Ryan Jones Bags Chiplead at End of Day 1
Day 1 of the $2,200 Horseshoe Hammond High Roller accumulated a total of 121 entries thus far with registration open until Day 2 starts at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21.
The day was action-packed from the get-go with only 40 players finding a bag at the end of the night. The top three stacks when the clocked stopped were Ryan Jones bagging 206,500 followed by Michael Moncek with a total of 195,000 and Greg Himmelbrand with 179,000.
Ryan Jones slowly built his chip stack throughout the day, having a few setbacks but getting a decent sized pot early when his flush-draw went back door straight and he got paid on the river.
Another big stack includes Alex Ziskin bagging 178,500, who battled his way throughout the day, getting almost back to back double-ups against Brian Altman.
Some other notables to survive to Day 1 were Aram Zobian with 156,000, Farid Jattin with 126,000, Todd Ivens with 102,500, Nick Pupillo with 88,000 and Irene Carey who bagged 48,000
The majority of players did not find a bag at the end of the night though, being eliminated throughout. Those of who include Lily Kiletto, Alan Cutler, Brian Senie, Steve Karp and Ryan Phan.
The registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 Monday, October 22 at 2:00 p.m, with the blind levels at 1,000/2,000/2,000 and a 30,000 starting stack.
PokerNews will provide all the live updates until a winner is crowned.
and after the big blind checked Himmelbrand continued for 2,200 which Jones Raised to 6,500. The big blind folded and Himmelbrand called.
fell on the turn and the 
landed on the river. Himmelbrand checked once more and Jones fired 25,000 putting Himmelbrand deep in the tank for about four minutes. Just as the clock was called Himmelbrand splashed in 25,000 to match the bet and Jones tabled 
for a straight and Himmelbrand mucked his hand.
the player in the big blind check-raised Lily Kiletto's bet of 1,700 to 5,000 and she flicked in one chip to call.
and Kiletto's opponent bet 5,000 which she quickly flicked in a 5,000 chip to call.
, Kiletto was faced with an all-in for 10,000 and snap-called. Her opponent tabled 
for two pairs, and she quickly tabled 
for a flush to scoop the pot.