Photo Pro-to and Prize Pool

And I thought yesterday was biggish.

We started yesterday with Flight #1 and 201 players. We winnowed it down to 116. Then, by the time today rolled around, Fight #2 had grown to 260 players. That puts the total number of participants at 461.

We have some estimated prize pool information compiled, which I'll put at the end of this post. For now, a little photo gallery of Flight #2, focused on the pros (a pro-to gallery, if you will).


Flight#2


Short-stacked early, Josh Arieh holds on


With grace and chips


Rounding out the super table, Erik sits just a couple seats away from Evelyn




Yosh Nakono, with a good-sized stack gracefully battling Daniel Negreanu


But, Negreanu has been holding his own


Sandwiched between a Yosh and a Dan


WPT champ, Juha Helppi holding court


One of the two Brenes brothers in Flight #2, Humberto sits just a couple of table away from his brother, Eric.

***
Tournament director, Mike Ward, wandered through a few minutes ago with the final player-count. He did some quick math to determine an estimated (stress...estimated) payout structure.

50-80th place--$11,426
31-50th place--$12,985
26-30th place--$15,501
21-25th place--17,312
17-20th place--$20,775
13-16th place--$25,968
12th place--$34,000
11th place--$45,000
10th place--$55,300
9th place--$65,700
8th place--$77,900
7th place--$91,700
---FINAL TABLE---
6th place--$112,0005th place--$155,800
4th place--$207,700
3rd place-- $311,600
2nd place--$484,700
First place--$865,607 + Seat in WPT Championship

***

We're about to start Level #3. About 25-30 people have busted out so far. It's looking like we'll be working long into the night again.

Which is fun as all get out, by the way.