WPTDeepStacks: Joseph Cheong Bags Day 1B Chip Lead, Takes Overall Lead into Day 2

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 107 of 502

Joseph Cheong

The second and final flight of the WPTDeepStacks $1,100 no-limit hold’em got underway on Tuesday and it drew another 502 entries. At the end of 15 levels, those 502 was trimmed down to just 107 with Joseph Cheong leading the Day 1B field.

Cheong bagged up 384,500 to bag up the heaviest bag in the field. He also edged out Day 1A chip leader, Mukul Pahuja for the overall lead.

Joining Cheong at the top of the Day 1B leaderboard are Brandon Ageloff (360,500), Jackson Lashey (340,500), Adil Khan (323,500) and Kevin Torres (320,000).

Other notables to survive the second flight include Arkadiy Tsinis, Jonathan Hilton, Ryan Hughes, Ryan Jones, Victor Figueroa, Nick Palma, Cord Garcia, Joe Ebanks, Olivier Busquet, Matt Stout, Ravi Raghavan, Chad Eveslage, Nancy Birnbaum, Jake Bazeley, Ness Reilly, Jonathan Dimmig, Josh Turner, Eoghan O’Dea, Tim Reilly and Allen Kessler.

The 502 entries on Tuesday brought the total field size to 816 entries with 171 returning for Day 2. Day 2 gets underway on Wednesday at noon with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a 500 ante. It is scheduled to play down to a winner, but if there is still one table remaining at 3 a.m., those players will have the option to play down to a winner or return on Thursday at 2 p.m. to finish the event.

Complete chip counts will be posted shortly.