PPWC Main Event: 130 players return for Day 2; Seat draw, chip counts and payouts inside

After three starting days, the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event – enters Day 2 with 130 players out of the 383 total entrants returning to the felt. These players are now just one step closer to claiming a share of the enormous PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guarantee. Cards in the air at 12pm. Live coverage of the action can be found via the link below.

62 out of 176 players survive Day 1C; Gabriel Carter and Martin Gonzales among the leaders

Here’s a look at the numbers, who advanced to today’s round, what they will enter with, the seat draw, and of course most importantly… the payouts.

Main Event rundown:

Day 1A – 22 players out of 64 advanced

Day 1B – 46 players out of 143 advanced

Day 1C – 62 players out of 176 advanced

Day 2: 130 players out of 384 entrants

Day 2: play another 10 rounds of 60-minute blinds

Dinner break: 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 16

Total chips in play: 11,520,000

Average stack: 88,615

Opening blinds: 1000-2000 ante 300

Main Event payouts:

With each buy-in at PHP 55,000 (US$1,050), the guarantee was not reached. The prize pool stands at PHP 20,000,000. While we are still two days from crowning the first-ever PPWC champion, the money may flow today with payouts starting at 60th place. What everyone will be eyeing though is the PHP 4,850,000 (~US$92,600) top prize.

Day 2 entering chip leaders

Coming in today as the overall chip leader is Alpheus Chan who amassed his 273,500 stack at Day 1B. Here are the top 5 leaders:

Alpheus Chan 273,500

William Ysmael 266,500

Abhinav Iyer 250,400

Denis Cherimisin 209,300

Kalyan Chakravarthy 206,200

There are also two WSOP champions in the field, Aditya Sushant (116,200) and Mike Takayama (108,500).

Day 2 by chip count

Day 2 by Seat draw