Day 1A Ends with Roberto Vahlis Leading the Surviving 42 with 145K

Photo:  Roberto Vahlis of Venezuela can barely contain his excitement after learning he is the Day 1A chipleader.

Day 1A comes to an end with 42 survivors from a field of 60 entries, and Roberto Vahlis leads the pack with 145,700 (243 big blinds).

There is another starting flight tomorrow (Sunday), and registration remains open until the end of Level 10 on Day 2 (about 8:15 pm). Players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per day during the registration period.

The full list of official chip counts should be posted by tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here is the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Roberto Vahlis  –  145,700  (243 bb)
2.  Luiz Duarte  –  97,000  (162 bb)
3.  Ryan Yu  –  86,125  (144 bb)
4.  Thomas Taylor  –  86,100  (144 bb)
5.  Michael Gathy  –  77,475  (129 bb)

Day 1B begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 5:00 pm. Return to WPT.com for continuing live coverage of partypoker WPT Caribbean.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com