$250,000 Guaranteed Day 1cd | 2016 iNinja World Championship at Planet Hollywood

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06-15-2016 01:45 UTC-7

iNinja World Championship Draws 1,140; Jeff Sluzinski Leads Day 1c/d With 346,000

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

After Day 1a/b drew a turnout of 420, Day 1c/d of iNinja World Championship got 720 more to push the two-day total to 1,140, smashing the guarantee of $250,000 with a prize pool that should approach $400,000 when official numbers are released.

At the end of a grueling day that saw 139 players book seats to Wednesday's Day 2, it was Jeff Sluzinski coming out with the best stack, bagging 346,000. Praveen Lokam (315,000), Jewook Oh (300,000), Bob Dixon (284,500), and Gary Bertram (262,000) also bagged hefty stacks.

Others making it through included Matt Reed (161,000), Aaron Johnson (137,000), Vlad Revniaga (132,000), Chris Tryba (78,500), Kou Vang (72,000), Leif Force (66,500), and DJ Mackinnon (60,500).

Reed, who made a deep run in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2013, finishing 11th for $573,204, won a big pot late when he opened to 7,000 at 1,500/3,000/500. The small blind shoved for about 47,000 with and Reed snapped it off with . A board of looked bad for Reed on the fourth street as his opponent made a straight, but a river gave him a boat.

Some players firing and failing to bag stacks included Josh Reichard, Anna Khait, Michael Rocco, Lance Harris, Ralph Massey, and Colossus II winner Ben Keeline.

Day 2 play gets underway at 2 p.m. local time back at Planet Hollywood, and PokerNews will be on hand to watch as the tournament plays down to a winner.

Tags: Jeff Sluzinski Matt Reed

06-15-2016 01:19 UTC-7

End of Day 1c/d Counts (full)

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Sluzinski	346,000
Praveen Lokam	315,000	85,000
Jewook Oh	300,000	300,000
Bob Dixon	284,500
Gary Bertram	262,000	262,000
Stephen Dees	243,000	-41,400
Kai Yang	232,500
Patrick Roy	228,500	163,500
Ricky Lim	228,000	228,000
Mason Rosenberg	228,000	228,000
Ahmed Karrim	222,500	222,500
Dhanesh Chainani	222,500
Fred Jones	221,000	221,000
Arlen Yun	214,500	214,500
Ryan Olson	204,500	204,500
Anna Antimony	194,500	194,500
Ryan Belz	192,500
Leo Zamarripe	190,500	190,500
JP Abadia	189,500
Dennis Jeffrey	188,500
David Aker	187,500	187,500
TJ Thondup	179,500
Brad Rhodes	172,500	172,500
Matt Reed	161,000	-29,000
Jeremiah Moore	160,500	160,500

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06-15-2016 00:36 UTC-7

Roller Coast for Reed

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Matt Reed opened to 7,000 in middle position and snap-called when the small blind shipped 47,000 or so.

Reed:
Small blind:

The flop came , but the turn gave Reed's opponent a straight. Reed now needed to improve and that's exactly what happened when he filled up on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Reed	190,000	128,000

Tags: Matthew Reed

06-15-2016 00:14 UTC-7

Woodson, Capps Eliminated

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Tim Woodson put in his last 35,000 or so from middle position, and the big blind snap-called after everyone else folded, showing . Woodson turned over . The flop came and Woodson was dead after a turn.

Jesse Capps busted at another table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Woodson	Busted
Jesse Capps	Busted

Tags: Tim Woodson Jesse Capps

06-15-2016 00:10 UTC-7

Top Chip Counts

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Dees	284,400
Arlen Yu	235,000
Praveen Lokam	230,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

06-14-2016 23:57 UTC-7

Karn Eliminated

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Terry Karn got his last 40,000 in on a flop with . His opponent was drawing with and needed help, which the provided on the river to make him a winning flush after the turn bricked off.