The final 15 players have been sent on what could be their final break of the night with just six more eliminations needed to get to the final nine and end play, sending those players on to Day 2.
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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 1,500
With 20 players remaining in the Day 1b field, just four players have established stacks over 200,000 chips.
They're led still by Monster Stack champion Thai Ha with 425,000 chips, while also in the 200k club is Jason Fitzpatrick, who is making another run at Day 2 after bubbling Day 1a Saturday night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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425,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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246,000
77,000
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77,000 |
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245,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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212,000
70,500
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70,500 |
With 15,000 in the middle on a flop of 9♥8♥6♦, Han Feng in the small blind and Kyle Bowker in early position exchanged bets and raises until Bowker's final 63,000 chips were in the middle.
Kyle Bowker: J♦8♦7♣5♣
Han Feng: A♥A♣9♠7♥
Feng held aces with an open-ended straight draw, but Bowker already had a nine-high straight with his seven-five.
The board completed K♦K♣ as Bowker's straight held up to leave Feng on fumes. He would be eliminated shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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141,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 1,000
Jason Daly has just scored knockouts in back-to-back hands to trim the field down to 23 players.
First after he raised to 4,500 under the gun, Kyle Bowker potted it to move all in and Daly called.
Christopher McAulay: A♦A♥10♣9♣
Jason Daly: A♣K♣Q♠3♥
Daly appeared to be in trouble against McAulay's aces, especially after the J♥8♦3♦ only improved Daly to a pair of threes.
The 6♠ turn brought him no further help, but another crab crawled in on the river to pinch McAulay's stack with the 3♠ giving Daly trip threes to send him to the rail.
On the next hand, Daly was in the big blind with a pot of 76,000 built by the river and a board of 9♠6♦6♥3♥Q♠ in the middle of the table versus Kris Burchfield.
Daly moved all in, covering Burchfield's 42,000 remaining chips. Burchfield thought briefly then pitched his chips forward for a call.
Daly showed 9♣9♥6♣4♠ for flopped nines full of sixes. Burchfield could only show 10♠9♦8♠6♠ for sixes full of nines with the last nine and six in the deck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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185,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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With just over 30,000 in the pot on a completed board of K♥7♠4♦3♥5♦, Han Feng bet 10,000 from early position into Thai Ha on the button.
Ha came back with a raise to 33,000 which sent Feng into the tank for a bit over a minute.
Feng then moved all in for 115,000, leaving a significant decision with the chip leader.
After a bit of thought, Ha elected to fold and Feng immediately showed A♠Q♣J♥10♥ for nothing more than ace-high with a missed flush draw to take a chunk out of Ha's chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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350,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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169,000
50,500
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50,500 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 1,000
