Day 1B Ends with Dao Nguyen Leading Another 11 Survivors

Day 1B of WPTDeepStacks New York attracted 62 entries, and after 15 levels of play, only 11 survived to join the field on Day 2. The big stack belongs to Dao Nguyen (pictured), who bagged up 468,000 (117 big blinds), which puts him second overall behind Day 1A chipleader Jason Holcomb, who bagged 515,000.

There were 148 entries on Day 1A (the total field size from the first two flights is 210), and 20 of those players advanced to Day 2. So far, a total of 31 players have advanced to Day 2.

Here are the official chip counts for the 11 players who survived Day 1B:

1.  Dao Nguyen  –  468,000  (117 bb)
2.  Jared Woodell  –  269,000  (67 bb)
3.  Jamie Hence  –  225,000  (56 bb)
4.  Trevor Savage  –  216,500  (54 bb)
5.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  127,500  (32 bb)
6.  Jesse Lonis  –  112,500  (28 bb)
7.  Mary Ellen Palmer  –  107,000  (27 bb)
8.  Endri Foto  –  105,000  (26 bb)
9.  Judith Bielan  –  93,000  (23 bb)
10.  Mike Gingras  –  90,000  (23 bb)
11.  Craig Stackewicz  –  76,000  (19 bb)

Day 1C begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:00 am, and the survivors from the three starting flights recombine on Sunday at 11:00 am to play Day 2. The nine-handed final table will begin on Monday at 12:00 noon. Stay tuned to WPT.com for continuing coverage of WPTDeepStacks New York.