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Just 13 players managed to bag up a stack of 1,000,000 last night, and are now participating in the second and final day of Event #18: $3K NLH Quest.
The format was is unique, but very popular, as rather than playing to a number of levels, any players with a seven-figure chip stack yesterday advances automatcally to Day 2.
Yinan Zhou leads the way, but its still anoyones game with some crushers still in the field. Peng Huang suffered the first elimination of the day, leaving 12 in contention.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yinan Zhou | China | 2,325,000 | 93 |
| 2 | Athanasios Kefalas | Greece | 1,510,000 | 60 |
| 3 | Khoi Le Nguyen | Vietnam | 1,460,000 | 58 |
| 4 | Aleksei Istomin | Russian Federation | 1,320,000 | 54 |
| 5 | Anton Rubstov | Russian Federation | 1,215,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Yixi Tang | China | 1,135,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Calio | United States | 1,105,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Parahat Nurmuhammedov | Turlmenistan | 1,015,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Jacques der Megreditchian | France | 970,000 | 39 |
| 10 | Ivan Kozlov | Russian Federation | 860,000 | 34 |
| 11 | Axel Hallay | France | 785,000 | 31 |
| 12 | Khoa Anh Ngo | Vietnam | 550,000 | 22 |