Robert Clark Bags Day 1C Chip Lead of Event #22: $600 Championship No-Limit Hold'em $500,000 Guaranteed
Robert Clark bagged the chip lead in Day 1C of Event #22: $600 Championship No-Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guarantee, the Main Event of The Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget.
Clark was a bigger stack for most of the day and cemented himself as the Day 1C chip leader by eliminating Thet Mah as the bubble boy in a brutal river beat to end the day with 579,000 chips. Clark will be joining Day 1A chip leader Derrick Contreras (544,000) and Day 1B chip leader Tim Reilly (748,000) as some of the biggest stacks among a field of 138 contenders as they resume play in Day 2, which is planned to crown a champion, on Oct. 10 at 12 p.m. local time.
End of Day 1C Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Clark | 579,000 |
| 2 | Fabien Lecardonnel | 532,000 |
| 3 | Antonio De La Cruz | 530,000 |
| 4 | Corey Zedo | 514,000 |
| 5 | Jason Bartholomew | 469,000 |
| 6 | Brian Johnson | 451,000 |
| 7 | Zheng Wu | 407,000 |
| 8 | John Gardner | 379,000 |
| 9 | Gennaro Proscia | 377,000 |
| 10 | Gustavo Rodriguez | 375,000 |
A total of 531 players showed up for Day 1C, with 67 players moving on to Day 2. Overall from all three flights, there were 1,096 total entries for a total prize pool of $565,536. 138 total players have made it into the money and bagged a stack for Day 2, where one player will take home the $102,266 first-place prize.
Be sure to follow PokerNews on Oct. 10, for Day 2, starting at 12 p.m. local time.