Cut It and Print It; Day 1b is a Wrap
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Your unofficial Day 1b chip leader is Team Full Tilt pro Phil Gordon, whose late surge and last minute elimination of fellow Team Full Tilt pro John Juanda catapulted him to the top of the leaderboard with just over 157,000 in chips.
Not far behind him is Jean Robert Bellande-slayer Jan Skampa, who bagged right around 156,000 in chips at night's end.
Play is scheduled to recommence tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 p.m. sharp, when the survivors from both Day 1 flights -- 125 of them in total -- merge to form one field and begin the next leg of their journey to the final table.
Official chip counts and a Day 2 seating chart will magically appear in this space as soon as they are made available to us.
Join us tomorrow afternoon for our continued coverage of the 2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, live from the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino.
Until then, good night and good luck!