$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 1a | 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

12-15-2012 00:40 UTC-4

Big Stacks

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	220,000 2,000	2,000

Suraj Dalal	175,000 10,000	10,000
Daniel Wach	165,000 25,000	25,000
Tanner Millen	155,000 7,000	7,000
Scott Baumstein	140,000 -10,000	-10,000
Alan Kraut	110,000 76,000	76,000

12-15-2012 00:47 UTC-4

Dalal Over 200K, Zemel at Zero

Shamus

A short-stacked David Zemel pushed all in from middle position for about 8,000, another player reraised to 15,000, then Suraj Dalal reraised over the top from the blinds, forcing the third player to step aside.

Zemel showed and Dalal , and when the five community cards came , Zemel hit the rail as Dalal climbed up over the 200,000-chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Suraj Dalal	210,000 35,000	35,000
David Zemel	Busted

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Suraj Dalal

12-15-2012 01:27 UTC-4

Chip Leaders

Mickey Doft

Courtesy of Joe Giron.

12-15-2012 01:30 UTC-4

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	228,000

Daniel Wach	200,100
Suraj Dalal	197,700
Tanner Millen	153,200
Alan Kraut	136,900 26,900	26,900
Richard Allen	126,700 126,700	126,700
Scott Baumstein	115,000 3,500	3,500
Mikhail Alkhazov	104,300 104,300	104,300
Matthew Burnitz	100,500 100,500	100,500
Denis Gnidash	96,200 19,200	19,200
Dixit Patel	74,300 22,300	22,300
Ryan Riess	66,500

David Manzi	61,200 61,200	61,200
Robert Miller	60,200 -25,800	-25,800
Drew Johnson	52,700 -39,300	-39,300
Dan Spanton	52,200 6,200	6,200
Jeffrey Spence	42,200 -29,800	-29,800
Ayman Sawaged	40,000 40,000	40,000
Artur Kos	39,800 4,800	4,800
Robert Wood	37,900 -24,100	-24,100
Neal Gvansan	34,700 34,700	34,700
Terry Feusner	25,300 25,300	25,300
Robert Colucci	23,200 -56,800	-56,800
Naveen Chettipally	20,300 -9,700	-9,700
Matthew Diehl	14,400 14,400	14,400

12-15-2012 01:30 UTC-4

Klodnicki Leads The Way After Day 1a

Mickey Doft

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Day 1a of the 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganzana Main Event has come to an end. Ten levels were played with re-entries allowed through Level 5 and in the end, there were a total of 70 entries. Only 25 made it through and leading the way is Chris Klodnicki with 228,000.

Klodnicki is followed by Daniel Wach (200,100) and Suraj Dalal (197,700). Others who survived the day were Tanner Millen (153,200), Scott Baumstein (111,500), and Ryan Riess (66,500).

Among those who fell short of making Day 2 were Matt Glantz, Theo Tran, Cherish Andrews, Dan Buzgon, and David Paredes. Chances are good that they will be right back at it tomorrow for Day 1b.

Thanks for keeping it here at PokerNews and be sure to follow along tomorrow for Day 1b, which is expected to gather about 100 entrants. Until then, goodnight from Bethlehem!

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Day 1a Completed