As the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event plays out down the street, Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Venetian Main Event is underway at the glamorous Las Vegas casino.
The $5,000 buy-in event drew 1,178 entrants, the majority of whom played yesterday's starting flight, to generate a prize pool $5.4 million to smash the guaranteed $4 million. Only 326 players returned for Day 2, including a handful of WPT champions, a few WSOP Main Event champions and plenty of other big-name players.