MONSTER STACKS ALREADY IN THE CLUBHOUSE

Three players have already posted huge stacks after two flights in the @HPTpoker $1,650 Main Event @Gates_Poker, the overall leader right now with possibly the largest #Day2Bag in the 16-year history of the tour.

Tan Hoang (pictured) - runner-up here at HPT Black hawk last September to Jay McVeigh - went on a multi-levels heater in Thursday's Day 1A, wrapping up the night by playing BigStackPoker exceptionally well. His 871,000 stack is larger than any Day2Bag I've seen in my seven years with HPT and I can't find a larger one researching back as far as I can find.

He was only 19k short of having the next four Day 1A stacks covered when play wrapped up with 22 competitors advancing to Day 2.

Friday's Day 1B closed with both David Litt (590,000) and Maziar Keshavari (530,0000) topping the HalfMillyMark. That's also rarified air, as it is not often a Day 2 begins with a player having a 600k or larger stack.

Here's a look at the 41 players - out of 259 entries - who earned a Day2Bag.

Tan	Hoang	871,000
David	Litt	589,000
Maziar	Keshavarzi	530,000
Aaron	Johnson	374,000
Jason	Welch	287,000
Ted	Ramos	281,000
John	Reiter	241,000
Kevin	Clyde	232,000
James	Pupillo	230,000
Chris	Madrid	222,000
Justin	Brown	198,000
Danny	Turner	190,000
Thomas	Fuller	188,000
John	Gaudreault	187,000
Ed	Sebesta	179,000
Jason	Vanstrom	170,000
Matt	Livingston	169,000
Matthew	Wantman	163,000
Phil	Gioia	156,000
HIll	Kerby	151,000
Connie	Bruce	148,000
Danny	Pham	146,000
Charlie	Harder	135,000
Paul	Franendienst	131,000
John	Holdren	131,000
Christopher	Ritsema	127,000
Ross	Lantzy	116,000
Ryan	Hopp	112,000
Kim	Kriter	107,000
Jon	Glendenning	107,000
Steve	Barshak	107,000
Jeremy	Brown	100,000
Justin	Quincannon	98,000
Rory	Hayes	96,000
Ben	Keeline	94,000
Jared	Ingles	89,000
Tim	Campbell	88,000
Danny	Crews	78,000
Jason	Tischer	59,000
Doug	Smith	54,000
Nathaniel	Zoller	47,000

Level - 4
Ante - 300
Blinds - 100/300
Entries - 169

-- Dan Ross - Hold'em Media Live
-- Hayley Hochstetler file photo