button in SafariNegreanu Inside Top 10 After $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1
From a field of 647 players, just 146 will head into Day 2 of Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud.
Leading the field is Taylor Atchison (371,500), who is looking to take home his fifth cash this series. His best finish so far this summer has come in Event #42: $10,000 Big O, where he finished in 15th and collected $39,786. He looks to better his career best summer and add another deep run to his burgeoning resume.
Just 98 places will be paid with a min-cash worth $3,017. Daniel Negreanu may have picked up $152,954 for his seventh-place finish in the $25,000 NLH/PLO Mixed but he swapped the two- and four-card variants for Stud to sit ninth in chips at the end of Day 1.
Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Atchison | United States | 371,500 | 35 |
| 2 | David Bach | United States | 297,500 | 30 |
| 3 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 285,500 | 23 |
| 4 | Dave Stann | United States | 280,000 | 23 |
| 5 | Christian Roberts | Venezuela | 276,500 | 23 |
| 6 | Michael Casella | United States | 260,500 | 21 |
| 7 | Menikos Panagiotou | Cyprus | 243,500 | 20 |
| 8 | David Bagheri | United States | 243,500 | 20 |
| 9 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 235,500 | 19 |
| 10 | Tara Dunn | Canada | 234,500 | 19 |
Former PPC champion David Bach sits third in chips, with former WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider also advancing. There are bracelet-winners galore still left in this one, including Matt Vengrin (191,000), Jason Daly (188,000), Mike Matusow (168,000), Blaz Zerjav (83,000) and Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast (45,000).
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