Level 9 is now underway with the tournament clock displaying 252 entries as the Day 1a total. Upon registration closing, the floor made an announcement that Day 1a will continue past the scheduled 12 levels of play if more than 40 players remain at that time.
Twelve full tables are now in play, meaning 120 players remain as all tables are ten handed.
Chris Belcher opened to 3,200 in early position and a player in middle position re-jammed for 8,100. Mark Tyner came over the top, shoving for around 28,000, and Belcher thought for a bit before letting his hand go.
All-In Player: 
Tyner: 
The flop 
provided a small sweat to a chop for Belcher, but running 
came to complete the board and earn him the pot and knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
42,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
Joe Sutliff opened to 3,200 in early position and action folded around to the big blind, who announced a call and then put in chips to match.
The flop came 
and the big blind led out for 7,000. Sutliff called.
The turn was the 
and the big blind checked. Sutliff bet another 7,000, roughly half of his opponent's remaining stack, and his opponent folded.
Sutliff then showed 
for a flopped set of aces and the pot was set his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
|
56,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
56,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
50,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
38,000
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
32,300
-8,200
|
-8,200 |
|
24,000
8,100
|
8,100 |
|
|
23,000
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
|
20,000
-22,500
|
-22,500 |
|
16,700
-11,800
|
-11,800 |
|
Busted | |
|
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|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
A player in early position opened and Ian Dean re-jammed for 22,100 on the button. The original raiser called once it was his turn to do so.
Dean: 
Opponent: 
Dean stood up to sweat the coin flip for his tournament life, and he earned the double as the runout came 
.
"Let's go!" exclaimed Dean as the pot was sent his way, and he now finds himself with over 46K early in Level 10.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,200 |
Less than 100 players now remain as only 10 tables remain in play. RunGood Ambassador Blair Hinkle has seen a nice increase to his stack, having more than quadrupled his stack since the last time he was seen. However, Isidro Sandoval appears to be the player atop the counts with a stack north of 200K.
An updated look at more counts has been provided below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | |
|
94,000
54,500
|
54,500 |
|
88,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
80,000
16,600
|
16,600 |
|
|
68,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
60,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
51,500
-28,500
|
-28,500 |
|
15,300
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
13,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Action folded around to the hijack, who open-jammed for 10,600. Jason Darland called in the big blind.
All-In Player: 
Darland:
The flop 
gave Darland aces up, but his opponent had plenty of outs to pull back ahead between clubs, eights, and sevens. The turn 
added three more outs to that tally, but the river 
gave Darland a full house and eliminated his short-stacked opponent from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
