Another day is in the books here at Champions Club in Houston, Texas as Day 1e of the WPO Main Event: $1,500 Main Event has come to a close. This flight produced a whopping 314 entries and with 81 entries in Day 1f Turbo, the $1 Million Guarantee has officially been hit with Day 1g Turbo still to go tomorrow at 8 a.m.!
With this amount of entries, 38 players found a bag tonight, with Brant Jolly leading the way with an impressive stack of 1,300,000 that currently puts him in 2nd overall behind Kassim 'KC' Panjwani with 1,318,000. In second place tonight is Andrew Tran of Austin who bagged 1,129,000 and in third is H Borovetz with 1,120,000. Rounding out the top five is Rakan Abusaleh in fourth with 962,000 and John Ross in fifth with 950,000.
Day 1e Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brant Jolly | 1,300,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Andrew Tran | 1,129,000 | 113 |
| 3 | H Borovetz | 1,120,000 | 112 |
| 4 | Rakan Abusaleh | 962,000 | 96 |
| 5 | John Ross | 950,000 | 95 |
| 6 | David Valden | 915,000 | 92 |
| 7 | Sang Ngo | 890,000 | 89 |
| 8 | Eloy Rios | 836,000 | 84 |
| 9 | David Carter | 796,000 | 80 |
| 10 | Lance Ha | 741,000 | 74 |
Unlike previous flights where there were only one or two tables in the early levels, Day 1e started off with a bang as over 35 players locked and loaded before the cards were in the air. This surge turned into a massive wave of players entering throughout the day, with the 200 mark being hit by 3:00 p.m.!
Although there was no shortage of action, it seemed to take a while before any players started pulling away from the pack. The first player to reach 300,000 was Elvin Simpson by the second break who then held onto the lead for the remainder of the day until he took a big hit from Abusaleh when his set fell to a turned straight on the bubble. Around the same time on a neighboring table, Borovetz scooped a massive pot with kings against the top pair top-kicker of Son Nguyen to break the million-chip mark. Jolly ended up making his run late in the tournament as well when he shoved all in on the river against Andy Dennis in a big pot. Dennis wound up making the fold but Jolly showed him a stone bluff to score the pot and he used that momentum to climb his way to the top of the counts.
As this is the sixth of seven starting flights, there is only tomorrow’s Day 1g Turbo flight that remains and it kicks off at 8 a.m.
Day 2 kicks off at 3 p.m. local time and the full seat draw and chip counts will be posted once Day 1f &1g finishes so be on the lookout on PokerNews!
