Ty Meservy Leads the 20 Survivors From Day 1G

Day 1G comes to an end with 20 players remaining, and the chipleader is Ty Meservy (pictured) with 441,000 in chips (74 big blinds).

With 248 entries in Day 1G, and another 130 in Turbo Flight 1H (which is still in progress) the total for the tournament so far is 1,584. There are six flights remaining after today, 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 at 8:38 pm with 23:52 remaining in Level 18, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a 1,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts for the 20 survivors from Flight 1G:

1.  Ty Meservy  –  441,000  (74 bb)
2.  Ophir Atar  –  407,000  (68 bb)
3.  Rob Waterman  –  358,000  (60 bb)
4.  Robert Crossley  –  299,000  (50 bb)
5.  Andom Ghebre  –  298,000  (50 bb)
6.  Greg Roberts  –  248,000  (41 bb)
7.  Richard Mestas  –  212,000  (35 bb)
8.  Antonios Roungeris  –  210,000  (35 bb)
9.  Gary Do  –  184,000  (31 bb)
10.  Annee Ngo  –  162,000  (27 bb)
11.  Mike Eskandari  –  128,000  (21 bb)
12.  Hieu Le  –  121,000  (20 bb)
13.  Harvey Alegado  –  117,000  (20 bb)
14.  Calvin Chan  –  114,000  (19 bb)
T15.  Rick Garvey  –  103,000  (17 bb)
T15.  Sascha Walter  –  103,000  (17 bb)
17.  Jesus Sanchez  –  89,000  (15 bb)
18.  Deepinder Singh  –  82,000  (14 bb)
19.  Brian Hunkins  –  60,000  (10 bb)
20.  Gary Sjoberg  –  35,000  (6 bb)

And here are the 10 players who were eliminated inside the money:

21st.  Michael Rangel  –  $1,000
22nd.  Oscar Morales  –  $1,000
23rd.  Sam Weiss  –  $1,000
24th.  Young Eum  –  $1,000
25th.  Gregory Sanchez  –  $1,000
26th.  Nhan Nguyen  –  $800
27th.  Rabi Barbosa  –  $800
28th.  Dennis Defeo  –  $800
29th.  Lee Gale  –  $800
30th.  Jamie Padilla  –  $800

Turbo Flight 1H is currently underway with 54 players remaining from a field of 130 — the final 16 will cash, and the final 10 will advance to Day 2.

Day 1I begins tomorrow at 11:00 am, with Turbo Flight 1J beginning at 5:00 pm. There will be two flights a day from now thru Memorial Day, and Day 2 begins Tuesday, May 30th at 1:00 pm. The nine-handed final table (which will be live-streamed at WPT.com) beginning at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, May 31st.

The Gardens Casino runs single-table satellites throughout the day (today they’ve awarded 30 seats), and there is a $100 Mega Satellite each night at 9:00 pm. So if you’re in the Los Angeles area, come on down to the Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens and take your shot at this WPT trophy!

Photography by Antonio Abrego