WSOP Day 2A Today at Noon

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Erick Lindgren

Erick Lindgren, 2008 WSOP Player of the Year

Monday was an off-day for the WSOP with no event play scheduled other than the daily tournaments. The Pokernews WSOP crew held it's annual freeroll in the Amazon room at the Rio and that was about the most excitement of the day; but, that all changes on Tuesday at Noon. The remaining players from Day 1A and 1B are combined into a crowd of 1,251 players taking a seat for Day 2A.

The overall chip leader in today's contest is Mark Garner from Day 1A with 194,900. Second in chips is Day 1B chip leader Ben Samoff with 177,500. Two former WSOP main Event Champions, Robert Varkonyi 2002 and Scotty Nguyen 2001,l survived their Day 1 play and will be the only former world champions playing Day 2A.

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Susie Isaacs

Susie Isaacs survived to play Day 2A

More random facts from the 2008 WSOP main event follows. Day 1 A and B players totaled 2,455 and included 56 females or approximately 2.23% proving once again that most females would rather be doing anything else. Erick Lindgren was declared 2008 WSOP Player of the Year which means he will have a billboard size portrait hung on the wall of the Amazon Room. Poker players from 104 countries entered events at this year's WSOP. This is the fourth year the Big Poker Show has been played at the Rio Resort.

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Scotty Nguyen