Final Monster Stack Flight in the Books with 1,222 Advancing

Day 1d put the Monster in Monster Stack, with 1,222 advancing from a field of 3,604. Leading the survivors is Australia's Keolin Naidoo who bagged 535,000, just a single 1,000 chip ahead of Chander Jain.

Former November Niner Tom Cannuli bagged sixth in chips, with other notables such as Georgios Sotiropoulos (322,000), Dzmitry Urbanovich (312,500), Esther Taylor (258,000), Dylan Linde (256,500), Justin Saliba (169,500) and Ronnie Bardah (167,000) also advancing.

Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Keolin Naidoo	Australia	535,000
2	Chander Jain	United States	534,000
3	Amit Sharma	India	526,500
4	Dinh Nguyen	United States	521,000
5	Yuanjun Lu	China	487,000
6	Tom Cannuli	United States	486,000
7	Marcelo Lopes	Brazil	479,000
8	Nathan Rosinger	United States	472,500
9	Romain Locquet	France	465,000
10	Saigokul Kannan	India	460,000

Two Hall of Famers managed to make it through to Day 2, in the shape of Barbara Enright (105,000) and John Juanda (32,500).

PokerNews traditional coverage of this event starts on Day 2, featuring survivors of all four flights combined. Play will resume at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 15, with Level 12, blinds 1,500/3,000 with 3,000 big blind ante.

Play will continue for another 10 blind levels. There will be 15 minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 17 (about 5:30 p.m.). Day 3 (Monday) will follow the same schedule. This event is not expected to crown a winner until Day 4.