Turbo Flight 1D: Melanie Weisner Leads the Eight Survivors

Photo:  Turbo Flight 1D Chipleader Melanie Weisner

Nearly eight hours after it began, Turbo Flight 1D has come to an end. Here are the official chip counts for the eight survivors, followed by the 11 players who finished in the money this flight:

1.  Melanie Weisner  –  582,000
T2.  Juan Giambartolomei  –  562,000
T2.  Itai Levy  –  562,000
4.  Vahid Jalali  –  449,000
5.  Dominic Coombe  –  417,000
6.  Jakub Wojtas  –  305,000
7.  Mike Rich  –  70,000
8.  Ben Keeline  –  53,000

9th:  Gaston Catzman  –  $1,200
10th:  Murtaza Rizvi  –  $1,200
11th:  Armando Then  –  $1,200
12th:  Marcio Germini  –  $1,200
13th:  Alessandro Fiorani  –  $1,200
14th:  Yasuyuki Tsuji  –  $900
15th:  Orestis Kankopoulos  –  $900
16th:  Garrett Utt  –  $900
17th:  Anatoly Zharnitsky  –  $900
18th:  Binyamin Hershkovich  –  $900
19th:  Anthony Harding  –  $900

Turbo Flight 1D ended with 6:23 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 nine starting flights; which is currently about 14 minutes remaining with blinds at 4,000-8,000, and a big-blind ante of 8,000.

Day 1E begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:00 am, with unlimited re-entries until registration closes around 3:30 pm. Day 2 begins Monday, July 2nd, at 1:00 pm. Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the Zynga Poker WPT500 Las Vegas.