David McCaw Leads Day 1C Survivors at WPT Legends of Poker

Day 1C of the WPT Legends of Poker drew 336 entrants, bringing the total field size to 721 entries thus far (though players can still register at the start of play on Day 2). After 10 one-hour levels, 136 bagged and tagged chips, joining the 148 combined Day 1A and Day 1B survivors. There will be 284…

Matt Clark
Sep 1, 2015

David McCaw

Day 1C of the WPT Legends of Poker drew 336 entrants, bringing the total field size to 721 entries thus far (though players can still register at the start of play on Day 2). After 10 one-hour levels, 136 bagged and tagged chips, joining the 148 combined Day 1A and Day 1B survivors. There will be 284 players returning for Day 2, along with anyone who takes advantage of last-chance registration before Day 2 begins.

At the top of the leaderboard is David McCaw (pictured above) with 272,100, followed by Justin Schwartz (184,000), Anthony Pitesa (171,100) and Greg Pohler (169,200). Others who survived include Nick Pulillo (133,300), Tom Marchese (129,000), Dan Shak (84,200), Champions Club member Scott Nguyen (62,900), WPT commentator Mike Sexton (59,400), Champions Club member James Calderaro (58,000), Candace Collins (56,000), Joseph Cheong (51,300), reigning WPT Player of the Year Anthony Zinno (45,200) and Champions Club member Dwyte Pilgrim (40,300).

Among those who failed to survive the day were David Benyamine, Faraz Jaka, Esther Taylor-Brady, Garrett Greer, Melanie Weisner, Aaron Massey, Tyler Kenney, WPT commentator Vince Van Patten, ClubWPT Qualifiers Jerry Nadeau and John Burrows, and Champions Club members Matt Salsberg and Cornel Cimpan.

Day 2 is scheduled to start Tuesday at 1:00 pm PT, so be sure to return to WPT.com for live updates. You can view the Day 2 Seat Draw here.