2009 WSOP update: Main Event - Day 2b

There were 2,924 players participating in the second part of Day 2 and now the entire field has been dwindled down to 2,044 players remaining.

Players will take a day off on Thursday and Day 3 will begin on Friday at noon PT and may get into the money where the top 648 will cash.

At the end of the day the chip leader was Troy Weber (453,000).

Big names knocked out: Erick Lindgren, Vanessa Rousso, Scotty Nguyen and Howard Lederer

Big names with big stacks: Phil Ivey (325,000), ElkY (200,000), David Benyamine (199,000), Phil Hellmuth (135,000), Antonio Esfandiari (164,000) Paul Wasicka (210,000), JC Tran (254,600), Kenny Tran (249,000), Lou Diamond Phillips (190,000), Jeff Lisandro (180,000) and Dan Harrington (183,000)