Budd Beaman Leads the Five Survivors from Day 1E

Day 1E comes to an end with Budd Beaman (pictured) as the chipleader with 647,000 in chips after the 105-player field was reduced to the final five.

Here are the official chip counts for the four players who survived Day 1E, followed by the eight players who finished in the money today:

1. Budd Beaman – 647,000
2. Erik Nason – 574,000
3. Marc Robinson – 398,000
4. William Wolf – 292,000
5. Ilya Shpiner – 190,000

6th: Thomas Woodard – $1,200
7th: Britton Purvis – $1,200
8th: Hermilo Vargas – $1,200
9th: Saya Ono – $1,200
10th: Troy Gabaldon – $900
11th: Ky Nguyen – $900
12th: Rubin Chappell – $900
13th: Jason Bral – $900

Day 1E ended with 36:24 remaining in Level 22, with blinds at 8,000-16,000 and a big-blind ante of 16,000.

When Day 2 begins, the blinds will roll back to the earliest finish of all the starting flights.

Day 1G begins on Tuesday August 21 at 11:30 a.m. (PDT), while Day 1H (Turbo) begins on the same day at 5 p.m. (PDT). There are unlimited re-entries until registration closes at the commencement of Level 9. Day 2 begins on Sunday August 26 at 1 p.m. (PDT).

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