While lots of players are fighting for WSOP bracelets in Australia at the WSOP APAC, lots of pros have decided to visit Florida for the WPT Seminole Hard Rock.
DAy 1a saw over 200 players fighting for chips, and a bit less than 80 are remaining.
GPI players coming for day 2 count in their ranks Jason Mercier, Micah Raskin, Joe Serock, Allen Kessler or Justin Zaki.
Chip Count and GPI ranks:
| Position | Name | Chips | Country | GPI Rank | GPI Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Jason Mercier | 119700 | United States | 9 | 2719.78 |
| 44 | Micah raskin | 61100 | United States | 15 | 2509.2 |
| 28 | Joe Serock | 85400 | United States | 21 | 2417.57 |
| 43 | Allen "Chain Saw" Kessler | 65600 | United States | 84 | 1752.02 |
| 30 | Justin Zaki | 82600 | United States | 92 | 1720.18 |
| 22 | Darren Elias | 95900 | United States | 123 | 1581.55 |
| 26 | Jonathan Roy | 91400 | Canada | 143 | 1478.56 |
| 34 | John Dolan | 78600 | United States | 146 | 1468.48 |
| 21 | Aaron Massey | 97200 | United States | 163 | 1395.12 |
| 72 | Tom McCormick | 22000 | United States | 180 | 1361.71 |
| 37 | Johnathon Little | 73400 | United States | 227 | 1228.85 |
| 25 | David Tuthill | 94400 | United States | 244 | 1196.11 |
| 45 | Steve Gross | 59500 | United States | 250 | 1186.04 |
| 27 | Diaz Gilbert | 87000 | France | 278 | 1120.51 |
| 2 | Danny Shiff | 229200 | United States | 305 | 1079.08 |
| 24 | Anthony Gregg | 95600 | United States | 317 | 1067.36 |
| 49 | Jeff Madsen | 55900 | United States | 332 | 1049.17 |
| 6 | Jerry Wong | 180000 | United States | 347 | 1027.1 |
| 42 | Alex Phahurat | 66500 | United States | 459 | 900.24 |
| 29 | Justin Conley | 84600 | United States | 498 | 872.36 |
| 47 | Anthony Cousineau | 58000 | United States | 588 | 795.79 |
| 20 | Erick Lindgren | 98600 | United States | 672 | 745.44 |
| 74 | Jonathan Tamayo | 19500 | United States | 732 | 713.59 |
| 14 | John Krpan | 114500 | Canada | 868 | 632.99 |
| 55 | Richard Kirsch | 50000 | United States | 1057 | 554.25 |
| 56 | Amelio Amato | 47200 | United States | 1090 | 543.19 |
| 70 | Mike Beasley | 25000 | United States | 1187 | 512.1 |
| 8 | Kevin Eyster | 137500 | United States | 1310 | 479 |
| 71 | Benjamin Zamani | 24000 | United States | 1356 | 469.92 |
| 58 | Lily M Kiletto | 46000 | United States | 1981 | 362.33 |
| 61 | Hien Nguyen | 44000 | United States | 2121 | 345.07 |
| 63 | Ryan Young | 40600 | United States | 2181 | 337.43 |
| 51 | Justin Oliver | 52000 | Canada | 2762 | 281.73 |
| 52 | Timothy Miles | 50500 | United States | 2783 | 280.08 |
| 69 | Badih Bounahra | 26800 | United States | 2849 | 276.05 |
| 1 | Donald Nicholson | 355100 | United States | 2908 | 271.4 |
| 54 | Ory Hen | 50300 | United States | 3146 | 255.83 |
| 18 | Jamie Rosen | 101300 | United States | 3681 | 227.06 |
| 9 | Richard Leger | 134500 | United States | 3865 | 218.02 |
| 46 | Louis Werman | 58700 | United States | 5313 | 165.03 |
| 16 | pierrot massenat | 105600 | United States | 6414 | 139.91 |
| 73 | Darin Thompson | 19800 | United States | 6844 | 132.28 |
| 7 | Daniel M Suied | 140000 | United States | 8060 | 112.43 |
| 64 | James Giordano | 40500 | United States | 8060 | 112.43 |
| 13 | Michael Lewin | 119200 | United States | 8746 | 103.9 |
| 35 | Carlos Odreman | 78500 | Venezuela | 9078 | 100.28 |
| 36 | Ariel Quintana | 75100 | United States | 11502 | 78.69 |
| 59 | Trent Wyatt | 45200 | United States | 13947 | 62.66 |
| 68 | Martha Dajer | 27600 | United States | 16897 | 47.93 |
| 50 | David Baker | 55200 | United States | 18486 | 39.99 |
| 3 | Ben RubensTarzia | 213100 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 4 | John McEwen | 184600 | United States | 999999999 | 0 |
| 5 | Faraz Zak | 181900 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 10 | Yung hwanny | 124700 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 11 | Oeg Potseluev | 124400 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ray Millard | 107100 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 17 | Jake Schindler | 102100 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 19 | Steve Hehm | 99300 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 23 | Brayden Fritzchall | 95800 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 31 | James Joyner | 81800 | United States | 999999999 | 0 |
| 32 | Cris DiBari | 81600 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 33 | Ian O Hara | 78900 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 38 | Matthew Obrian | 71100 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 39 | Elio Fax | 70000 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 40 | Mickael Johnston | 69500 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 41 | Bryon Caverman | 67600 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 48 | Mike Schuler | 57000 | United States | 999999999 | 0 |
| 53 | Mike DeGilio | 50300 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 57 | Jon Bron | 46700 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 60 | Tony Ruerto | 45000 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 62 | Nabih Zaczar | 41500 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 65 | Steve Sperber | 35600 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 66 | Ernesto Rencurrell | 32600 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 67 | Joseph Elpayaa | 31500 | 999999999 | 0 | |
| 75 | Nissin Vaknin | 11200 | 999999999 | 0 |