Contenders for the Day 1A Chip Lead; Paul Testud Leads with 232K

With the field playing the final level of the night, here are the players with the largest chip stacks contending for the end-of-day chip lead:

1.  Paul Testud  –  165,000  (103 bb)
2.  Paul Deric  –  156,000  (98 bb)
3.  Christian Rotundo  –  134,000  (84 bb)
4.  Guido Presti  –  122,000  (76 bb)

Chipleader Paul Testud, with nearly $2.1 million in career live tournament earnings, is 18th on the all-time money list for French players.

Update:  While posting this update, Testud knocked out another player to increase his stack to about 232,000, putting him pretty far ahead of the rest of the field.

Paul Testud  –  232,000  (145 bb)