Alexander Beleson Leads the Seven Survivors from Day 1G

Day 1G comes to an end with Alexander Beleson (pictured) as the chipleader with 1,114,000 in chips after the 144-player field was reduced to the final seven.

Here are the official chip counts for the seven players who survived Day 1G, followed by the 11 players who finished in the money today:

1. Alexander Beleson – 1,114,000
2. Ping Liu – 528,000
3. David Rosenbloom – 399,000
4. Aaron Zumback – 281,000
5. Max Mashour – 236,000
6. Artur Virabyan – 182,000
7. Michael Nia – 141,000

8th: Sebastiaan de Jonge – $1,200
9th: Anthony Pitesa – $1,200
10th: Jason Bral – $1,200
11th: Vahe Amiragyan – $1,200
12th: Ira Friedman – $1,200
13th: Adin Gardenswartz – $900
14th: Edvin Setaghian – $900
15th: Adel Jreisat – $900
16th: Sohale Khalili – $900
17th: Ilan Brand – $900
18th: Doug Lada – $900

Day 1G ended with 12:09 remaining in Level 21, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a big-blind ante of 10,000.

When Day 2 begins, the blinds will roll back to the earliest finish of all the starting flights.

Day 1I begins on Tuesday August 21 at 11:30 a.m. (PDT), while Day 1J (Turbo) begins on the same day at 5 p.m. (PDT). There are unlimited re-entries until registration closes at the commencement of Level 9. Day 2 begins on Sunday August 26 at 1 p.m. (PDT).

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