Sevag Shirinian Leads 74 Into NorCal Main Event Day 2
The Graton stop drew 582 entries for a $567,450 prize pool, and Ryan Tuttle and Antonio Ma are the closest chasers.
Sevag Shirinian will take the lead into Day 2 of the $1,100 NorCal Poker Championship Main Event at Graton Casino Resort in Rohnert Park, California. The final 74 players return from a 582-entry field that built a $567,450 prize pool, and Shirinian is the only player carrying a seven-figure stack at 1,032,000.
According to PokerNews, Shirinian earned that top spot after his Day 1b performance and entered Day 2 as the chip leader overall after two flights of play. Ryan Tuttle is next with 862,000, and Antonio Ma follows with 792,000 after leading Day 1c. As covered in our Day 1c report, Ma had already topped that flight with 792,000 after 194 entries, and 25 players moved on.
The return list also includes Henri Perez Lopez on 495,000 and Jaime Haletky on 470,000. Michael Persky comes back with 296,000, while Victor Paredes is listed at 277,000, Julie Cornelius at 236,000, Zachary Smyth at 226,000, Daniel Hughes at 212,000, Phillip Hellmuth at 192,000 and Charles Himes at 162,000. The outlet’s Day 1c recap had Hellmuth advancing with 211,000, so that stack figure changed between updates.
The event used four starting flights on Friday and Saturday, with 40,000-chip starting stacks, 30-minute levels, unlimited reentries and registration closing at the start of Level 9 after the break. Day 2 uses 40-minute levels and was set to restart at noon local time Sunday, with play continuing until a winner is crowned.
