Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh Leads Final 8 After Day 1 of WPT Online Borgata Series, Sinishtaj In Second
It took a little over nine hours of poker to reach the Final Table of eight in the WPT Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network $1,060 Main Event, marking the end of Day 1 of the tournament. In total, 440 entries were recorded to generate a total prize pool of $432,700, and the eight who remain will have their eyes atop the first-place prize of $77,349.
When the dust settled, Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh, who this summer won a WSOP.com online bracelet, wound up leading the field with a stack of 34,047,746. Following in the counts is Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj" who finished the day with 25,618,391. Chris “rumpthumper” White rounds out the top three, well behind the first two with a stack of 11,738,135.
Start-of-day chip leader supremetny also made the final table with a stack of 10,054,770, and with blinds returning to 120,000/240,000 and 20-minute levels for the remainder of the tournament, there is still plenty of room for anybody left in the tournament to make a run.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh | 34,047,746 | 142 |
| 2 | Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj | 25,618,391 | 107 |
| 3 | Chris “rumpthumper” White | 11,738,135 | 49 |
| 4 | supremetny | 10,054,770 | 42 |
| 5 | KnowClue1 | 9,702,570 | 40 |
| 6 | nevermuk | 8,145,691 | 34 |
| 7 | sandman9876 | 4,517,586 | 19 |
| 8 | a_stormy_knight | 4,173,722 | 17 |
Day 1 Action
Play began at 5 p.m. ET with 282 registered players, a number that grew consistently through the three-hour late registration period. Starting stacks of 250,000 and 12-minute levels throughout that period provided plenty of room for play, and a bump up to 15 minute-levels thereafter allowed for even more opportunities for action and big pots, and just under half the field remained when the prize pool became official.
Borgata Ambassador Katie Stone became one of the first eliminations once the registration period closed, hitting a string of bad luck that saw two consecutive two outers hit on the turn to send her to the rail. WPT Host Tony "Bond18" Dunst and Borgata Ambassador Michael "gags30" Gagliano were also eliminated in the coming levels.
The top 72 made it into the money, a feat that was accomplished two-plus hours after the registration period closed. Sinishtaj was atop the counts at that time. Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro (51st place), Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski (46th place), Borgata Ambassador Daniel "leinad" Buzgon (30th place), and Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd (17th place) were among those to make it into the money and not advance.
Upon Dodd's elimination, the final two tables were reached with the top four stacks being in the same order they would finish the day. Over the next hour, players such as Brian "pure_reason" Wood (16th place) and Jon "jetsfan411" Borenstein (14th place) also fell short of the final table, and eventually nine remained: Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon found himself as the shortest stack in the tournament and shoved with ace-nine. He received action from Sinishtaj, who held king-jack suited, but a king-king-nine flop proved too much to overcome as he took ninth place to burst the final table bubble and end play for the night.
PokerNews coverage will resume for Day 2 of the Main Event at 7 p.m.ET on Monday evening, where one of the eight remaining players will earn $77,349. Be sure to come back and follow to the finish.
but saw Sinishtaj flop trips, leaving him needing to hit running aces for a better full house or running nines for quads to stay alive. The turn 
dashed any of those hopes and the river 
completed the runout, resulting in Kwon's elimination from the tournament in ninth place for $7,572.
. The turn 
gave them nine more possible outs to stay alive, but the river 
left their pair of nines no good to result in their 11th-place finish in the tournament, earning a payday of $5,949.
gave Sinishtaj a pair of jacks. He now found himself with seven immediate outs to pull back ahead and the turn 
added eight more to that total. The river 
and "sandman9876" led out with a bet of 198,000. "Richardg1289" shoved over the top for 3 million and "chaposticks" re-shoved to put "sandman9876" to a decision for all their chips. "sandman9876" folded and the other two players' hands were shown.
and river 
gave "TyForDaChips" the nut flush en route to a double.
to complete a straight for "Ok4u6033" and "DJDonP14" was eliminated fro the tournament in 75th place. 
. The river fell 
