Day 2: Skrill Last-Longer Update

WPT sponsor Skrill, a digital wallet payment processor, is hosting a free last-longer bonus prize for players in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

In order to participate, players needed to stop by the Skrill table outside the tournament area on Day 1 to sign up for a Skrill account (or verify their existing account) and pick up a patch to wear during the tournament.

The last remaining player in the tournament who has worn their Skrill patch the entire time will receive their buy-in back — $3,500.

There were 39 Skrill-patched players who survived to Day 2, and here were their official chip counts to start the day:

Mike Wang  –  207,900
Patrick Eskandar  –  204,200
Shawn Nguyen  –  145,400
Nancy Birnbaum  –  139,500
Cornel Cimpan  –  135,500
Andrew Batkin  –  132,000
Bruce Kramer  –  116,900
Robert Butcher  –  112,700
Hunter Cichy  –  101,500
Ray Qartomy  –  100,000
Raymond Ruszkowski  –  100,000
Damien Simon  –  96,700
Jimmy Arora  –  92,500
Scott Efron  –  86,600
Harry Arutyunyan  –  86,100
John Dermody  –  84,600
Maury Barrett  –  77,100
Travis Northrope  –  74,800
Aaron Mermelstein  –  74,500
Ryan Van Sanford  –  64,000
Tim Shane  –  62,500
Ronit Chamani  –  59,300
Justin Zaki  –  55,200
Trevor Deeter  –  54,600
Ebony Kenney  –  52,300
Dan Dizenzo  –  50,400
Ian O’Hara  –  46,300
Vinny Pahuja  –  41,300
James Sutherland  –  36,500
Jeremy Halaska  –  35,000
William Andree  –  34,800
Hank Sitton  –  33,900
Brayden Fritzshall  –  32,600
Travell Thomas  –  30,900
Mike Eskandari  –  29,800
Mike Dentale  –  20,300
Michael Noor  –  20,000
Faisal Khan  –  17,600
Ivan Schertzer  –  14,600

Two Skrill-patched players have gone on to win the entire WPT event — Ryan Van Sanford (pictured), and Aaron Mermelstein. (Perhaps not coincidentally, both players are still in the hunt for this title as well.)

Who will be next?