Day 1 Ends with Albert Knafo Leading 230 Survivors

Photo:  Season 19 WPTDeepStacks Player of the Year Albert Knafo Will Lead the Field into Day 2.

There were 474 entries on Day 1 of WPT Rolling Thunder, though registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the first break tomorrow on Day 2 (about 2:15 pm). The prizepool is already up over $1.5 million, with room to grow tomorrow.

After eight levels of play, Day 1 came to and end with 230 players remaining, and the biggest stack belongs to WPTDeepStacks Player of the Year Albert Knafo, who bagged up 425,000 (283 big blinds).

The Day 2 seat draw and the full list of official chip counts will be released soon, but here is a preview of the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Albert Knafo  –  425,000  (283 bb)
2.  Andrew Esposito  –  377,000  (251 bb)
3.  Eric Wong  –  343,000  (229 bb)
4.  James Turner  –  338,500  (226 bb)

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:00 noon PDT, and the field will play another eight one-hour levels, scheduled to finish once again by 9:00 pm. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Rolling Thunder.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com