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John Gallaher (pictured) is looking to win a third gold ring. He enters Day 2 of the monster stack event 6th out of the 61 remaining players.
Thursday features Day 2 of the monster stack, plus two more new gold ring events.
The $1 million guaranteed Main Event begins Friday.
Cherokee, N.C. (December 3, 2015) -The monster stack was expected to have a good turnout, but nobody expected the field to grow to what it did. It ended up drawing 941 entries. It was the largest single-entry WSOP Circuit event of the season thus far. Day 2 of the monster stack will get underway Thursday at 2 p.m. The eventual winner will take home $53,641 and a WSOP Circuit gold ring.
At the end of Day 1 there were 61 players remaining. Here is a look at the top chip counts heading into Day 2:
Rank | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count | T | S |
1 | Marty | Debruhl | 1,646,000 | 126 | 8 |
2 | Joshua | Plummer | 1,182,000 | 125 | 8 |
3 | Derek | Updegraff | 985,000 | 123 | 3 |
4 | Alan | Abramson | 856,000 | 122 | 4 |
5 | Jacqueline | Patman | 826,000 | 125 | 9 |
6 | John | Gallaher | 573,000 | 122 | 5 |
7 | Darrell | Hardin | 525,000 | 126 | 6 |
8 | Ryan | Brown | 505,000 | 123 | 7 |
9 | Fred | Boatwright | 501,000 | 127 | 7 |
10 | Chrales | Brown | 483,000 | 128 | 3 |
Complete chip counts can be found on WSOP.com.
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Two new gold ring events begin Thursday. They are both no-limit hold'em events and they are similar to one another, they just have different buy-ins. The first new tournament on the day is Event #8 and it has a $580 buy-in. The second is Event #9 and it has a $365 buy-in. More on the tournaments can be found below.
Event #8 - $580 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 1 - 11 a.m.
- Players begin with 12,000 chips
- Blinds begin at 25/50
- Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (~3:30 p.m.)
- Re-entry is not allowed
- Levels 1-12 are 30 minutes long, levels 13-21 are 40 minutes long and levels 22+ are 50 minutes long
- There is a one hour dinner break after Level 12 (~6:45 p.m.)
- Day 1 is scheduled to last 21 levels
- Day 2 begins Friday at 2 p.m.
- $100,000 guaranteed prizepool
Event #9 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 1 - 4 p.m.
- Players begin with 10,000 chips
- Blinds begin at 25/50
- Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (~8:30 p.m.)
- Re-entry is not allowed
- Levels 1-12 are 30 minutes long, levels 13-21 are 40 minutes long and levels 22+ are 50 minutes long
- There is no dinner break on Day 1
- Day 1 is scheduled to last 15 levels
- Day 2 begins Friday at 3 p.m.
- $50,000 guaranteed prizepool
Thursday's non-gold ring events include:
- 9 a.m. $100 Mega Satellite into Event #8
- 2 p.m. $65 Mega Satellite into Event #9
- 7 p.m. $135 Nightly No-Limit Hold'em ($10,000 Guarantee)
The first of two starting flights of the $1,675 Main Event begins Friday at 11 a.m. The Main Event this year has a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
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Wednesday's gold ring winner was Andrew Robinson. He defeated 380 players in Event #6 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em to earn $25k and his fourth career WSOP gold ring.
Here is a look at the most recent Harrah's Cherokee gold ring winners:
Event #3: Roongsak Griffeth defeated 358 players ($580 NLHE) for $41,169Event #4: Mike Kaczmarek defeated 427 players ($365 NLHE) for $29,462
Event #5: Brian McDaniel defeated 212 players ($365 PLO) for $15,900
Event #6: Andrew Robinson defeated 380 players ($365 NLHE) for $25,078
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