Denys Shafikov roi du Day 1
Day 1 of Event #35 $500 No-Limit Hold’em drew a field of 2,930 of which 440 made the money and only 133 of them survived returning for the second and final day on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 12:00 p.m. local time.
Denys Chufarin bagged the top stack of 1,500,000 chips other notable stacks include Patrick Chong (1,375,000), Blair Morchecle (1,300,000), Nipun Java (1,295,000), Cody Wells (1,275,000), Justin Turner (1,020,000), Jacob Rich (915,000), Charbel Kanterjian (970,000), and Sundiata DeVore (905,000).
A selection of the other notable players heading into Day 2 includes 4-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (865,000), Mike Takayama with over $1.4 million in live earnings which is second all-time in the Philippines, and Aaron Massey with over $4,500,000 million in live earnings.
Some of the players who fell short of bagging a stack include Barry Greenstein, Bertrand Grospellier, Alexandru Masek, Kelly Minkin, and Kathy Liebert.
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