The opening day of the $15K NLH 8-Handed drew 204 entries, generating a $3,090,000 prize pool, with 28 players bagging up for Saturday's final day.
The bubble burst late in the day when Alisson Piekazewicz ran top pair into the two pair of Alex Theologis. His exit locked up at least $25,500 for the remaining players, with $642,000 awaiting the first Triton champion of the festival.
Wai Kiat Lee leads the way into Day 2 with 3,500,000, narrowly ahead of Punnat Punsri (3,465,000) and Theologis (3,215,000). Bernhard Binder (2,785,000) and Adrian Mateos (2,225,000) round out the top five, while Nick Petrangelo, Jesse Lonis, Daniel Dvoress and Xuan Liu are among the other names still in contention.
Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time, with the tournament playing down to a champion.
$15K NLH 8-Handed Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 3,500,000 | 58 |
| 2 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 3,465,000 | 58 |
| 3 | Alex Theologis | Greece | 3,215,000 | 54 |
| 4 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | 2,785,000 | 46 |
| 5 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 2,225,000 | 37 |
| 6 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 2,200,000 | 37 |
| 7 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 2,170,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 2,105,000 | 35 |
| 9 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 2,015,000 | 34 |
| 10 | Yin Tao | China | 1,680,000 | 28 |
| 11 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 1,490,000 | 25 |
| 12 | Justin Saliba | United States | 1,365,000 | 23 |
| 13 | Ryuta Nakai | Japan | 1,275,000 | 21 |
| 14 | James Mendoza | United States | 1,275,000 | 21 |
| 15 | Huang Hongbiao | China | 1,260,000 | 21 |
| 16 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 1,110,000 | 19 |
| 17 | Li Yuan | China | 1,105,000 | 18 |
| 18 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 1,090,000 | 18 |
| 19 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 1,080,000 | 18 |
| 20 | Liu Qiang | China | 910,000 | 15 |
| 21 | Wang Yang | China | 880,000 | 15 |
| 22 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 815,000 | 14 |
| 23 | Foo Tuck Wai | Malaysia | 580,000 | 10 |
| 24 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 510,000 | 9 |
| 25 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 490,000 | 8 |
| 26 | Xuan Liu | Canada | 480,000 | 8 |
| 27 | Ethan Yau | United States | 340,000 | 6 |
| 28 | Xu Yang | China | 90,000 | 2 |
$15K NLH 8-Handed Payouts
| Place | Payout | Place | Payout |
|---|
| 1st | $642,000 | 10-11th | $56,000 |
| 2nd | $431,000 | 12-13th | $50,000 |
| 3rd | $302,000 | 14-15th | $44,500 |
| 4th | $248,500 | 16-17th | $40,000 |
| 5th | $194,500 | 18-20th | $35,500 |
| 6th | $147,000 | 21-23rd | $32,000 |
| 7th | $108,000 | 24-27th | $28,500 |
| 8th | $79,000 | 28 | $25,500 |
| 9th | $65,000 | | |
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