John Gallaher (pictured) is looking to win a third gold ring. He enters Day 2 of the monster stack event 6th out of the 61 remaining players.
Thursday features Day 2 of the monster stack, plus two more new gold ring events.
The $1 million guaranteed Main Event begins Friday.
Cherokee, N.C. (December 3, 2015)
-The monster stack was expected to have a good turnout, but nobody expected the field to grow to what it did. It ended up drawing 941 entries. It was the largest single-entry WSOP Circuit event of the season thus far. Day 2 of the monster stack will get underway Thursday at 2 p.m. The eventual winner will take home $53,641 and a WSOP Circuit gold ring.
At the end of Day 1 there were 61 players remaining. Here is a look at the top chip counts heading into Day 2:
| Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Chip Count |
T |
S |
| 1 |
Marty |
Debruhl |
1,646,000 |
126 |
8 |
| 2 |
Joshua |
Plummer |
1,182,000 |
125 |
8 |
| 3 |
Derek |
Updegraff |
985,000 |
123 |
3 |
| 4 |
Alan |
Abramson |
856,000 |
122 |
4 |
| 5 |
Jacqueline |
Patman |
826,000 |
125 |
9 |
| 6 |
John |
Gallaher |
573,000 |
122 |
5 |
| 7 |
Darrell |
Hardin |
525,000 |
126 |
6 |
| 8 |
Ryan |
Brown |
505,000 |
123 |
7 |
| 9 |
Fred |
Boatwright |
501,000 |
127 |
7 |
| 10 |
Chrales |
Brown |
483,000 |
128 |
3 |
Complete chip counts can be found on WSOP.com.
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Two new gold ring events begin Thursday. They are both no-limit hold'em events and they are similar to one another, they just have different buy-ins. The first new tournament on the day is Event #8 and it has a $580 buy-in. The second is Event #9 and it has a $365 buy-in. More on the tournaments can be found below.
Event #8 - $580 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 1 - 11 a.m.
- Players begin with 12,000 chips
- Blinds begin at 25/50
- Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (~3:30 p.m.)
- Re-entry is not allowed
- Levels 1-12 are 30 minutes long, levels 13-21 are 40 minutes long and levels 22+ are 50 minutes long
- There is a one hour dinner break after Level 12 (~6:45 p.m.)
- Day 1 is scheduled to last 21 levels
- Day 2 begins Friday at 2 p.m.
- $100,000 guaranteed prizepool
Event #9 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 1 - 4 p.m.
- Players begin with 10,000 chips
- Blinds begin at 25/50
- Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (~8:30 p.m.)
- Re-entry is not allowed
- Levels 1-12 are 30 minutes long, levels 13-21 are 40 minutes long and levels 22+ are 50 minutes long
- There is no dinner break on Day 1
- Day 1 is scheduled to last 15 levels
- Day 2 begins Friday at 3 p.m.
- $50,000 guaranteed prizepool
Thursday's non-gold ring events include:
- 9 a.m. $100 Mega Satellite into Event #8
- 2 p.m. $65 Mega Satellite into Event #9
- 7 p.m. $135 Nightly No-Limit Hold'em ($10,000 Guarantee)
The first of two starting flights of the $1,675 Main Event begins Friday at 11 a.m. The Main Event this year has a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
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Wednesday's
gold ring winner was Andrew Robinson. He defeated 380 players in Event #6 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em to earn $25k and his fourth career WSOP gold ring.
Here is a look at the most recent Harrah's Cherokee gold ring winners:
Event #3: Roongsak Griffeth defeated 358 players ($580 NLHE) for $41,169
Event #4: Mike Kaczmarek defeated 427 players ($365 NLHE) for $29,462
Event #5: Brian McDaniel defeated 212 players ($365 PLO) for $15,900
Event #6: Andrew Robinson defeated 380 players ($365 NLHE) for $25,078
