Day 2: Ryan Hughes (364K) leads the Final 277; Jennifer Tilly Second with 279K

Photo:  Academy Award-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly continues her strong run in this historic field, finishing second in chips.

Day 2 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic comes to an end with 277 players remaining from a field of 791 entries, and Ryan Hughes leads the pack with 364,400 (304 big blinds). Actress Jennifer Tilly is second with 279,100 (233 big blinds).

This tournament has made history, because the field is tied for the largest in WPT history for events with a buy-in of $10K or higher, equaling the 2007 WPT L.A. Poker Classic. With the record-tying field, the total prizepool is worth $7,672,700. The final 72 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $22,251, while first prize is worth $1,938,118.

The full list of official chip counts should be released by the tournament staff by morning. Until then, here is an unofficial leaderboard with all the stacks we could find over 200K at the end of the day, followed by the full prizepool:

1.  Ryan Hughes  –  364,400  (304 bb)
2.  Jennifer Tilly  –  279,100  (233 bb)
3.  Samuel Bernabeu  –  279,000  (233 bb)
4.  A.J. Gambino  –  277,300  (231 bb)
5.  Kristina Holst  –  267,000  (223 bb)
6.  Lucas Blanco Oliver  –  263,000  (219 bb)
7.  Corey Hochman  –  260,400  (217 bb)
8.  Anthony Spinella  –  226,700  (189 bb)
9.  David Pham  –  224,300  (187 bb)
10.  Justin Bonomo  –  219,800  (183 bb)
T-11.  Orson Young  –  218,800  (182 bb)
T-11.  Christian Christner  –  218,800  (182 bb)
13.  Joey Weissman  –  214,400  (179 bb)

1st:  $1,938,118*
2nd:  $1,124,051
3rd:  $736,579
4th:  $494,889
5th:  $345,272
6th:  $268,545
7th:  $207,163
8th:  $153,454
9th:  $107,418
10th-12th:  $76,727
13th-15th:  $61,382
16th-18th:  $52,174
19th-27th:  $45,269
28th-36th:  $38,364
37th-45th:  $32,225
46th-54th:  $28,389
55th-63rd:  $25,320
64th-72nd:  $22,251

* First-prize amount includes a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12:00 noon PT. Return to WPT.com for continuing live coverage of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com

Photo:  Chipleader Ryan Hughes