Eli Elezra leading the way
Saturday, May 31st, 2008WSOP Event 1
The 10K PL Holdem attracted 352 entrants, so I was a little under with my guess, but I think I can claim I was in the right ballpark …just….3 figures 
36 places get paid, with the top places paying as follows
1 $ 794,112
2 $ 488,048
3 $ 306,064
4 $ 248,160
5 $ 198,528
6 $ 157,168
7 $ 124,080
8 $ 99,264
9 $ 74,448
70 players remain after day 1, led by Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra 302900
Amit Makhija 251100
Nenad Medic 240200
Patrik Antonius 236300
Justin Newton 233000
Mike Sowers 216700
Anthony Licastro 211000
Nikolay Evdakov 206200
David Bach 204100
Vivek Rajkumar 194000
Chuck Pacheco 191600
Tuan Le 190000
Phil Laak 169000