With the end of registration for Day 1b, 132 were logged. Combining with the Day 1a field, that makes for 205 total, meaning the tournament has surpassed its guarantee with one flight still remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | -40,000 |
|
204,500 | |
|
200,000 | |
|
190,000 | -10,000 |
|
190,000 | 67,000 |
|
172,000 | 76,400 |
|
150,000 | |
|
150,000 | |
|
137,000 | |
|
110,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
95,500 | |
|
92,000 | 42,000 |
|
90,000 | |
|
|
89,000 | |
|
80,000 | |
|
80,000 | -1,700 |
|
|
80,000 | |
|
70,000 | |
|
68,000 | -18,000 |
|
66,000 | -9,200 |
|
54,500 | 13,000 |
|
|
31,000 | |
|
22,500 | 8,500 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
We didn't see how the betting went, but cards were on their backs with Steve Wilkie all in from the hijack for 89,500 against Rich Dixon on the button. According to another player, Wilkie limped in and then raised to 24,000 after Dixon made it 8,000, and Dixon responded with a shove that Wilkie called.
Dixon: 
Wilkie: 
The flip went Wilkie's way as it ran 
.
"Some day, I'll win one of these," Dixon said.
Wilkie opined that Dixon's play was worse than his own in the hand as the two exchanged differing viewpoints about the action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | -87,000 |
|
|
193,000 | 16,000 |
After an early limp, Ben Keeline made it 7,000 to go from middle position. Vincent Griboski shoved for 34,100 and Keeline asked what the damage was then called when action folded back to him.
Keeline: 
Griboski: 
The 
runout favored Griboski, and Keeline sent over about half of his own stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,200 | 75,200 |
|
|
41,500 | -4,500 |
Rich Dixon opened for 4,500 in the hijack, Ben Keeline called in the cutoff, and Jared Ingles three-bet to 16,500 on the button. Dixon called and Keeline folded, bringing a 
flop. Dixon check-called 12,500. Both players checked the 
, and Dixon bet 22,000 on the 
river.
Ingles called but couldn't beat .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
287,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
86,000 | -89,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Three players put in 13,000 or so each on 
, and a 
arrived on the turn. Jared Ingles bet 21,500 from under the gun and Matt Livingston moved all in on his left. The third player quickly mucked and Ingles called just as fast.
Ingles: 
Livingston:
The river was a 
, and Livingston sent about 65,000 to his neighbor.
A few hands later, Livingston got it in with and survived, making aces full against the of Steve Wilkie.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000 | |
|
|
76,000 | -42,000 |
|
19,000 | -81,000 |
After an early open to 3,600, Brett Kuznia shoved for 13,900. Josh Kieval isolated with a shipment of his own in the small blind, folding out the blinds and opener.
Kuznia: 
Kieval:
The 
board looked good for a Kuznia double, but the doomed him on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
With 
on the felt, Nick Boll bet 13,000 from the button and then got stacks in with the big blind, who tabled 
. Top two was no good, however, as Boll had 
for a set.
"Nice hand, sir," the big blind said with a sigh.
When the 
hit on the river, she sent her whole stack of around 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 190,000 |
