Event 1: Derek Buonano Leads the Final 14

About 90 minutes into the final day of Event 1 ($350 No-Limit Hold’em), there are 14 players remaining as they approach the final table.

The pressure is only going to increase from there, as ninth place is worth $12,095 and first place is worth $138,952.

With the blinds at 75,000-150,000 and a 20,000 ante, here’s an update on the field, along with the five players who have busted so far today. (The average chip stack is about 4.8 million, worth about 32 big blinds.)

TABLE 1
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Daniel Navarrete  –  5,300,000  (35 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Tait  –  2,050,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Steven McKoy  –  3,675,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeff Yeh  –  2,400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  Kevin Ho  –  8,750,000  (58 bb)
Seat 8.  David Diaz  –  7,180,000  (47 bb)
Seat 9.  Alcides Gomez  –  1,860,000  (12 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1. Derek Buonano  –  9,130,000  (60 bb)
Seat 2. Jaime Campos  –  6,200,000  (41 bb)
Seat 3. Josée Thauvette  –  3,030,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4. John Liu  –  2,250,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5. Michael Ortiz  –  3,200,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7. Mike Chiappetta  –  2,615,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.
Seat 9. Zack Goodman  –  7,000,000  (46 bb)

15th:  Kane Kalas  –  $7,630
16th:  Chad Eveslage  –  $6,409
17th:  Mike Beasley  –  $6,409
18th:  Tim Myers  –  $6,409
19th:  Harold Lam  –  $5,392