Championship Day 2: Brian Altman (1,282,000) Leads Final 78 Players

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Chip Leader Brian Altman
Chip Leader Brian Altman

Day 2 has come to a close in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open and 78 players remain from the 361 that returned from the three starting flights. The chip leader at the end of play is Brian Altman with 1,282,000.

Here is a look at the other top stacks at the end of play.

Joelle Guarino – 1,149,000
Mark Dube – 1,112,000
Nenad Medic – 839,000
Nathan Tuthill – 826,000
Amir Babakhani – 720,000
Joshua Kay – 712,000
Vinny Pahuja – 702,000
Yaron Wasserman – 697,000
Rob Wazwaz – 682,000
Zo Karim – 642,000

The notables that fell before the money bubble burst included Marvin Rettenmaier, Matt Waxman, Jordan Cristos, Keven Stammen, Tony Ruberto, Will Failla, Tony Dunst, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Cornel Cimpan, Eric Afriat, Darren Elias, and last year’s winner James Calderaro.

The money bubbled burst late today when 100 players remained. Josh Arieh was the unlucky bubble boy. Notable cashes included Shawn Cunix (99th – $6,573), Patrick Eskanbdar (94th – $6,573), Blair Hinkle (84th – $6,901), and Tyler Patterson (82nd – $6,901).

The field will return at noon ET on Monday to continue the march down to the final table. Tune back in at that time for more live coverage of this championship event.