Registration closed right before the start of play today on Day 2, and a total of 12 additional players chose to directly buy into Day 2, and start with 30 big blinds. In addition to all of the players that bagged up in the two starting flights here are the additional players added to the field prior to the start of play today: Eric Siegel, Vanessa Selbst, Jonathan Ulrich, Joseph Berardi, Rami Jradeh, Ryan Mostafa, Todd Rebello, Luke Vrabel, Daniel Monosson, Christopher Caruso, Ruvolo Giusseppe, Vasin Ahmady.
After both starting flights, the additional direct-buys, and one "double bag" player, there were a total of 247 entries in the $2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Championship event, generating a prizepool of $479,180. The top 27 places will make the money, with first place taking home $114,525.
Here is a look at the prizepool breakdown:
| 1 | $114,525 |
| 2 | $70,679 |
| 3 | $46,001 |
| 4 | $36,418 |
| 5 | $28,271 |
| 6 | $22,522 |
| 7 | $18,208 |
| 8 | $14,615 |
| 9 | $11,508 |
| 10-12 | $8,146 |
| 13-15 | $7,187 |
| 16-18 | $6,708 |
| 19-21 | $6,229 |
| 22-24 | $5,750 |
| 25-27 | $4,791 |
