Bracelet-Winner Lok Chan Leads COLOSSUS Day 1a
Day 1a of Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS saw 3,378 entries and after 17 levels, just 410 players have secured their place on Day 2.
They are lead by Lok Chan, whose only previous bracelet came in the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet event in 2022.
Other bracelet-winners advancing from Day 1a include Brett Shaffer (696,000), WSOP Europe champion Jack Sinclair (602,000), Benjamin Ector (549,000) and Pei Li (379,000).
The second starting flight gets underway on Thursday, June 5, at 10 a.m., just like today. Players will receive 50,000 chips and play 17 40-minute levels. There will be 20-minute breaks after every three levels, and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lok Chan | Taiwan | 1,635,000 | 136 |
| 2 | Matheus Lima | Brazil | 1,305,000 | 109 |
| 3 | Sergei Petrushevskii | Russia | 1,252,000 | 104 |
| 4 | Alex Bergfors | United States | 1,169,000 | 97 |
| 5 | Haik Kyurumyan | United States | 1,096,000 | 91 |
| 6 | Tal Herzog | Israel | 1,000,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Kennon Perez | United States | 998,000 | 83 |
| 8 | Cole Uvila | United States | 992,000 | 83 |
| 9 | Zdenek Zizka | Czech Republic | 966,000 | 81 |
| 10 | Aaron Francis | United States | 931,000 | 76 |
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