Kim Frederiksen Leads NAPT Los Angeles Heading Into Day 2

Published on November 14th, 2010 5:16 am EST

Kim Frederiksen is currently the official chipleader of the inaugural Pokerstars.net NAPT Los Angeles main event heading into Day 2 on Sunday.

When Day 1B of the tournament wrapped up a few hours ago, Frederiksen was declared the chip leader of the entire event heading into Day 2 on Sunday. Frederiksen finished Day 1B with 237,000 chips, putting him slightly ahead of Day 1A chip leader, Nicholas Grippo (235,100 chips).

The top 10 stacks heading into Day 2 are:

Kim Frederiksen, 237,000
Nicholas Grippo, 235,100
Thomas Middleton, 229,100
Scott Fischman, 224,600
Hafiz Khan, 210,200
Blake Kelso, 207,500
Clint Coffee, 202,900
David Sesso, 200,000
Romulus Segal, 190,700
Cary Katz, 184,000

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701 players turned out for the inaugural NAPT Los Angeles, creating a total prize pool of $3,229,857.

The top 104 spots will pay, with the eventual winner of the event taking home $725,000. The runner-up will walk away with $440,000, and all eight of the final table participants will be guaranteed a minimum of $60,000.

There are currently 314 of the 701 original entrants still alive in the tournament after the first two days of play (Day 1A, Day 1B).

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As you can imagine, a number of poker's biggest names turned out for this event.

Some of the more notable names who are still alive heading into Day 2 on Sunday include:

Jason Mercier, 173,200
Kathy Liebert, 81,300
Justin Bonomo, 79,600
Daniel Negreanu, 70,200

Some of the notable names that didn't make it to Day 2 on Sunday were Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and fellow November Nine member John Dolan.

Day 2 will get underway at 1 pm PST on Sunday afternoon.

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