Day 2 Ends with 44 Players; Rayo Kniep Leads with 2.37 Million

Photo:  Chipleader Rayo Kniep

There were 474 entries on Day 1 of WPT Rolling Thunder, plus another 116 entries on Day 2 before registration closed at 2:15 pm for a total field size of 590 entries.

The prizepool is worth $1,888,000, with the final 74 players finishing in the money, battling for a first prize worth $361,660.

The field burst the Money Bubble around 9:45 pm, and action ended shortly after midnight with 44 players remaining.

The full Day 3 seat draw can be found below, but here is a look at the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Rayo Kniep  –  2,370,000  (158 bb)
2.  Albert Tapia  –  1,830,000  (122 bb)
3.  Chuc Nguyen  –  1,800,000  (120 bb)
4.  Dann Turner  –  1,690,000  (113 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $361,660*
2nd:  $234,000
3rd:  $172,000
4th:  $128,000
5th:  $97,000
6th:  $73,400
7th:  $56,400
8th:  $43,800
9th-10th:  $34,400
11th-12th:  $27,240
13th-14th:  $22,080
15th-16th:  $18,140
17th-20th:  $15,100
21st-24th:  $12,740
25th-32nd:  $10,900
33rd-40th:  $9,470
41st-44th:  $8,350

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon PDT, and the field will play as many one-hour levels as it takes to reach the six-handed final table. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Rolling Thunder.

* First-place prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com