Sean Fellman Bags Massive Chip Lead After Day 1e in Event 1 $550 Buy-In at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship
Day 1e has been completed at Live! Hotel and Casino for Event 1 $550 Buy-In at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship. The fifth of seven flights saw the most entrants so far, with 135 players entering, and 17 bagging up for Day 2. The chip leader at the end of the night was Sean Fellman finishing with 551,000 chips.
Fellman was able to accumulate large portion of his stack after a double knockout, when Fellman made a full house aces full of nines, to beat aces full of sixes, and eliminated another short stack in the process. Behind him on the leaderboard is Daniel Lim (476,500) and Ryan Clark (356,000).
Top 10 Chip Counts from Day 1e
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Fellman | United States | 551,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Lim | United States | 476,500 |
| 3 | Ryan Clark | United States | 356,000 |
| 4 | Jordan Ludwick | United States | 294,000 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Chrin | United States | 288,500 |
| 6 | Ahmed Fahmy | United States | 283000 |
| 7 | Andrew Kershaw | United States | 248,000 |
| 8 | John Welsh | United States | 221000 |
| 9 | John Malczan | United States | 208,500 |
| 10 | Henry Holst | United States | 192,500 |
One of the biggest pots of the day happened early in Level 12, when Michael Daddario and Jordan Ludwick got involved in a blind versus blind cooler. Daddario got his aces cracked by the ace-king suited of Ludwick, who turned a Broadway straight to take a pot worth over 250,000 and eliminate Daddario.
Ludwick was also involved in the hand that burst the money bubble, when he rivered a flush against his opponents flopped two pair.
Important Day 1g Info
The seventh and final flight of the opening event at the Pennsylvania State Championship will start at 10:15am, due to the Eagles Preseason Game. Live! Hotel and Casino will be charging for event parking, but all players will be immediately reimbursed once arriving at the tournament. Blinds will be starting at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Play will conclude once 12.5% of the field remain, all of whom will make Day 2 and be guaranteed in the money.
Late registration and reentries are permitted through Level 8, with 15-minute breaks taking place every four levels. Unlimited reentries are allowed and players may play additional Day 1 flights in an attempt to increase their chip counts. Should a player choose to play multiple Day 1 flights, only the highest qualifying stack will be permitted to continue to Day 2.
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