Final 5 Hands
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The Tournament Director has instructed the dealers to deal 5 more hands before players will bag for the night
The Tournament Director has instructed the dealers to deal 5 more hands before players will bag for the night
The play has ended for the day and the following 76 players have bagged up to return tomorrow to regroup with the surviving members of Day 1a and battle it out in Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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411,500
208,000
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208,000 |
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406,000
170,500
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170,500 |
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388,000
185,500
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185,500 |
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384,000
232,000
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232,000 |
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365,000
62,000
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62,000 |
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316,500
11,500
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11,500 |
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301,000
44,500
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44,500 |
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295,500
80,500
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80,500 |
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273,500
109,500
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109,500 |
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264,000
127,000
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127,000 |
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239,000
33,500
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33,500 |
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226,500
132,500
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132,500 |
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224,500
71,500
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71,500 |
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220,500
5,500
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5,500 |
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210,000
48,500
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48,500 |
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207,000
-99,000
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-99,000 |
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204,000
-17,500
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-17,500 |
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203,000
128,500
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128,500 |
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198,000
80,500
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80,500 |
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187,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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186,500
-22,500
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-22,500 |
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185,500
140,500
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140,500 |
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180,500
55,000
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55,000 |
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179,500
37,500
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37,500 |
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178,500
77,000
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77,000 |
Player | Table | Seat | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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Ralph Topete | 22 | 1 | 82,500 | 33 |
Alexander Rodriguez | 22 | 2 | 295,000 | 118 |
Tongzu Ding | 22 | 3 | 180,500 | 72 |
Jared Smith | 22 | 4 | 58,000 | 23 |
Christopher Moon | 22 | 5 | 124,500 | 50 |
Brett Murray | 22 | 6 | 41,000 | 16 |
Richard Peterson | 22 | 7 | 141,500 | 57 |
Wesley Nally | 22 | 8 | 140,000 | 56 |
Cari Zieske | 22 | 9 | 264,000 | 106 |
Mario Lopez | 24 | 1 | 52,000 | 21 |
Jaime Haletky | 24 | 2 | 75,500 | 30 |
Kevin O'Donnell | 24 | 3 | 130,000 | 52 |
