$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 429 (Total Entries: 875)

Players are preparing themselves for the 75-minute dinner break, making plans and collecting their dinner vouchers.

Before they rolled out, we took a look at the previously mentioned Tom Nguyen and his stack was considerably less than before. He is down to 57,400 while David Bradshaw is on the upswing with 135,000 after nine levels.

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 424 (Total Entries: 870)

We’re used to seeing Nick Yunis around the ballrooms whenever we have a big series running and he owns a SHRPO trophy when he captured the fun-filled Charity Series of Poker event in 2014. He has nearly $1.3 million in career earnings and is the second-ranked player from Chile.

But if he wants to win a WSOPC Main Event ring here, he’ll have to take another shot. We caught up to his table with the board reading and his opponent checked. Yunis moved all in for ~20,000 and he got a quick call.

“Full house?” Yunis asked before showing . His opponent did not have a full house, but he did have the nut flush to send Yunis out shortly before the dinner break.

Main Event Schedule

12PM: Main Event Day 1B – $1,675 No Limit Hold’em

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-15 last 40 minutes; Level 16+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 13
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 42 – $200 Turbo Satellite to Main Event (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into the $1,000,000 Guarantee Main Event
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 42 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 43 – $190 Super Main EventTurbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into the $1,000,000 Guarantee Main Event
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 43 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 44 – $350 High Roller Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into the $250K Guarantee High Roller
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 44 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 45 – $130 Nightly No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 45 Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 46 – $350 High Roller Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into the $250K Guarantee High Roller
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 46 Structure Sheet

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 78 of 446

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 78 of 446

Flight A of the WSOP Circuit Main Event has come to an end with 78 players remaining of the 446 entries that joined throughout the day.

Brad Ruben took over the lead late in the day and held on to put together the biggest bag. He will return for Day 2 on Sunday with the chip lead at 402,000 but he could be surpassed by someone in the field tomorrow.

The final flight of the Main Event kicks off tomorrow at noon, we will surpass the $1 Million Guarantee at some point in the early afternoon, then lock down registration at 10pm.

A full list of official chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Top ten Flight A stacks:

1. Brad Ruben – 402,000
2. Chris Laieta – 334,500
3. Paul Hebert – 290,000
4. Steven Touitou – 252,000
5. Igor Terpenev – 247,500
6. Scott Bohlman – 239,500
7. Tony Utnage – 200,500
8. Barry Hutter – 199,500
9. Ivan Freitz – 198,500
10. Andrew Kaplan – 193,500

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 90 of 446

The Main Event has reached the final level of the evening with right around 90 players remaining of the starting 446 entries. Brad Ruben is the most current player to take his turn at the top of the counts with 286,000.

There are several other tough players over 200,000 so he’s not a lock for the end-of-day lead.

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 446

We have another SHRP regular making noise in the Main Event and helping drop the field under 100 players. Paul Balzano has been cruising all day and pushed his stack up to 220,000 as we near the end of the evening.

Balzano has plenty of success with over $1 million in career earnings, including several SHRP wins and a WPT televised final table appearance in 2016, but he’s still looking for his first big score on the WSOP Circuit. He came close earlier this week when he made the Six-Max final table but did not walk away with a ring.

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 117 of 446

We have a new leader in town. Nine-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Valentin Vornicu has taken the top spot with more than 250,000 after a big run that included knocking out Jake Schwartz.

He picked up his ninth ring earlier this year and his most recent big run here was a fourth-place finish in the $10,000 SHRPO event this August.

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 135 of 446

Players are back in their seats with an unofficial 446 entries into the WSOP Circuit Main Event. We will wait for confirmation but that looks like a solid number.

Igor Terpenev is the current leader with 212,800 as the only player to top the 200K mark so far. But there are some big names with big stacks trying to chase him down.

Top ten stacks:

1. Igor Terpenev – 212,800 (133 bb)
2. Valentin Vornicu – 180,000 (113 bb)
3. Alex Rocha – 170,700 (107 bb)
4. Brett Bader – 156,000 (98 bb)
5. Loc Nguyen – 152,200 (95 bb)
6. Nicolas Mahabee – 144,000 (90 bb)
7. Paul Balzano – 140,000 (88 bb)
8. Scott Bohlman – 136,500 (85 bb)
9. Keven Stammen – 133,300 (83 bb)
10. Hagai Stein – 131,300 (82 bb)

Other random notables:

• David Jackson – 130,000 (81 bb)
• Paul Hebert – 127,000 (79 bb)
• Michael Amato – 124,500 (78 bb)
• Jorge Aristizabo – 111,200 (70 bb)
• Chris Bolek – 110,000 (69 bb)
• Davian Santana – 109,000 (68 bb)
• Robert Gianquitti – 108,000 (68 bb)
• Gaurav Raina – 100,000 (63 bb)
• Jessy Aleeh – 100,000 (63 bb)
• Douglas Decker – 98,300 (61 bb)
• Jeremy White – 96,000 (60 bb)
• Jonathan Hilton – 85,300 (53 bb)
• Asher Conniff – 78,000 (49 bb)
• David Bradshaw – 74,300 (46 bb)
• Matt Silva – 70,800 (44 bb)
• Scott Davies – 70,000 (44 bb)
• Jacquelyn Scott – 66,000 (41 bb)
• Phil Hui – 66,000 (41 bb)
• David Moreno – 51,700 (32 bb)
• Abbie Daniels – 40,100 (25 bb)
• Darryll Fish – 13,400 (8 bb)

$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 445

Alex Rocha is another player climbing the counts and went over 100,000 in Level 12. He’s in good position for another deep WSOPC run after finishing in third place last night at the $100K Guarantee $1K final table.

Players will head off on a 15-minute break at the end of this and registration will close when they return.