Day 1B Concludes with Nick Raio Leading

Day 1B of the Season XVIII WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble has come to a conclusion with the 195-entrant field reduced down to approximately 74 players.

Nick Raio (pictured) finished the day as chip leader with 303,500 after just eclipsing WPT Champions Club member Larry Greenberg who held the lead over the last few levels. Also rounding out the top few counts on the leaderboard include Sam Panzica and Lindell King.

Some of the players also surviving Day 1B include WPT Champions Club members Nabil Hirezi, James Carroll, Jonathan Jaffe, Matas Cimbolas, and James Calderaro. Hirezi, Calderaro, Jessica Dawley, Jamie Kerstetter, Kitty Kuo, and Matt Glantz are also the only bestbet bounties to survive into Day 2.

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

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive

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