Event 1 Flight A: Zyad Qasem Leads 73 Survivors With 680,000

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  73 of 736

Zyad Qasem

After the elimination of Gal Yifrach on the Money Bubble, there were 74 players who advanced from Flight A. One short-stacked player opted to surrender his stack, so 73 players bagged and will return for Day 2, which begins on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Everyone who bags chips for Day 2 is in the money.

Action ended with 29 minutes remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with the blinds rolled back to the earliest finish from the eight starting flights.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon, but here is a preview of the eight players who bagged at least 400K:

1.  Zyad Qasem  –  680,000  (113 bb)
2.  Tommy Tran  –  613,000  (102 bb)
3.  Ronald Higgins Jr.  –  561,000  (94 bb)
4.  Gregory Joslyn  –  450,000  (75 bb)
5.  Ron Glantz  –  437,000  (73 bb)
6.  Mark Casabo  –  430,000  (72 bb)
7.  Baran Kalayci  –  427,000  (71 bb)
8.  Courtney Rowe  –  426,000  (71 bb)

Flight B is already underway, with registration open until about 9:30 pm, and there will be two more starting flights each day over the next three days — 10:00 am and 5:00 pm flights on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.