After Day 2 trimmed the World Series of Poker Main Event field from 1,171 to just 38 players, Bryan Piccioli was the man leading the way as players paused for the night like Mike McDonald didn’t on a basketball court.

The WSOP Main Event has been an incredible tournament, hosted by GGPoker and welcoming a total of 5,082 entries, more than enough at $5,000 a pop to smash the previous world record for an online poker event, creating a prizepool of $27,559,500.

The lion’s share of that will, of course, be won at the final table, with almost $4 million up for grabs to the winner.

At the start of Day 2, it was impossible to say who that might be, of course, there was so much poker to be played. Of the 1,172 who kicked off the event’s second day on GGPoker, only 728 would make money, and the money bubble that hovered ominously over the action as the virtual shuffle up and deal took place in nanoseconds dominated the early exchanges at the virtual felt.