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Bodog poker pros David Williams and Justin Bonomo will back for Day 2 of the WPT World Championships. (Bodog Beat Image)

The $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour World Championships got underway two days ago and drew out an impressive field, considering the high buy-in, of 337 entrants. Among them are a slew of well-known poker pros, as well as a couple of Team Bodog poker pros, David Williams and Justin Bonomo.

Among the chip leaders going into Day 2 of the event are poker pros Johnny Chan, Shaun Deeb, JC Tran, Freddy Deeb, David Benyamine, Andy Bloch and Mark Seif. Williams and Bonomo are sitting right about at average with 94,250 and 129,350, respectively, giving them plenty of chips to work with the blinds only at 400/800.

However, the story of the tournament so far goes to Vadim Tricncher, who currently leads the pack going into Day 2 and is looking to become the first player to win back-to-back WPT events after taking down the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic a couple of weeks ago.

The 301 remaining players are congregating in the Bellagio poker room right about now to get started on Day 2 and we'll continue to provide you with updates as the tournament progresses.

Don't forget that the 2009 WSOP is only six weeks away from starting but there are still many, many opportunities to qualify online for the WSOP through the Bodog Poker Flight Club promotion.