Adam Dunkle | 24 | 4 | 536,000 | 214 |
Ravi Udayakumar | 24 | 5 | 411,500 | 165 |
Thomas Riggs | 24 | 6 | 106,000 | 42 |
Michael Zimmer | 24 | 7 | 21,000 | 8 |
Richard Fifield | 24 | 8 | 200,000 | 80 |
Girish Apte | 24 | 9 | 150,000 | 60 |
James Thompson | 25 | 1 | 26,500 | 11 |
Beau Winn | 25 | 2 | 186,500 | 75 |
Gregory Flowers | 25 | 3 | 104,500 | 42 |
John Kenner | 25 | 4 | 295,500 | 118 |
Jasvinder Singh | 25 | 5 | 215,500 | 86 |
Jason Stoddard | 25 | 6 | 71,000 | 28 |
Tao Qin | 25 | 7 | 83,000 | 33 |
Reginald Pears | 25 | 8 | 132,000 | 53 |
Ariel Reid | 25 | 9 | 137,500 | 55 |
Jeffrey Day | 26 | 1 | 92,000 | 37 |
Rahul Lal | 26 | 2 | 142,500 | 57 |
Kao Saechao | 26 | 3 | 50,500 | 20 |
Quyen Hoang | 26 | 4 | 42,000 | 17 |
Paul Arguelles | 26 | 5 | 122,500 | 49 |
Yotam Shmuelov | 26 | 6 | 244,000 | 98 |
Mehran Moeinzadeh | 26 | 7 | 179,500 | 72 |
Benjamin Ludlow | 26 | 8 | 97,000 | 39 |
Aaron Overton | 26 | 9 | 301,000 | 120 |
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Pierce Mckellar | 27 | 1 | 165,500 | 66 |
Ethan Yau | 27 | 2 | 133,000 | 53 |
Zephyr Peling | 27 | 3 | 47,000 | 19 |
Scott Mataya | 27 | 4 | 283,500 | 113 |
Jagdeep Bal | 27 | 5 | 101,500 | 41 |
Jeffrey Spruitenburg | 27 | 6 | 148,000 | 59 |
Ekrem Bozkurt | 27 | 7 | 24,500 | 10 |
Jeffrey Beachy | 27 | 8 | 82,500 | 33 |
Adam Hannula | 27 | 9 | 406,000 | 162 |
Wook Kim | 28 | 1 | 185,500 | 74 |
Phatseluck Yang | 28 | 2 | 388,000 | 155 |
Fudong Li | 28 | 4 | 40,000 | 16 |
Joe Toney | 28 | 5 | 44,000 | 18 |
Jason Bundy | 28 | 6 | 115,000 | 46 |
Maziar Keshavarzi | 28 | 7 | 89,000 | 36 |
Richard Green Jr | 28 | 8 | 163,000 | 65 |
Michael Riddle | 28 | 9 | 102,500 | 41 |
George Waller | 29 | 1 | 132,500 | 53 |
Stephen Song | 29 | 2 | 218,000 | 87 |
Ubaid Gada | 29 | 3 | 68,500 | 27 |
Miralem Mujkic | 29 | 4 | 194,000 | 78 |
Tyler Patterson | 29 | 5 | 28,000 | 11 |
Darren Rabinowitz | 29 | 6 | 127,000 | 51 |
Bin Duan | 29 | 7 | 316,500 | 127 |
Daniel Harmetz | 29 | 8 | 100,000 | 40 |
Joseph Quaile | 29 | 9 | 198,000 | 79 |
James Schipsi | 30 | 1 | 106,500 | 43 |
Jerome Dean | 30 | 2 | 82,500 | 33 |
Naga Kakumanu | 30 | 3 | 192,500 | 77 |
[Removed:420] | 30 | 4 | 22,000 | 9 |
Paul Sampson | 30 | 5 | 563,000 | 225 |
Daniel Turner | 30 | 6 | 384,000 | 154 |
Damion Underwood | 30 | 7 | 59,000 | 24 |
Timothy Lin | 30 | 8 | 164,000 | 66 |
Benjamin Underwood | 30 | 9 | 124,500 | 50 |
David Miller | 31 | 1 | 210,000 | 84 |
Nicholas Quazzo | 31 | 2 | 224,500 | 90 |
Abraham Hichman | 31 | 3 | 70,500 | 28 |
Robert Mather | 31 | 4 | 172,000 | 69 |
Allen Kessler | 31 | 5 | 48,500 | 19 |
Timon Rooney | 31 | 6 | 127,500 | 51 |
Marcelo Carvalho | 31 | 7 | 117,000 | 47 |
Ryan Bechthold | 31 | 8 | 80,500 | 32 |
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Arish Nat | 32 | 1 | 110,000 | 44 |
Feiyue Wu | 32 | 2 | 226,500 | 91 |
James Minghini | 32 | 3 | 36,000 | 14 |
Daniel Martin | 32 | 4 | 165,000 | 66 |
Joseph Mussat | 32 | 5 | 264,500 | 106 |
Joseph Blackwell | 32 | 6 | 204,000 | 82 |
Abraham Tannous | 32 | 7 | 58,000 | 23 |
Roman Shainiuk | 32 | 8 | 108,000 | 43 |
Mingzhe Li | 32 | 9 | 102,500 | 41 |
Deven Cannon | 33 | 1 | 122,500 | 49 |
Michael Abratique | 33 | 2 | 365,000 | 146 |
Ronald Falcon | 33 | 3 | 48,500 | 19 |
Albert Sanchez Jr | 33 | 4 | 178,500 | 71 |
Jared Jaffee | 33 | 5 | 356,000 | 142 |
Asmare Bekalu | 33 | 6 | 46,500 | 19 |
Francis Anderson | 33 | 7 | 101,000 | 40 |
Kelly Mayhugh | 33 | 8 | 94,500 | 38 |
Abrahim Aboukhalil | 33 | 9 | 206,500 | 83 |
Ray Villaman Jr | 36 | 1 | 178,000 | 71 |
Jeffrey Platt | 36 | 2 | 203,000 | 81 |
Dawson Dvorak | 36 | 3 | 54,000 | 22 |
Steven Ritchie | 36 | 4 | 220,500 | 88 |
Joseph Gargiulo | 36 | 5 | 100,000 | 40 |
Stephen Kujubu | 36 | 6 | 100,500 | 40 |
Jesse Lonis | 36 | 7 | 47,500 | 19 |
Steve Numoto | 36 | 8 | 240,500 | 96 |
Shijia Liu | 36 | 9 | 133,500 | 53 |
Alejandro Castellano | 41 | 1 | 106,000 | 42 |
Pedro Rodriguez | 41 | 2 | 66,000 | 26 |
Anthony Hernandez | 41 | 3 | 239,000 | 96 |
Michael Loncar | 41 | 4 | 43,500 | 17 |
Man Pham | 41 | 5 | 88,000 | 35 |
Peter Dirksen | 41 | 6 | 294,500 | 118 |
Primo Acoba | 41 | 7 | 162,000 | 65 |
Jonathan Epstein | 41 | 8 | 207,000 | 83 |
Stanislav Kriventsov | 41 | 9 | 120,000 | 48 |
Thu Tran | 43 | 1 | 204,000 | 82 |
Sean Drake | 43 | 2 | 273,500 | 109 |
Matthew Kramer | 43 | 3 | 135,000 | 54 |
Exequiel Fernando | 43 | 4 | 63,500 | 25 |
