WPT London Draws More Stars

Phil Ivey is among the leaders at WPT London heading into Day 2.

A bevvy of poker stars were among the 94 players who entered the WPT London Poker Classic's Day 1b Tuesday, bringing the total number up to 171.

Names like Freddy Deeb, Neil Channing, Tony G, Bruno Fitoussi and Ross Boatman were among them.

And combined with the £5,000 buy-in, the prize pool for the event now weighs in at a healthy £820,800.

A total of 16 places will pay and £273,783 will be set aside for the winner.

Just 54 survived Day 1b, with Priyan de Mel and Richard Ashby building big stacks to separate themselves from the pack.

They will be joined on Day 2 Wednesday by the 46 players who made it through Day 1a, including chip leader Erik Seidel and a well-stacked Phil Ivey.

The plan is to play down to the final 27 players beginning at 12 p.m. London time at The Palm Beach Casino.

A winner will be crowned Saturday.