds himself in 5th place. Having taken home the $3.9 million first prize last year, a repeat victory this time around would surely rank up there with the some of the game’s greatest achievements.

Play will resume at noon PDT.

Written by ShortStack · Filed Under Poker News 

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