With so many of the top poker pros eliminated from the World Series of Poker Gus Hansen is taking up the slack.
Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen is currently number two overall on Day 2B of the World Series of Poker with a massive chip stack of approxiamtely $420,000.

Hansen, known for his extremely aggressive play, is now using his huge chip count to keep pressure on his opponents and build it even more. Play $500 match poker bonus.

Currently in first place is Richard Weisman with $485K. Weisman is a local, Las Vegas poker player, who has had one small cash at this poker tournament when he placed 75th in a World Series of Poker prelim event for $7,775.

Team Bodog Poker Players Moving to Day 2 of 2007 WSOP Main Event

All four flights of Day 1 of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event have now come to an end and Team Bodog is moving an impressive crew of players & women poker players onto Day 2. Jun Takada is the Team Bodog chip leader followed by 20 other players from the black and red. Here is a complete list of those who survived the Day 1 madness:

Jose Severino - 85,000
Eric Lida - 29,700
Steven Thornton - 63,300
Dan Melan - 24,500
Greg Hobson - 55,400
Jerry Randack - 45,600
Jun Takada - 100,400
Qinghai Pan - 11,000
Coren Greene - 22,400
Chris Hamman - 24,500
Steve Stolzmann - 28,500
Frank Welch - 68,000
Luis Fernandez - 50,400
Mark Treinen - 16,900
Clyd Rice - 28,800
Stewart Irvin - 97,100
Bobby Reints - 84,200
Shirley Williams - 62,700
Evelyn Ng - 70,000
Roger Polark - 96,700
Yuval Bronshtein - 41,000

Day 2A play will begin in just a few minutes and we will keep you up to date on the progress of Team Bodog live from the 2007 World Series of Poker. Stay tuned to our poker blog for mre updates.

Poker News Source: Bodog Poker