Curtis Kowalk | 43 | 5 | 58,000 | 23 |
Jonathan Wang | 43 | 6 | 78,000 | 31 |
Anubhav Jolly | 43 | 7 | 106,500 | 43 |
Gregory Pincombe | 43 | 8 | 187,000 | 75 |
Adam Miller | 43 | 9 | 284,500 | 114 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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563,000 | |
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536,000 | |
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411,500 | |
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406,000 | |
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388,000 | |
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384,000 | |
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365,000 | |
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356,000 | |
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316,500 | |
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301,000 | |
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295,500 | |
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295,000 | |
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294,500 | |
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284,500 | |
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283,500 | |
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273,500 | |
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264,500 | |
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264,000 | |
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244,000 | |
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240,500 | |
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239,000 | |
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226,500 | |
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224,500 | |
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220,500 | |
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218,000 | |
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The air was abuzz this morning as players began entering the room around 10:30 and were greeted with a black tarmac experience only found here at Thunder Valley. The staff was in full Top Gun uniform complete with bomber jackets and aviators while Jeff Platt and Hayley Hochstetler put on an incredible TV performance while Tana Karn and Ben Erwin joined in the commentary. The entire room was truly a spectacle to behold and the energy in the room was electric as “Boston” Rob Mariano announced, “Shuffle Up and Deal!”
After that, it was all business as 273 players took their seats throughout the day with 75 finding their way to a bag after ten full levels of play with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6.
Leading the way for Day 1b after the dust settled is Ravi Udayakumar with 411,500, followed by Adam Hannula with 406,000. This puts them in third and fourth place overall when they return tomorrow for Day 2, with Paul Sampson in first (563,000) and Adam Dunkle in second (536,000), with Phatseluck Yang rounding out the top five with 388,000.
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Paul Sampson | United States | 563,000 | 225 |
2 | Adam Dunkle | United States | 536,000 | 214 |
3 | Ravi Udayakumar | United States | 411,500 | 165 |
4 | Adam Hannula | United States | 406,000 | 162 |
5 | Phatseluck Yang | United States | 388,000 | 155 |
6 | Daniel Turner | United States | 384,000 | 154 |
7 | Michael Abratique | United States | 365,000 | 146 |
8 | Jared Jaffee | United States | 356,000 | 142 |
9 | Bin Duan | United States | 316,500 | 127 |
10 | Aaron Overton | United States | 301,000 | 120 |
Among other notables bagging up were Platt (203,000), Ethan Yau (133,000), Joey Gargiulo (100,000), and Michael Loncar (43,500).
Those who didn’t make it through the day and have missed their chance to advance include RunGood Ambassadors Lexy Gavin-Mather, Jamie Kerstetter, and Kris Burchfield.
With both opening flights in the books, Day 2 will take place Sundaty at 11 a.m. local time and will start at level 11 with blinds as 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. The day will consist of another ten 60-minute levels of play before bagging up to return on Monday for Day 3.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage from the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort until a CheckPoint Champion is crowned on Monday.
Million Dollar Main Event
Day 1b Completed