Marek Ohnisko Leads the 10 Survivors From Day 1A

Day 1A of Zynga Poker WPT500 Las Vegas comes to an end with 10 players remaining, and the chipleader is Marek Ohnisko (pictured) with 792,000 in chips.

Borenstein built up a big stack early, but really took control late in the day as the field reached the Money Bubble and the two pay jumps that followed.

Today was the first of nine starting flights, and there were 189 entries. The final 12.5% of each starting field finishes in the money, guaranteed at least $900 each, and the final 5% advance to Day 2.

Tonight play ended at 12:17 am with 32:27 remaining in Level 20, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and big-blind ante of 10,000. When Day 2 begins, the blinds will roll back to the earliest finish of all the starting flights.

Here are the official chip counts for the 10 survivors from Flight 1A:

1.  Marek Ohnisko  –  792,000
2.  Glenn Larson  –  747,000
3.  Ricky Esterak  –  580,000
4.  David Gelley  –  390,000
5.  Shawn Stroke  –  378,000
6.  Aylar Lie  –  333,000
7.  Sashu Stancic  –  204,000
8.  Bob Mather  –  181,000
9.  Ravi Raghavan  –  105,000
10.  Andrew Teng  –  71,000

And here are the 14 players who were eliminated inside the money:

11th:  Joe Serock  –  $1,200
12th:  Adi Rajkovic  –  $1,200
13th:  Gary Margolis  –  $1,200
14th:  Tony Dunst  –  $1,200
15th:  Joe McCarthy  –  $1,200
16th:  Ilkin Amirov  –  $1,200
17th:  Jeremy Jagoda  –  $1,200
18th:  Alberto Sayde  –  $900
19th:  Jim Agate  –  $900
20th:  Oscar Menjivar  –  $900
21st:  Daniel Sewnig  –  $900
22nd:  Denis Ethier  –  $900
23rd:  Joe Mussat  –  $900
24th:  Don Havener  –  $900

Day 1B begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11:00 am, with unlimited re-entries until registration closes around 3:30 pm. Day 2 begins on Monday, July 2nd at 1:00 pm, and the nine-handed final table begins on Tuesday, July 3rd at 2:00 pm.

Stay tuned to WPT.com for continuing coverage throughout Zynga Poker WPT500 Las Vegas.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com