Raffaelle SorrentinoDay 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.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
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) |
Aleksandar Stojadinovic raises to 20,000 for the second hand in a row and everyone folds but one. Francesco Morales has no options as he is forced all-in for6,000 from the big blind with 8♥ 8♠ .
Stojadinovic flips with the A♠ T♠ and cannot deal the final blow on the 9♥ 6♠ 3♥ 5♠ Q♦ board. There are still 44 players remaining with 42 qualifying for Day 2.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
AS | 456,000(46 BB) |
FM Francesco Morales | 27,000(3 BB) |
Aleksandar Stojadinovic defends the big blind against Neng Zhao and calls a bet worth 40,000 on the 9♥ 7♠ 4♦ K♠ turn with around two times as much behind. Zhao waves the hand to see how much he has behind and then bets all bis big chips on the 7♦ river when checked to.
Stojadinovic eventually calls for 78,000 and Zhao instantly says "good call" before showing 6♦ 6♥ , which Stojadinovic has beat with the K♦ J♠ .
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
NZ Neng Zhao | 550,000(69 BB) |
AS | 270,000(34 BB) |
Jon Kyte pays off his last few chips on the river of a king-high board and exposes the Q♥ T♦ , which had flopped middle pair with an open-ended straight draw. However, it is no good as the A♠ T♣ of Aleksandar Stojadinovic already has broadway on the flop and increase his already big stack further.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
AS | 275,000(92 BB) |
Jesse Smith is all-in preflop for only 18,000 with the K♠ 9♣ and up against Aleksandar Stojadinovic, who flips over 7♠ 7♥ . The pair holds on the Q♠ Q♣ Q♦ 5♥ 2♠ runout and the rich get richer.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
AS | 245,000(98 BB) |
JS Jesse Smith | busted |
A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 130K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
ST Sertac Turker | 167,200(167 BB) |
| 154,400(154 BB) | |
SK Sean Keeton | 147,700(148 BB) |
CC Chak Chan | 136,500(137 BB) |
WL Wonho Lee | 135,800(136 BB) |
NH Nguyen Hoang Duy | 133,400(133 BB) |
AS | 131,500(132 BB) |