Event 1 Flight E: Chad Lipton Sends the Remaining 109 Players Onward to Day 2

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 109 of 1,085

Chad Lipton Knocks Out a Player on the Money Bubble — The unfortunate bubble finisher (left) receives a fist-bump of condolences from Flight E chipleader Chad Lipton (right).

Chad Lipton raised to 18,000 from under the gun and the player in the big blind called.

The flop was and the big blind check-called 18,000 from Lipton.

The turn was the , the big blind led for 43,000, and Lipton called.

The river was the , the big blind shoved for 209,000, and Lipton called with for trip eights, besting his opponent’s to send the remaining 109 players into the money.

In addition, with that pot, Lipton became the Flight E chipleader.

Chad Lipton – 597,000 (75 bb)