Wsop Main Event Day 1 (ABCD)

The final day of registration at the World Series of Poker has become a day where the collective number of the group means more than any one player in the field. Although there were many big names that both survived and busted on Day 1D of the 2008 main event, all eyes fell upon the magic number. How many players would participate in the 2008 main event? The answer is in and that total is 6,844 players, making a total prize pool worth $64,333,600. The top 666 players will get paid, with the last man standing in November taking home $9,119,517 in prize money. There is quite a lot of poker to play between now and then though, as over 3,000 players still remain in the hunt for the prizes in this marathon of poker.

THe Norwegian Henning Granstad is the chip leader before day 2 is starting, he got about 240 000. He is leadin with over 40k.