Sridhar Sangannagari is right around the 1 million chip mark as the remaining players in the pavilion condense into another room and the field continues to shrink.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 |
Albert Lopez had just won a flip holding 
over 
on a 
board to double up. He and his tablemates relayed that he was at one point down to 4,000 chips when 4,000 was the big blind, and he's looking to make a comeback and turn his journey into a chip and a chair story.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000 |
A player shoved from under the gun and action folded to Scott Haley's big blind. Haley threw in a chip for the call and the cards were tabled.
Opponent: 
Scott Haley: 
The flop came 
which gave the opponent some more outs. The turn 
and river 
were both bricks bricked and Haley scooped the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Josh Smith played a couple big pots in a row, first losing when he called 30,000 preflop against the cutoff. The flop came 
and Smith check-raised to 75,000. The cutoff player three-bet jammed for 189,000 forcing Smith to fold.
The very next hand the hijack player who was the same opponent from the previous hand raised to 35,000 and Smith jammed his entire stack of 134,000 on the button. The action folded back around to the hijack to instantly called.
Josh Smith: 
Hijack: 
Smith was a big underdog for his tournament life, and the flop of 
was no help. The 
fell on the turn giving Smith a flush draw and a straight draw and the 
on the river completed Smith's flush to scoop the pot and double up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000 |
Raymond Taylor opened under the gun to 34,000 and was shoved on by a player in early position for 110,000. It folded back around to Taylor who snap-called and cards were flipped over.
Early-Position Player:
Raymond Taylor:
The board ran out 
. The early position player said "nice hand," and Taylor raked in the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
The tournament has announced that 669 players will make the $800 min-cash.
The tournament clock currently shows 790 players remain out of 4455 total entrants on day 1b.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,180,000
1,180,000
|
1,180,000 |
|
912,000
912,000
|
912,000 |
|
||
|
|
901,000
901,000
|
901,000 |
|
|
720,000
720,000
|
720,000 |
|
620,000 | |
|
Eliminé | |
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
According to players at the tables, Dan Shak jammed in his remaining 100,000 stack and was called. Shak had 
, couldn't find help against , and was gone from the tournament.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminé |
Niveau: 17
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
