Robert Rothstein Leads the 10 Survivors on Day 1G (Turbo)

Day 1G (Turbo) of Zynga Poker WPT500 Las Vegas comes to a conclusion with the 198-entrant field reduced to just the final ten players with Dr. Robert Rothstein (pictured) the chip leader with 577,000 in chips.

Rothstein climbed to the top of the leaderboard on the money bubble, and although he lost it to a handful of different players, he managed to finish as the top dog once play ended. Also surviving into Day 2 are ClubWPT Qualifiers Jeff Center and Gayle Knorr, along with Zynga Poker VIP Hugh Grant who will be looking to make back-to-back Zynga Poker WPT500 Las Vegas final tables.

Today was the seventh of eight starting flights, and there were 205 entries. The final 12.5% of each starting field finishes in the money, guaranteed at least $900 each, and the final 5% advance to Day 2.

Day 1G (Turbo) saw play end at the conclusion of 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.

Here are the official chip counts for the ten survivors from Day 1G (Turbo):

1. Robert Rothstein – 577,000
2. Michael Perschke – 526,000
3. Mark Jun – 446,000
4. Alexandros Theologis – 422,000
5. Hugh Grant – 421,000
6. Satish Surapaneni – 396,000
7. Daniel Starkey – 339,000
8. Vadim Shlez – 324,000
9. Jeff Center – 320,000
10. Gayle Knorr – 190,000

Here are the players who were eliminated in-the-money:

11th: Sean Yu – $1,200
12th: Christophe De Meulder – $1,200
13th: Tushar Shah – $1,200
14th: Oliver Biles – $1,200
15th: Feng Chen – $1,200
16th: Truyen Nguyen – $1,200
17th: Reza Mahjoub – $1,200
18th: Joel Brink – $900
19th: Dong Ji – $900
20th: David Veloso – $900
21st: Mark Clapham – $900
22nd: Yuhan Huo – $900
23rd: Xing Jiang – $900
24th: Joe Tehan – $900
25th: Lukas Jebavy – $900

Day 1H (Turbo) begins on Tuesday, June 25, at 7 p.m. (PDT) with the registration and re-entry period closing at the start of level nine (approximately 9:15 p.m. PDT). Day 2 begins on Wednesday, June 26, at 1 p.m. (PDT), and the nine-handed final table begins on Thursday, June 27, at 12 p.m. (PDT).

Stay tuned to WPT.com for continuing coverage throughout the Zynga Poker WPT500 Las Vegas.

Photography by Melissa Haereiti / PokerPhotoArchive

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