NAPT MOHEGAN: TRYBA LEADS PACK INTO DAY 2

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Day 2 play is about to begin at NAPT Mohegan Sun. Chris Tryba (pictured) enters second day play as the chip leader, with over 170k in chips.

Team PokerStars Pros Vanessa Rousso and Victor Ramdin are right there on the leaderboard. Actually, there are a bunch of big name players still alive in the tournament including defending champion Vanessa Selbst. She enters Day 2 play with 87k in chips.

387 players entered the tournament and 230 of those players survived the cut on Day 1 ... notable players eliminated on Day 1 included:
Sam Stein, Nick Schulman, Eugene Todd Bro, Will Failla, Scott Seiver, Darren Elias, Jason Young, Anh Van Nguyen, Jason DeWitt, Eugene Katchalov (who had a lot of chips at one point), Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, Tim West, David Williams, Chau Giang, Jon Aguiar, Daniel Negreanu, Bill Chen, Dan Heimiller, Melanie Wesiner, Carter Gill and WSOP Champ Chris Moneymaker.

Here are the notable +100k chip counts as Day 2 begins today:
> Chris Tryba 173k (chip leader)
> Vanessa Rousso 125k
> Victor Ramdin 123k
> Adam Junglen 117k
> Eric Buchman 115k
> Mike Sica 112k
> John D'Agostino 112k
> Nenad Medic 112k
> Carlos Mortensen 107k
> Dan Shak 101k

Here are the payouts for NAPT Mohegan Sun (in USD):
1. $450,000
2. $254,000
3. $170,000
4. $120,000
5. $90,000
6. $70,000
7. $50,000
8. $32,330
9. $26,000
10. $26,000
11-12 $21,000
13-14. $17,000
15-16. $14,000
17-24. $12,000
25-32. $10,500
33-40. $9,000
41-56. $7,500.00


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
NAPT Mohegan Sun NLH Main Event
April 9-13, 2011

Mohegan Sun
Uncasville, Connecticut, USA

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $1,764,330
Entries: 387

Defending Champion: Vanessa Selbst

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 128
2nd position 78
3rd position 48
4th position 38
5th position 33
6th position 28
7th position 28
8-11th position 13
12-15th position 11
16-18th position 8