
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 |
---|---|
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) |
Khorshad Sagor Bad Beats Kimsour Kong
Khorshad Sagor raises to 16,000 and Kimsour Kong makes it 37,000 to go. Sagor then four-bet jams for 218,000 and Kong calls with the chip lead at his disposal.
Khorshad Sagor: A♥ 9♣
Kimsour Kong: A♦ K♥
The Q♦ 3♣ 2♣ 9♠ J♥ board provides the sucker punch double and stop the hot run of Kong for now.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KK Kimsour Kong | 660,000(83 BB) |
450,000(56 BB) |
Khorshad Sagor Stay in With a Double
Khorshad Sagor flips with Q♣ Q♥ against the A♠ K♣ of Yuhan Liu with the latter sitting on more than half a million in chips. It is Sagor who comes out on top of the J♠ 7♣ 3♦ T♦ 8♣ board to dent Liu's tower.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
YL Yuhan Liu | 500,000(63 BB) |
200,000(25 BB) |
Jehyeon Yang Leads the Field at the Break with 290,500
A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 190K in chips, plus three more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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290,500(145 BB) | |
RF Rudolf Fourie | 248,000(124 BB) |
ST Sertac Turker | 238,500(119 BB) |
MN Martin Ng | 204,000(102 BB) |
FG Fabrice Giz | 198,000(99 BB) |
195,500(98 BB) | |
KA Khayal Abbasov | 195,000(98 BB) |
AH Ali Hassan | 189,500(95 BB) |
189,500(95 BB) | |
TK Thomas Kiss | 189,000(95 BB) |