$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2014 PPC Aruba World Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PPC Aruba World Championship
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$267,720
Entries
138
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Karp Holds Lead After Day 1a
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Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
An impressive 96 entrants took part in Day 1a of the 2014 PPC Aruba World Championship $2,200 Main Event and by the time play concluded early Sunday morning there were 35 left standing to return for Day 2 action on Monday at 1 p.m.
The 96 entrants has already toppled the 88 that took part in last years event and it was Steve Karp who ended the day as the chip leader with 152,700 in chips. Karp took a big pot against Eugenio Castaneda with set over set to move into the chip lead and he never looked back after that point.
PPC Pro Joe Serock has had incredicle success at this event winning it in 2012 and taking third in the 2013 event. Serock was steady throughout the day and ended up bagging 76,100 in chips.
Ronnie Bardah came into the tournament area today with a banner congratulating him on the record he set at this years World Series of Poker Main Event for cashing five consecutive years. Bardah would be eliminated shortly before the last level of the night started and will have to return for Day 1b tomorrow.
Sports radio personality John Auville flopped quad kings to crack aces and ended the day with 54,100 in chips. Other notables to move on to Day 2 included WSOP bracelet winner Joe Ebanks (112,600), PPC North American Championship winner Nick Mann (76,400), Jesse Chinni (75,300), Patrick Murphy (36,700), Catherine Dee (48,300) and Eugenio Castaneda (67,400).
Besides Bardah there were plenty who would fail to make it through the day including the likes of Mark Kroon, Parry Shaw, Chris Bolek, John Ott, Marcia Kuntz, and Wally Maddah.
Those players will be able to take another shot at it when Day 1b gets underway at 4 p.m. local time later today. Tune in to PokerNews for exciting coverage of the 2014 PPC World Championship Main Event.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,700 | 24,700 |
|
|
148,500 | |
|
|
131,000 | |
|
127,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
114,700 | 26,700 |
|
112,600 | -3,400 |
|
|
101,000 | |
|
100,200 | |
|
|
93,000 | |
|
|
76,400 | 25,400 |
|
76,100 | -3,900 |
|
|
75,500 | |
|
75,300 | 5,300 |
|
|
69,500 | |
|
|
67,700 | |
|
|
67,400 | -600 |
|
|
62,300 | |
|
60,400 | |
|
|
54,100 | 19,100 |
|
54,100 | -25,900 |
|
|
52,700 | |
|
|
50,200 | |
|
|
49,300 | -2,800 |
|
|
48,300 | 13,300 |
|
45,000 |
Almost Done for the Night
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
There are 15 minutes remaining before players bag for the night. There are still 39 players remaining meaning over 40% of the starting field is still playing. We'll have full end-of-day chip counts shortly after the conclusion of play.
Last Level Chip Counts
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Here's a look at some chip counts as the last level of the night gets underway:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
128,000 | 6,200 |
|
|
88,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -5,500 |
|
|
80,000 | 28,750 |
|
|
70,000 | 48,700 |
|
|
68,000 | 14,900 |
|
|
57,000 | -6,900 |
|
|
57,000 | 5,100 |
|
|
51,000 | -22,400 |
|
|
35,000 | 11,475 |
|
|
35,000 | -24,950 |
|
20,000 | -3,100 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Ebanks Cracks Two Big Pairs, Bardah Done
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Joe Ebanks has surged near the top of the chip counts after his 
hit a flush on a runout of 
eliminating a player holding 
and taking a chunk of chips from another player holding 
.
We didn't see Ronnie Bardah's elimination but he tweeted about it after leaving the room:
Busto bullet 2 after getting it in with j high flush draw vs Nut flush draw and we both made flush ..then jammed kj<77 for 33k :(Follow @RonnieBardah
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,000 | 59,625 |
|
Busted |
Baize Wins Four-Way Pot
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
A player in middle position opened for 2,400 and Michael Baize called from the cutoff. The two players in the blinds called as well and the flop came 
. It was checked to Baize who put out a bet of 5,000 which led to three quick folds from his opponents. Baize flipped over 
and said "I was praying for a flop like that."
Who said prayers never get answered? Baize is sitting in 11th place in the Player of the Year race with a third place finish in the PPC North America Championship this past July for $25,210.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
87,000 | 24,900 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
John Ott Busted
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
John Ott got his money in good with 
against his opponent's 
but the flop of 
had him drawing to a straight and two queens to stay alive. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and the frustrated Ott, who has two wins in PPC Tour events this year, was eliminated and left muttering expletives under his breath. Ott is sitting in second in the Player of the Year race and will need to play tomorrow if he wants to catch the leader, Parry Shaw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |