Day 1A Ends with Jules Hamidou Leading 15 Survivors

Photo:  Day 1A Chipleader Jules Hamidou

After 18 hands on the Money Bubble, Alain Michel Lafon was knocked out in 16th place, and the 15 surviving players bagged and tagged their chips for Day 2 of WPT Prime Liechtenstein, which begins on Sunday at 12:00 noon CET.

The flight lasted about 11 1/2 hours, with play ending at 11:28 pm with 31:47 remaining in Level 15, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante.

There were 115 entries today for Day 1A, and there will be five more starting flights over the next three days. Each starting flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 12.5%, which is also the Money Bubble.

Here are the official chip counts of the 15 players who survived Day 1A:

1.  Jules Hamidou  –  503,000  (84 bb)
2.  Juergen Haidacher  –  452,000  (75 bb)
3.  Christian Niederer  –  367,000  (61 bb)
4.  Philipp Meier  –  276,000  (46 bb)
5.  Faton Berisha  –  265,000  (44 bb)
6.  Marcel Maurer  –  255,000  (43 bb)
7.  Rafael Wolf  –  228,000  (38 bb)
8.  Tomas Siran  –  189,000  (32 bb)
9.  Julien Keyvan Piron  –  171,000  (29 bb)
10.  Nadja Sutter  –  162,000  (27 bb)
11.  Gertrud Tabiadon  –  136,000  (23 bb)
12.  Luca Casali  –  125,000  (21 bb)
13.  Thomas Winding  –  121,000  (20 bb)
14.  Robin Scheidegger  –  107,000  (18 bb)
15.  Stefan Huber  –  93,000  (16 bb)

Day 1B begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:00 noon CET, so stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Prime Liechtenstein.