Aug 23, 2018
Day 1J (Turbo) comes to an end with Douglas Claybrook (pictured) as the chipleader with 600,000 in chips after the 66-player field was reduced to the final three.
Here are the official chip counts for the three players who survived Day 1J, followed by the five players who finished in the money today:
1. Douglas Claybrook – 600,000
2. Chris DeMaci – 507,000
3. Min Zhang – 214,000
4th: Jesse Yaginuma – $1,200
5th: Cynthia Vencebi – $1,200
6th: Mary Anne Madruga – $1,200
7th: Daniel Mijac – $900
8th: Bruce Buffer – $900
Day 1J ended with 6:00 remaining in Level 23, with blinds at 10,000-20,000 and a big-blind ante of 20,000.
When Day 2 begins, the blinds will roll back to the earliest finish of all the starting flights.
Day 1K begins on Thursday August 23 at 11:30 a.m. (PDT), while Day 1L (Turbo) begins on the same day at 5 p.m. (PDT).
There are unlimited re-entries until registration closes at the commencement of Level 9. Day 2 begins on Sunday August 26 at 1 p.m. (PDT).
Stay tuned to WPT.com for continued WPT500 Los Angeles coverage live from the Bicycle Casino.