Combined Day 1 results

WSOP World Championship - Day 1 Combined - Haakon Waerstad remains the chip leader after the final Day 1, with Sam Farha close behind. Day 1C's chip leader did well enough to place third overall, while Day 1A's chip leader, Lee Watkinson, has slipped to fourth. Overall, 19 players have over 100,000 in chips at this point. One of those is "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan, who has a knack for livening up a table. Nearly 1,900 players will play in Day 2 today.

The final signup statistics have also been released. Overall, 5,619 players entered the event this year. First place will pay $7.5 million, and the top 9 will make at least $1 million. 560 players will receive some money, with the bottom getting $12,500.