button in SafariPoker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter Among Big Stacks in $500k Gtd NLH Event
The first two starting flights of the $600 NLH event with a $500,000 guarantee attached are in the books at the Wynn Summer Classic in Las Vegas, and leading the way is Karo Nuri with a stack of 844,000.
Other big stacks from Day 1A and Day 1B include Avery Williams, Satish Surapaneni, and none other than Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter. Also among those who bagged in the event are Matt Glantz, Brian Green and Yang Lu.
Baxter, who was inducted into the Poker HOF in 2006, is a veteran poker player who was close friends with the late Doyle Brunson. Back in 2023, Baxter spoke with PokerNews about his memories with the Godfather of Poker.
There are still several starting flights left to play out in the $500,000 guaranteed event, including two taking place today.
The full chip counts for the first two starting flights of the $500,000 guaranteed event are available in the table below.
$600 NLH Chip Counts
| Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|
| Karo Nuri | 844,000 |
| Avery Williams | 647,000 |
| William Baxter | 586,000 |
| Satish Surapaneni | 551,000 |
| Anthony Lewis | 539,000 |
| Liran Betito | 528,000 |
| Daniel De Freitas Junior | 502,000 |
| Victor Shih | 442,000 |
| Brian Green | 432,000 |
| Jun Hong | 409,000 |
| Sirui Hu | 389,000 |
| Hassan Kamoei | 364,000 |
| Joseph Isak | 361,000 |
| Damjan Radanov | 355,000 |
| Yang Lu | 348,000 |
| Matt Glantz | 323,000 |
| Jesse Kertland | 264,000 |
| Gheorghe Chitescu | 239,000 |
| Hyontae Lee | 229,000 |
| Junjie Tang | 220,000 |
| Jose Lopez Fibla | 218,000 |
| Samuel Henning | 189,000 |
| Joseph Lao | 166,000 |
| Spencer Champlin | 147,000 |
| Paul Lozano Martin | 138,000 |
| Erik Mason | 133,000 |
| Aaron Klausman | 118,000 |
| Benjamin Palmer | 112,000 |
| Pranav Sarda | 91,000 |
| Peter Park | 41,000 |