717 players entered the final Day 1 flight of the WSOP Circuit Commerce Main Event, creating a massive prize pool of $2,222,505. That number is very close to being a record for a WSOP Circuit event.
Brad Gafford is your chip leader with a stack of 989,000, with Johnny Bromberg in his slipstream. Shaun Deeb is sixth in chips; WSOP Main Event champ Daniel Weinman has 151,000, closely followed by Phil Laak with 112,000. You can find the full chip counts and all the event info on PokerOrg Instant. We're on the floor to catch every bit of drama and you can follow along with all the Day 2 action on Sunday.
One player who won't be making an appearance on Day 2 is Phil Hellmuth.
His bustouts can be legendary, but this one turned out to be hilarious rather than controversial.
