Jordan Morgan Leads the Remaining 125 Players with 705,100

Day 2 at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw 443 players return to the felt and by the end of the night the number of participants had shrunk to 125. The money bubble will burst early tomorrow when 104 remain and they will all be awarded at least $7,500. For many that will not be enough. Most of the professionals have their eyes on the third NAPT title to ever be awarded and the first-place prize worth $750,000.

One professional that has a good chance to make a deep run at the final goal is day 2 chip leader Jordan Morgan. He finished play with 705,100 to pace the field. Morgan will have a lot of competition at the top because day 2 of this tournament saw a lot of big names in the game rise to the top. Joining Morgan in the top 10 are Vanessa Selbst, who holds 542,600, James Akenhead with 463,700,Ryan D’Angelo with 450,800, Lars Bonding with 443,100, and Sorel Mizzi with 442,500. Other dangerous players that will start day 3 with a dangerous amount of chips are Peter Jetten, Phil Ivey, Cliff Josephy, Todd Terry, Matt Woodward, and Team PokerStars Canada pro Marcello del Grosso.

All of these players will return at noon EDT today to begin play at 2,000-4,000 blinds with a 400 ante and the average stack is 171,840. Here is a look at the tournament statistics from day 2 in Connecticut:

Day 2 Chip Leaders:

Jordan Morgan — 705,100
Firas Massouh — 571,000
Vanessa Selbst — 542,600
Alistar Melville — 513,000
Brandon Hall — 491,500
James Akenhead — 463,700
Ryan D’Angelo — 450,800
Lars Bonding — 443,100
Sorel Mizzi — 442,500
Travis Klein — 417,400

Notable Day 2 Eliminations:

Team PokerStars pros Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Griffin, Jason Mercier, and Angel Guillen, Gavin Smith, Zachary Clark, John Cernuto, David Levi, Christian Harder, Lee Markholt, Allen Kessler, Hoyt Corkins, Dwyte Pilgrim, Kathy Liebert, Brandon Cantu, Chau Giang, Amit Makhija, David Singer, Adam Levy, Shaun Deeb, Bernard Lee, Faraz Jaka, Jonathan Little, Eric Liu, Brock Parker, Michael Binger

Source: Cardplayer.com