The Day Ones are all over, and all players got a day off on Monday, so today is the day that all the survivors get to start their quest in earnest, well, half of them, anyway.
Today is Day 2A of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event (and day 40 overall of the WSOP) and those that did not bust out from Day 1A and Day 1B get to come back and try to survive.
The 20,000 starting stack seems to benefit the pros for the most part, as the better players typically get more mileage out of deeper stack and longer levels. The general consensus from the pros is that it is "their year" - and all the early events seem to attest to that - but there can only be so many players moving on to the next level, and plenty of big time hotshots are hitting the rail regardless.
Predictions for today are hard to come by, but here is one that seems to follow year after year in the main event: a new name will rise to the top as a chip leader, and this player will stay on top for a while. This "new guy" (or gal) will top the charts for a day or two and then self destruct, ala Dmitri Nobles.
Remember this guy? Nobles had the entire WSOP talking about him. He was sassy, he was smart, he was a bit of a smart-mouth, but he started to believe his own hype. He got too comfortable and started to chase when he was on the losing side, and busted out.
Look for another Nobles to come along today.
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