Day 1 Ends with 15 Players; Registration Open Until Start of Day 2; Aleksejs Ponakovs Leads

Photo:  Chipleader Aleksejs Ponakovs

After 10 levels of play, Day 1 of the WPT Alpha8 for One Drop comes to an end. There were 39 entries, and 15 players bagged up chips for Day 2. Registration remains open until Day 2 begins tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry.

Here is the seat draw with official chip counts, including 10 open seats for players who enter (or re-enter) before play begins:

TABLE 32
Seat 1.  Dan Smith  –  1,256,000  (126 bb)
Seat 2.  Ramin Hajiyev  –  144,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3.  Artur Martirosyan  –  337,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Adrian Mateos  –  386,000  (39 bb)
Seat 8.  David Stamm  –  253,000  (25 bb)

TABLE 33
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Isaac Haxton  –  579,000  (58 bb)
Seat 3.  Iaron Lightbourne  –  1,325,000  (133 bb)
Seat 4.  Santhosh Suvarna  –  414,000  (41 bb)
Seat 5.  Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,455,000  (146 bb)
Seat 6.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  302,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  

TABLE 34
Seat 1.  Brian Kim  –  676,000  (68 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Rick Salomon  –  629,000  (63 bb)
Seat 6.  Henrik Hecklen  –  608,000  (61 bb)
Seat 7.  Kevin Rabichow  –  158,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8.  Michael Lim  –  1,249,000  (125 bb)

Day 2 will play as many one-hour levels as it takes to reach the six-handed final table, which will be live-streamed on Sunday. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Alpha8 for One Drop.