Jose Puente Bags Chip Lead of Day 1D

Photo: Day 1D Chip Leader Jose Puente

There were six simultaneous eliminations that saw the player count drop rapidly and the remaining 482 players found themselves putting chips in a bag. The chipleader for Day 1D is Jose Puente, who finished with 1,519,000 (151 big blinds).

There were 3,866 entries on Day 1D, increasing the total field size to 9,670. The prizepool is worth $9,379,900, nearly doubling the $5 million guarantee. 

Day 2 begins at 12:00 PM on Thursday.

Listed below are some of the biggest stacks of the final flight. 

1.  Jose Puente – 1,519,000 (152 bb)
2. Stephen Eng – 1,152,000 (115 bb)
3. John Reiter – 1,054,000 (105 bb)
4. Jeremy Brown – 1,023,000 (102 bb)
5. Michael Perrone – 1,013,000 (101 bb)
6. Chris Ren – 953,000 (95 bb)
7. Adam Owen – 930,000 (93 bb)
8. Sage Lee – 915,000 (91 bb)
9. Landon Brown – 906,000 (90 bb)
10. Silvan Barbura – 864,000 (86 bb)

Action ended with 8:22 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with the blinds rolled back to 21:00 left in the same level. 

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