Today’s Day 1J attracted a total of 210 entries (including 40 re-entries) which sent 30 qualifiers with a bag to Day 2. The blinds were 30 minutes in length which gave the players ample time to properly pick their spots. By the time the players went into their last break of the night, three millionaires were in the room as well as many other top stacks just below the one million mark.
Where as usually play tightens up and slows down as the money bubble approaches, tonight there was a whirlwind of activity allowing some players to double-up immediately after the break while others were sent to the rail, having lost their stack. As a matter of fact, only the leader from the last break, Christian Berthelet-Amaral, was able to stay above 1 million in chips.
The chip leader for Day 1J was Andre Faucher, bagging 1,638,000.
The top five stacks in Day 1J are:
- Andre Faucher, 1,638,000
- Nikolas Psaarris, 1,383,000
- Nick Soller, 1,200,000
- Brian Massender, 1,181,000
- Christian Berthelet-Amaral, 1,167,000
To see the list of all of the remaining Day 1 flights, see the tournament structure sheet by clicking here.
To see the combined Day 1 results, click here. (NB: tonight’s results will be added to the list late in the morning on Saturday).
A player may play additional Day 1s even if they have survived a previous Day 1 with chips. Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited. Players would, however, retain the associated cash prize for every forfeited stack.
Day 2 plays out this coming Sunday, December 15 at 1:00pm.
Good luck to all of the competitors!
