Official Numbers

WPT BORGATA POKER OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

The tireless Borgata tournament staff is done with getting the Day 1B bags collected, counted and processed for Day 2 play.

The official total of returning players is 641 (447 from Day 1B), putting the average stack at nearly 49k. Vincenzo Abate returns as the overall chip leader as the only player with more than 200k.

It'll be a few hours before the total chip counts will be entered into the system and posted on the blog. Look for an update sometime after 9 am.

Here's a look at some of the bigger stacks and notable players we've been following throughout the day:

Vincenzo Abate - 201,450
Jacobo Fernandez - 145,100
DJ Whorley - 137,500
April Cromie - 125,300
Puan Tong - 120,400
Bernard Lee - 120,025
Kyle Loman - 119,975
Patrick Hartnett - 117,275
Lisa Hamilton - 115,575
Mike "Little Man" Sica - 112,175
Anthony Caruso - 106,275
Ben Klier - 105,600
Fabrizio Sarra - 104,700
John Mpenehoutsos - 102,575
Blake Purvis - 101,450
Andrew Song - 100,350
Matthew Chang - 100,175
Daniel Makowsky - 96,025
"Mad Dog" Mike Shasho - 95,050
Keith Crowder - 94,225
Chris Bell - 93,750
John D'Agostino - 92,800
Eric Buchman - 76,700
Paul Regan - 74,500
Lee Childs - 73,200
Alex Kuchik - 70,300
Steve Dannenmann - 67,725
Tuan Gbehan - 67,050
Ylon Schwartz - 54,900
Dwyte Pilgrim - 51,600
Payman Arjang - 46,475
Ian Palomo - 45,700
Jonathan Little - 43,500
Gavin Smith - 43,150
"Hollywood" Dave Stann - 40,350
Jerry Yang - 38,800
Nancy Todd Tyner - 37,300
Tony "Bagels" Cavezza - 36,800
Christian Harder - 36,600
Chris Bonita - 34,200
Joey Brooks - 32,450
Mike LaTour - 31,900
Scott Diamond - 30,450
Adam Lippert - 25,175
Josh Brikis - 23,225
William Reynolds - 21,575
Jessica Desantis - 14,000
Beth Shak - 12,800
Rob Nguyen - 11,350