Event 1: Jaime Campos Leads With 83 Players Left

As the next break approaches, there are 83 players remaining in Event 1 ($350 No-Limit Hold’em), with an average chip count around 817,000 (27 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $2,136.

Here’s a look at the chipleaders, along with some of the notables further back, with the blinds at 15,000-30,000 and a 3,000 ante.

1.  Jaime Campos  –  2,550,000  (85 bb)
2.  Steven McKoy  –  2,300,000  (76 bb)
3.  Brian Reinert  –  1,800,000  (60 bb)
4.  Pedro Rios  –  1,800,000  (60 bb)

Daniel Navarrete  –  1,550,000  (51 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  1,400,000  (46 bb)
Marvin Young  –  1,380,000  (46 bb)
John Liu  –  1,300,000  (43 bb)
Zachary Kessler  –  1,100,000  (36 bb)
Brian Phillis  –  1,000,000  (33 bb)
David Diaz  –  805,000  (26 bb)
Angelo Miele  –  800,000  (26 bb)
Michael Tait  –  348,000  (11 bb)
Marsha Wolak  –  330,000  (11 bb)

Jamie Campos took the chip lead after busting a player in a post-flop aces-vs.-queens situation. The flop came JC9S3H, and the player with pocket queens was all in for about 400,000, but Campos dominated him with pocket aces.

The turn was the a blank, and the river was a K, which caused a brief moment of tension as everyone was watching for a queen. Campos won the pot worth about a million in chips to bust his opponent and move into the chip lead with 2.55 million.