Day 2 Ends with 106 Players; WPT Champion Ben Hamnett Leads with 800,000

Photo:  Chipleader Ben Hamnett

Day 2 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic comes to an end with 106 players remaining, and the chipleader is WPT Champions Club member Ben Hamnett, who bagged up 800,000 (160 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be released later tonight, but in the meantime, here is an unofficial look at the top five on the leaderboard:

1.  Ben Hamnett  –  800,000  (160 bb)
2.  Johan Schumacher  –  714,000  (143 bb)
3.  Taylor Black  –  689,000  (138 bb)
4.  Joseph Cheong  –  673,000  (135 bb)
5.  Matt Berkey  –  648,000  (130 bb)

The final 90 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $18,110 each, while the winner will earn $1,241,430. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $1,241,430
2nd:  $827,620
3rd:  $609,960
4th:  $454,590
5th:  $342,645
6th:  $261,235
7th:  $201,480
8th:  $157,220
9th-10th:  $124,145
11th-12th:  $99,205
13th-14th:  $80,245
15th-16th:  $65,705
17th-20th:  $54,475
21st-24th:  $45,735
25th-32nd:  $38,890
33rd-40th:  $33,495
41st-48th:  $29,230
49th-56th:  $25,850
57th-64th:  $23,165
65th-72nd:  $21,045
73rd-80th:  $19,385
81st-90th:  $18,110

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Friday) at 12:00 noon PST, and the field will once again be playing 90-minute levels as they burst the Money Bubble and play down closer to the final table. The Day 3 seat draw will be released later tonight, so return to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com