2009 WSOP Main Event Day 2B Photos
Day 2 is now complete after the second of two flights completed late Wednesday night with 1,436 players remaining. Day 2A left 608 players with chips making a total of 2,044 players returning on Friday for Day 3, the first time all the Main Event players will play together.
The 2009 WSOP Main Event drew 6,494 players and collected a prize pool totaling $61,043,600. The winner and 2009 World Champion of Poker will walk away with $8,546,435 in cash plus the unique white gold and diamond championship bracelet. The top 648 finishers will receive prize money. All of the November Nine finalist will become WSOP millionaires.
The total entrants could have been hundreds more if the distribution of players had been equal during the four Day 1's. It is estimated that between 500 and one thousand potential players were turned away on Day 1D after the cap was reached. WSOP Boss, Jeffrey Pollack, promised the disappointed shutouts that the problem would be addressed and resolved before the 2010 WSOP next summer.
All of today's photos were shot on the tournament floor on Day 2B. Many more Day 2B photos after the jump.
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