WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Main Event Draws 1,127 Entries, Heads Into Day 2 with 117 Survivors

WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Main Event Draws 1,127 Entries, Heads Into Day 2 with 117 Survivors

Ryan McKnight eyes first WSOP Circuit title, accept in general chip lead into Day 2 of the competition

One more day of value poker activity wrapped up at Harrah's Cherokee on Saturday. The North Carolina gambling club is as of now facilitating the WSOP Circuit and the arrangement's feature competition – the $1,700 Main Event – finished the previous evening the second of two beginning flights.

Flight B of a standout amongst the most well known Main Events throughout the WSOP Circuit season drew a sum of 1,127 contestants, of whom 708 enlisted through Day 1B. Flight An of the competition pulled in 419 on Friday.

The Main Event commenced with an ensured prize pool of $1 million yet the monstrous intrigue completely crushed the assurance, and a prize pool of $1,707,405. The main 117 finishers will get an offer of the cash, with min-gets the money for being worth $2,800. Concerning the victor, they will exit with a powerful in front of the rest of the competition payout of $311,616, a sparkling gold ring, and the privilege to battle in the season-finishing Global Casino Championship, which will happen next summer at Harrah's Cherokee.

As referenced before, there were 708 players to enter the Main Event through Flight B. After 17 levels played for the duration of the day, there were only 94 survivors cleared out. They will consolidate with the 50 finishers who packed away toward the finish of Flight An out of the blue today when Day 2 is set to happen at the host clubhouse. Activity resumes at twelve neighborhood time, and in addition to other things, the 144 survivors will attempt secure a payout as the air pocket is relied upon to blast right on time into the day.

Ryan McKnight Bags Into Overall Chip Lead

Flight B finished with Ryan McKnight stowing the biggest pile of the day. The player had gathered 727,000 in chips when coordinators considered it daily. McKnight has recently traded out four WSOP Circuit and three WSOP occasions. The previous summer, the player completed fourth in the WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack for his vocation's biggest money of $374,515. He is currently competing for his first-historically speaking Circuit title. It is likewise essential to take note of that the player is entering Day 2 of the Main Event as the general chip lead.

Trailing a solitary enormous visually impaired behind on the impermanent leaderboard is Scott Anderson with 720,000. Anderson, as well, entered the Main Event during its time beginning flight. Balancing top three is Jake Bazeley, who won that equivalent occasion back in December 2014. Bazeley scooped 670,000 the previous evening. Bobby Moon with 655,000 and Flight A chip pioneer Todd Osborne with 586,000 were the other two players to make it to top five of the chip tallies outline.

Day 2 activity is set to commence today at twelve neighborhood time. The players will have the critical assignment to blast the cash bubble and to additionally decrease the field. The competition's last day will happen tomorrow at the host scene.