
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 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) |
Kimsour Kong Leads the Field at the Break with 880,000
A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 450K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KK Kimsour Kong | 880,000(110 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 715,000(89 BB) |
XL Xiao Liu | 689,000(86 BB) |
NZ Neng Zhao | 681,000(85 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 625,000(78 BB) |
YL Yuhan Liu | 490,000(61 BB) |
JL Johan Lees | 466,000(58 BB) |
RG Rajesh Goyal | 463,000(58 BB) |
PC Pete Chen | 462,000(58 BB) |
Yuhan Liu Takes Charge On The Turn
After a series of preflop raises, four players are in for 3,000 each to build a sizable pot heading into the flop 6♦ 2♦ A♦ . Graham Cowan jumps out with a 3700 bet that's called only by Yuhan Liu and Michael Bihari while Rudolf Fourie folds. The turn 9♣ sees Liu take charge for 9000 and finds no customers.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
YL Yuhan Liu | 56,000(9 BB) |
MB Michael Bihari | 45,000(8 BB) |
RF Rudolf Fourie | 32,900(5 BB) |
GC Graham Cowan | 27,300(5 BB) |