Day 1B Concludes with Linh Truong Leading

Day 1B of the Season XVIII WPT Legends of Poker has come to a conclusion with the 302-entrant field reduced down to approximately 134 players.

Linh Truong (pictured) climbed to the top of the leaderboard in the early stages of the day and never relented. Several players looked to contend with Truong, but once the dust settled, she finished on top with 287,500 in chips. Sitting behind Truong include WPT Champions Club member J.C. Tran (276,000) and Tim Tang (263,500), while the likes of WPT Champions Club members Viny Lima, Mike Sexton, Pat Lyons, Tuan Le, Jordan Cristos, Ryan Van Sanford, Phil Laak, and Mohsin Charania also survived.

Other notables into Day 2 include WPTDeepStacks Champions Faraz Jaka and Upeshka De Silva, along with WPT500 Champion Sean Yu.

A full recap of the day, along with a full list of chip counts will be posted later tonight.

Photography by Jamie Thomson / PokerPhotoArchive

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