Day 1B Ends with James Morgan Leading 217 Survivors with 1,369,000

Photo:  Day 1B Chipleader James Morgan

After simultaneous eliminations leading up to the Money Bubble, there was no need for hand-for-hand play as the bubble had burst with 217 players remaining to bag up chips for Day 2. The chipleader for Day 1B is James Morgan, who finished with 1,369,000 (137 big blinds).

There were 1,739 entries on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 3,003. The prizepool is already worth more than $2.9 million on its way to the $5 million guarantee.

The full list of the 217 survivors from Day 1B can be found in the Chip Counts tab (click here), and here’s a look at the top 10:

1.  James Morgan  –  1,369,000  (137 bb)
2.  Alfie Poetra  –  1,115,000  (112 bb)
3.  Sihao Zhang  –  982,000  (98 bb)
4.  Ryan Pedigo  –  956,000  (96 bb)
5.  Jack Nathan  –  858,000  (86 bb)
6.  Jamie Dwan  –  836,000  (84 bb)
7.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  834,000  (83 bb)
8.  Brandon Cantu  –  815,000  (82 bb)
9.  Brett Murray  –  806,000  (81 bb)
10.  Satoshi Tanaka  –  801,000  (80 bb)

Action ended with 20:18 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with the blinds rolled back to the starting flight that finished with the lowest blinds.

Day 1C begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11:00 am, with registration open until the end of the dinner break (about 6:45 pm). There will be a total of four starting flights, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting flight.

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