WPT Alpha8: Level 11 Report – Day 1 Ends with Nine Players

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante
Players: 9 of 21

Level 11 at the World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 super high roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open saw the final nine players take new seats at the unofficial final table of nine players and then they played until the end of Day 1 without an elimination. The field will return tomorrow at noon ET to play down to a champion. The top four will get paid and the winner will take home $891,660.

Matt Glantz is the overnight chip leader with 410,500 and perennial Day 1 big stack Jason Mercier with 375,500 and Steven Silverman with 372,500 are both near the top. Here is a look at the full seating chart and chip counts for tomorrow.

Seat 1: Daniel Alaei – 293,500 (73 bb)
Seat 2: Isaac Haxton – 218,500 (54 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 140,500 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Bill Perkins – 89,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Steven Silverman – 372,500 (93 bb)
Seat 6: Joseph Cheong – 106,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: JC Tran – 94,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8: Jason Mercier – 375,500 (93 bb)
Seat 9: Matt Glantz – 410,500 (102 bb)