Event 1 (Day 1D)

End of Level 6:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante 
Flight 1D Entries so far:  316
Total Event 1 Entries (A-D): 1,380
Average Chips: 32,917

The remaining 24 tables in Flight 1D are on a 15-minute break. When we return, we’ll be on 250/500 blinds with a 50 ante. There are 10 more half-hour levels tonight, with a few breaks sprinkled in there.

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Level 17 (2,500/5,000/500)
Total Day 1A, B, C & D Entrants: 2,202
Total Day 1A, B, C & D Survivors: 412

As mentioned in our earlier posts, over 2,200 players have already taken their shot in this opening $2,000,000 GTD event, with just over 400 players punching their ticket to Day 2 through the first four starting flights. Ryan Eriquezzo finished as the Day 1A/B chip leader but his 369,000 was beat in a handful of spots yesterday.

Christian Soto lead the Day 1C flight with 434,000 and Shannon O’Grady came out of the Day 1D session with the clubhouse lead, bagging an impressive 477,000. O’Grady will now keep his eye on the leaderboard over today’s final two flights, to see if anyone from Day 1E or Day 1F are able to eclipse the half-million chip mark.

That remains to be seen but what we do know, is how those 414 players that have already advanced stack up. Their chip counts are listed below.

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Riley Fuller (Boca Raton, FL)

End of Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/400 ante
Flight 1D Players Remaning:  190
Flight 1D Average Stack: 70,526
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

A few big stacks have emerged from the large Day 1D flight, and none bigger than Riley Fuller’s 393,000 in chips. He holds a slight lead over the other big stacks, which I’ve listed below. Play resumes on Friday with Day 2, where all five flights (including both tomorrow) will be combined.

Justin Liberto 365,500
Liam Ho 306,600
Dan Wach 311,000
Yang Hui Jiang 303,500
Mike Nieta 303,000
Matt Stout 281,500
Aditya Prasetyo 268,000
Glenn McRay 251,000

A full list of players with official chip counts will be posted when available. A redraw will take place before Day 2 begins at 12 noon Friday, and the seating assignments will be posted in the blog and in the Event Center.

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Gabriel Negan (Connecticut)

End of Level 16:
Blinds 2,000 / 4,000 / 400 Ante
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

While the staff works to color up the black chips and get the players ready to bag their stacks, we’d like to highlight Gabriel Negan. He’s from Connecticut and tells us that he’s been up and down all day, but sits on a good 125,000 as the last couple hands are played in the last level of the night. He may return to one of the later flights tomorrow, because as this is a Best Stack Forward event, your biggest stack at the end of any flight counts in Day 2.

We’ll have the biggest stacks from around the room in just a moment!

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Shannon O’Grady (Ashburn, VA)

Level 16:
Blinds 2,000 / 4,000 / 400 Ante
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

Shannon O’Grady uttered an “Oh my God,” in disgust after he called a 35,000 all in on a board of {7h}{8c}{6s}{4d}{Jc}. The opponent flopped over {Tc}{Jd} and it was good enough, as Shannon mucked his hand. Shannon is not hurting for chips, though, as he has 333,500 and is one of the chip leaders in this flight.

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Robert Pellegrino (Rockland County, NY)

Level 15:
Blinds 1,500 / 3,000 / 400 Ante
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

Robert Pellegrino has a tale to tell. After busting out of an earlier flight in this event yesterday, he ambled down to the poker room. After fifteen minutes in the $1-$2 No Limit game, he found himself with {2x}{2x} versus {4x}{4x} on a {2x}{4x}{4x}{2x} board. That’s good for the baby version of the Bad Beat Jackpot, spreading $50,000 total around the table, including giving him $20,000 of his own. He found himself freerolling into this later flight, and now sits on a healthy stack of around 100,000.

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Britney Billien (New York)

Level 15:
Blinds 1,500 / 3,000 / 400 Ante
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

Britney Billien’s opponent puts her all in for her tournament life, having her remaining 26,700 in chips more than covered. The board is currently {4d}{Ad}{4c}{7s}.

She drinks her tea, and thinks.

Thinks some more, and takes another drink of tea.

After minutes go by, she finally puts the last of her chips in and throws over {Ah}{9h}. Her opponent has her outkicked with {Ac}{Js}. The river is a {Td} and Britney is out. It’s likely we’ll be seeing her again this tournament series.

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Shannon O’Grady (Ashburn, VA)

Level 14:
1,200 / 2,400 / 300 Ante
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

This is not another “aces cracked” story. Instead, Shannon O’Grady’s {As}{Ac} hold up against {Jh}{Ks} and {4h}{Ad}, covering both opponents and tripling up on a board of {Qs}{4c}{9s}{3s}{Jc}. He’s still stacking up his now considerable stack of chips.

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Level 13
Blinds 1,000 / 2,000 / 300 Ante
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

Bill Draper is not firing any more re-entries into this event, but he’ll be back for Event #2 on Friday:

Crashed and burned in the 2mG @BorgataPoker Dribbled away then AQ<A9c aipf. $450/1mG up next. #BWPO2016 #YearOfTheTourney

— Bill Draper (@BillyDPoker) January 21, 2016

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Level 13
Blinds 1,000 / 2,000 / 300 Ante
Total Event 1D Entries: 536
Total Event 1 Entries: 2,202

Mike O’Grady (Wilton, CT) (left) and Ben Alexander (Queens, NY) (right)

“I’ve been waiting all day for this hand,” says the poor player as he goes all in and turns over {As}{Ad}. Two players, Ben Alexander from Queens and Mike O’Grady from Wilton, CT, call with {Ah}{Kd} and {Ac}{Ks}, respectively. The board ran out with a J, a 10 and a Q on it … giving the Big Slick players a split of the pot and sending the reeling player to the rail.

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