Cosmic Medrano Finishes on Top of Day 1e Flight in Event #4 $500K GTD
The penultimate flight of Event #4: $400 NLH $500,000 Guaranteed has just been completed after eight hours of play here at The Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas. This was the biggest field thus far, having 377 registration slips sold, and just 46 of those scooped their chips into a bag by night's end.
Cosmic Medrano caught wind under his sails around halfway through the day and never looked back, finishing on top of the Day 1e field with 487,000 in chips. Medrano has already secured his biggest live cash to date just by making Day 2 and is in a prime position to make a deep run here in the Lodge Championship Series.
Right on his tail is Sean Byars who secured 450,000 chips for his Day 2 bag. Rounding out the top five are Alexander Connolly (383,000), Nick Dao (355,000), and Benjamin Perez (343,000).
Top 10 Stacks from Day 1e
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmic Medrano | Grapevine, TX | 487,000 | 81 |
| 2 | Sean Byars | Arlington, VA | 450,000 | 75 |
| 3 | Alexander Connolly | Painesville, OH | 382,000 | 64 |
| 4 | Nick Dao | Harvey, LA | 355,000 | 59 |
| 5 | Benjamin Perez | Plainview, TX | 343,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Alexander Allegranza | Las Vegas, NV | 307,000 | 51 |
| 7 | Jacob Min | Parker, CO | 273,000 | 46 |
| 8 | Julio Cruz | Humble, TX | 247,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Anne Sidari | Austin, TX | 227,000 | 38 |
| 10 | Joseph Caliendo | Phoenix, AZ | 226,000 | 38 |
The 46 that bagged up will combine with the other five flights tomorrow May 8, at 2 p.m. where blinds will start at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Level length will increase to 40-minutes per and will remain that duration until the end of this event.
Over the first five flights there has been a total of 1,196 registration slips sold, with 146 runners already booking a ticket for the final day. The final Day 1 flight is currently in progress and all numbers will be posted upon completion. Anyone who manages to secure more than one bag will collect a $600 bag bonus, surrendering their smallest stack and will begin Day 2 with their highest-value bag.
That is a wrap for the Day 1e coverage, but tune into the final flight updates here at Pokernews for all of the live action.