Day 2 Ends with Diane Zimmerman Leading 99 Players with 10.8 Million

Photo:  Chipleader Diane Zimmerman

There were 1,206 players who made it into the money to start Day 2, but after a full day of poker, only 99 players remain. The big stack belongs to Diane Zimmerman, who bagged up 10,800,000 (86 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts and the Day 3 seat draw will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime, here’s a preview of the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Diane Zimmerman  –  10,800,000  (86 bb)
2.  Fausto Valdez  –  8,950,000  (71 bb)
3.  Joe Serock  –  8,925,000  (71 bb)
4.  Malik Zaman  –  8,550,000  (68 bb)
5.  Cole Ferraro  –  8,000,000  (64 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $1,162,350*
2nd:  $759,890
3rd:  $560,000
4th:  $420,000
5th:  $320,000
6th:  $240,000
7th:  $186,000
8th:  $145,000
9th-10th:  $114,000
11th-12th:  $87,000
13th-15th:  $67,000
16th-19th:  $52,000
20th-23rd:  $40,500
24th-31st:  $31,500
32nd-39th:  $25,000
40th-47th:  $20,000
48th-55th:  $16,000
56th-63rd:  $12,900
64th-79th:  $10,500
80th-99th:  $8,600

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Friday) at 12:00 noon, and they are scheduled to play down to the final six players for Saturday afternoon’s live-streamed final table. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Prime Championship.

Photo:  Season 10 WPT Player of the Year Joe Serock will start Day 3 third in chips.

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in 2025.