Event 1 Day 1A: Thompson Ends with Lead

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante
Flight 1A Entries: 370
Players Remaining: 71

Christopher Thompson (Naples, FL) finished with the Flight A chip lead
Christopher Thompson (Naples, FL) finished with the Flight A chip lead

Play has come to an end in the opening flight of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. A nice, even 370 entrants took part in Flight A with 71 of them making it through to Day 2.

Christopher Thompson is your early Event 1 leader and put 240,000 into his bag. John Magnetta is not far behind with 231,000 but the average stack will remain deep when they restart on Sunday afternoon. Eric Ward, Remy Bougeios, and Thang Nguyen round out those who finished with more than 200,000.

Full end of flights counts to be published as soon as they are available. They will return to blinds at 1,500/3,000 and a 500 ante.

Top ten Flight A counts:

Christopher Thompson – 240,000 (80 bb)
John Magnetta – 231,000 (77 bb)
Eric Ward – 222,000 (74 bb)
Remy Bougeios – 213,500 (71 bb)
Thanh Nguyen – 204,500 (68 bb)
Evan Young – 177,500 (59 bb)
Greg Levine – 177,000 (59 bb)
Philippe Goureau – 169,500 (57 bb)
Jeff Gold – 158,500 (53 bb)
Alex Campillo – 154,500 (52 bb)