L.J. Sande Leads 199 Day 1A Survivors with 245,700

Photo:  Chipleader L.J. Sande

Day 1A of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open comes to an end with 199 players remaining from a field of 382 entries, and the chipleader is L.J. Sande, who bagged up 245,700 (246 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later, but here is an unofficial preview of the top of the leaderboard:

1.  L.J. Sande  –  245,700  (246 bb)
2.  Tony Dunst  –  224,900  (225 bb)
3.  Renata Colache  –  216,100  (216 bb)
4.  Jeremy Joseph  –  195,600  (196 bb)

Photo:  WPT Champions Club Member Tony Dunst

WPT Commentator Tony Dunst made his big move in the last level of the night when he called a preflop bluff from WPT Champions Club member Shawn Cunix, who shoved into Dunst’s . The sixes held up for Dunst to eliminate Cunix and catapult above 200K in chips.

There were 382 entries on Day 1A, and Day 1B begins tomorrow (Monday) at 11:00 am. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 11, around 2:15 pm on Day 2.

Stay tuned to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive

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