2008 WSOP Day 1C: Henning Granstad Is The Chip Leader

Max Pescatori (bottom with headphones) was one of the many big names who departed us on Day 1C at the 2008 WSOP.

We've covered Day 1C of the 2008 WSOP Main Event ad naseum at this point, and we have some big news to break, so we'll keep this post brief.

Henning Granstad ended the day as chip leader stacked at 228,000. While we have no idea who this so-called "Henning" is, he does have two cashes so far this year.

Among some of the big name big stacks making it to Day 2 include David Singer (128,000), Brad "Yukon" Booth (110,000), Evelyn Ng (104,000), Nenad Medic (91,000), Jeff Madsen (85,000), Isabelle Mercier, or as we like to now call her, "Va Va Va Voom" (58,000), seriously Chris Moneymaker (62,000), Liz Lieu, a woman (57,000), Poker News hottie Tiffany Michelle, a woman (49,000), Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (48,000), Shawn Sheikhan (42,000), Archie Karas (40,000), that guy who played with his foot from a few years ago William Rockwell (30,000), Poker News editor-in-chief John Caldwell (18,400), and the hottest girl in poker Lacey Jones (17,000).

2008 WSOP Band of Bloggers: Get full recaps and payouts from WorldSeriesofPoker.com here. Get Dr. Pauly's take on WSOP happenings here. Please please don't forget Pokerati here. And get Poker Prof's recap and more photos here.

Get full chip counts here.