Event 5, Day 1B: Santana Noronha Leads 41 Survivors

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 ante

Santana Noronha
Flight 1B Chipleader Santana Noronha

Flight 1B attracted 189 entries, and at the end of 14 levels there were 41 players remaining, with an average chip stack around 92,000 (31 big blinds). The total field size for the first two flights is 346, with two more starting flights taking place tomorrow (Tuesday).

The chipleader from this flight is Santana Noronha with 271,000, followed by James Ladeira with 238,500. Here’s an unofficial look at the leaderboard, along with some players further back in the counts. (The official list of chip counts will be released overnight.)

1.  Santana Noronha  –  271,000  (90 bb)
2.  James Ladeira  –  238,500  (80 bb)
3.  Edward Toussaint  –  196,500  (66 bb)
4.  Dylan Drazen  –  180,000  (60 bb)
5.  Kenneth Watson  –  166,500  (56 bb)
6.  Diana Dinser  –  162,500  (54 bb)

Ronald Higgins  –  146,500  (49 bb)
Nicole Purnell  –  114,500  (38 bb)
James Salmon  –  118,000  (39 bb)
Greg Marcus  –  90,000  (30 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  88,500  (30 bb)
Hunter Cichy  –  74,000  (25 bb)
John Holley  –  66,500  (22 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  58,000  (19 bb)
Carolyn Zegeer  –  33,500  (11 bb)
Kane Kalas  –  24,000  (8 bb)

The 41 survivors from this flight will return for Day 2 at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, when they will play down to a winner. (No trophy events are scheduled for Thursday, which is Thanksgiving.)