Shannon Shorr Survives Day 1B of $3,500 NLH Event
Day 1B of the $5 million guaranteed $3,500 No Limit Hold'em was a much bigger flight than the first. Day 1B brought in 295 new entries, bringing the event's total to 491 players and exceeding the Day 1A turnout of 196 entries.
In total, this puts the prize pool at $1,558,925 and counting. This number will increase over the next few days as there are still a Day 1C and Day 1D to come.
To the 30 Day 1A survivors, Day 1B added 48 more for a total Day 2 field of 78 players.
Michael Berk finished the day with the field's biggest stack, though his 771,000 in chips was only good for second place overall so far. The Day 1 chip leader, Guillermo Sanchez Otero remains at the top of the leaderboard with 1,041,000.
Ardit Kurshumi (547,000) finished with the second biggest stack of Day 1B, and Kevin Schulz (508,000) finished in third.
Today's survivors also included Shannon Shorr who ended the day with the 36th biggest stack overall with 192,000 and Daniel Smiljkovic (472,000), who won back-to-back tournaments earlier in this Wynn Summer Classic.
They will join Thomas Muehloecker and Brek Schutten from the Day 1A field.
Day 1C begins at midday on Saturday, June 13. With Day 1D playing out on June 14. All the Day 2 survivors will join a combined Day 2 on Monday, June 15.
Day 1B Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chipstack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Berk | 771,000 |
| 2 | Ardit Kurshumi | 547,000 |
| 3 | Kevin Schulz | 508,000 |
| 4 | Simas Karaliunas | 476,000 |
| 5 | Francisco Mir Sanchez | 474,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Smiljkovic | 472,000 |
| 7 | Stephen Ticsay | 465,000 |
| 8 | Antonio Mallol Heredia | 458,000 |
| 9 | Fabian Gumz | 394,000 |
| 10 | Mark Teltscher | 351,000 |