David Avanesyan Leads the 17 Survivors From Day 1C

Day 1C comes to an end with 17 players remaining, and the chipleader is David Avanesyan (pictured) with 304,000 in chips (38 big blinds).

With 208 entries today, the total for the tournament is 675 and counting. This was the third of 14 starting flights, and the tournament is on pace to easily surpass the guaranteed prizepool of $1,000,000.

The final 12% of each starting field finishes in the money, guaranteed at least $800 each, and the final 8% advance to Day 2. Today that happened with 15:50 remaining in Level 18, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 and a 1,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts for the 17 survivors:

1.  David Avanesyan  –  304,000  (38 bb)
2.  Ross Clare  –  276,000  (35 bb)
3.  Danny Nguyen  –  261,000  (33 bb)
4.  Guido Campellone  –  258,000  (32 bb)
5.  James Pilpa  –  237,000  (30 bb)
T6.  James Mitchell  –  236,000  (30 bb)
T6.  Peter Hengsakul  –  236,000  (30 bb)
8.  Christian Estrada  –  202,000  (25 bb)
9.  Chester Burnett  –  153,000  (19 bb)
T10.  Mark Hamilton  –  146,000  (18 bb)
T10.  Sung Baek  –  146,000  (18 bb)
12.  Greg Hopkins  –  143,000  (18 bb)
13.  Buffy Shapiro  –  140,000  (18 bb)
14.  Luan Phan  –  128,000  (16 bb)
15.  Lane Post  –  112,000  (14 bb)
16.  Ryusei Kudoh  –  92,000  (12 bb)
17.  Mike Vaverka  –  53,000  (7 bb)

And here are the eight players who were eliminated inside the money:

18th.  Jeff Hibler  –  $1,000
19th.  Sean Yu  –  $1,000
20th.  Mike Eskandari  –  $1,000
21st.  Luke Brereton  –  $1,000
22nd.  Don Sukantawanich  –  $800
23rd.  John Misiraian  –  $800
24th.  Wilbert Lopez  –  $800
25th.  Gerard Slomkoski  –  $800

Day 1D begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:00 am, and there will be an 11:00 am starting flight every day thru Monday, May 29th. Additional 5:00 pm turbo flights will begin running on Thursday, May 25th, and continue thru Monday, May 29th, for a total of 14 starting flights.

Day 2 begins Tuesday, May 30th at 1:00 pm, with the nine-handed final table (which will be live-streamed at WPT.com) beginning at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, May 31st.

Photography by Antonio Abrego