
D1A
Day 1A Ends with Raffaele Sorrentino Leading 42 Survivors

Day 1A came to an end with 42 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Raffaele Sorrentino, who bagged 970,000 (97 big blinds).
Action ended with 7:55 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a10,000 ante. Day 2 will roll the blinds back to the earliest point where a starting flight finished.
Official chip counts for the 42 survivors will be released by the casino later tonight, and they will be returning on Monday at 11:30 pm for Day 2, where everyone will start play in the money.
There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, with Day 1B beginning tomorrow at 11:30 am, and Day 1C beginning on Sunday at 11:30 am.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
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RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 870,000(87 BB) |
XL Xiao Liu | 766,000(77 BB) |
619,000(62 BB) | |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 594,000(59 BB) |
VO Vishal Ojha | 576,000(58 BB) |
576,000(58 BB) | |
AS | 526,000(53 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 510,000(51 BB) |
YL Yuhan Liu | 479,000(48 BB) |
AP Abhishek Paul | 460,000(46 BB) |
Peteris Enders Eliminated by Abhishek Paul
Abhishek Paul raises to 20,000 and then calls when Peteris Enders jams for83,000 total.
Enders flips with A♦ J♥ versus 6♠ 6♦ and busts against quads on the T♣ 9♠ 6♥ 6♣ 9♥ runout.
Player | Chips |
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AP Abhishek Paul | 415,000(42 BB) |
busted |
Armon Van Wijk Eliminated by Abhishek Paul
Armon Van Wijk is all in from the small blind for roughly 80,000 with A♦ Q♥ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♣ 5♠ of Abhishek Paul in the big blind.
The board comes K♥ T♠ 2♥ 3♠ 4♦ , and Paul rivers a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Van Wijk from Day 1A.
Player | Chips |
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AP Abhishek Paul | 350,000(58 BB) |
AV Armon Van Wijk | busted |
Abhishek Paul Gets A Shove Through
Three players face a flop 9♥ 6♠ K♣ with 25,000 in the pot. Big blind positioned Arun Sriram bets near half pot worth 12,000 which induces a fold while Abhishek Paul from the small blind check-calls. On the turn 4♥ , Paul checks again, Sriram makes it 29,000 to continue, Paul responds with a shove of 74,000, quick fold from Sriram.
Player | Chips |
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AS Arun Sriram | 236,000(59 BB) |
AP Abhishek Paul | 152,000(38 BB) |