Day 1a Chip Counts by Count
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| PLAYER | CHIP COUNT | |
| Shane Truesdale | 282,500 | |
| Forrest Kollar | 277,000 | |
| Rafi Azam | 275,500 | |
| Michael Rosado | 232,000 | |
| Rosemarie Teasdale | 161,000 | |
| Bryant Smith | 144,500 | |
| David Van Reyk | 118,500 | |
| Tom Ellison | 110,500 | |
| Evan Cantalupo | 109,000 | |
| Scott Subak | 107,500 | |
| Richard Alsup | 104,000 | |
| Kyna England | 97,500 | |
| Chad Vtke | 96,500 | |
| Bart Jacobs | 96,000 | |
| Joe Stapleton | 95,500 | |
| Joseph Bednar | 81,500 | |
| Robert Fortuno | 70,500 | |
| Jeremy Clemons | 66,500 | |
| Vaughn (Cato) Lower | 64,000 | |
| Arielle Frank | 53,500 | |
| Val Navarro | 53,000 | |
| Gerardo Higareda | 49,500 | |
| Afzal Atta | 48,500 | |
| Lance Winsaft | 47,000 | |
| Sam Renshaw | 44,000 | |
| Eric Rabelas | 41,500 | |
| Anthony Bland | 35,500 | |
| Grant Foster | 30,500 | |
| Coina Lockaby | 25,000 | |
| Larry Werkheise | 24,000 |
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and England put out a stack of chips to put Vu all-in for around 15,000. Vu tanked for multiple minutes and eventually called. 
for king-high and Vu turned over 
to win the pot with a better king-high. Vu took a victory lap around the tournament area after making the big call, while England was visibly flustered after taking a big hit to her stack. 
turn and Lower fired a bet of 6,000. The opponent again called. 
river and Lower took a minute before betting 16,000. His opponent let it go.
in a heads-up pot, Kyna England fired a bet of 6,500 and Vaughn Lower called. 
river and Lower took a few seconds before calling. 
for a pair of nines, which was no good against the flopped straight of Lower with 