Peter Hengsakul Leads the 13 Survivors from Day 1A

Day 1A comes to an end with Peter Hengsakul (pictured) as the chipleader with 1,151,000 in chips after the 251-player field was reduced to the final 13 players.

Here are the official chip counts for the four players who survived Day 1A, followed by the 18 players who finished in the money today:

1. Peter Hengsakul – 1,151,000
2. Robert Zeidman – 620,000
3. Aung Thu – 583,000
4. Eli Cotham – 442,000
5. David Charchian – 438,000
6. Javid Javani – 422,000
7. Le Banh – 317,000
8. Alvin Yee – 248,000
9. Joshua Malina – 245,000
10. Charles Gonzales – 174,000
11. Arthur Coleman – 154,000
12. Jason Jung – 130,000
13. Michael Copeland – 96,000

14th: Han Kim – $1,200
15th: Hien Nguyen – $1,200
16th: Anthony Marquez – $1,200
17th: Bryan Kim – $1,200
18th: Kevin Knight – $1,200
19th: James Chalke – $1,200
20th: Chris Minori – $1,200
21st: Sandeep Pulusani – $1,200
22nd: Jared Griener – $900
23rd: Straton Wilhelm – $900
24th: Owen Crowe – $900
25th: Kevin Cabalo – $900
26th: Adam Swan – $900
27th: Jean-Paul Nataf – $900
28th: Lewis Sliheet – $900
29th: Ping Liu – $900
30th: David Mann – $900
31st: Josh Siegel – $900

Day 1A ended with 24:52 remaining in Level 21, with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a big-blind ante of 12,000.

When Day 2 begins, the blinds will roll back to the earliest finish of all the starting flights.

Day 1C begins on Sunday August 19 at 11:30 a.m. (PDT), while Day 1D (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).

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