Action continues at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series as Day 1c gets underway at 12:00 p.m. local time in the $1,200 Main Event. The $300,000 guaranteed event saw in the first two flights 69 total entrants, with seven players advancing to Day 2.
The overall chip leader at this point is Sungmin Cho who impressively bagged 775,000 after Day 1b. The Day 1a chip leader was six time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings, with 409,000.
Chip Counts Through Day 1b
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Sungmin Cho | Sourth Korea | 775,000 |
| 2 | Beth Hall | United States | 457,000 |
| 3 | Brian Hastings | United States | 409,000 |
| 4 | Preston Patz | United States | 370,000 |
| 5 | Fred Lavassani | United States | 301,000 |
| 6 | Robert Natividad | United States | 300,000 |
| 7 | Robert Nguyen | United States | 147,000 |
For the Day 1 flights, players will start with 40,000 chips at the 100/200 blind levels. There will be 40-minute blind levels, until the final table where they will play 60-minute levels. Players will have a 15-minute break after every three levels of play. This event has unlimited rebuys, with registration for this event concluding after the start of Level 10, and Day 1 flights ending after the players make the money.
1 in 10 players will make the money. Players may play multiple Day 1 flights after bagging to improve their Day 2 stack. Any player who bags multiple times will have their smaller stack taken out of play, and receive a min cash for their stack.
$1,200 Main Event Remaining Schedule
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|
| 1c | September 19 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 1d | September 20 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 1e | September 21 | 12:00 p.m. |
| 2 | September 22 | 11:00 a.m. |
Make sure to follow PokerNews for live updates and overage throughout the event, as we will have all the action until a winner is crowned at The Commerce Casino.
Tags:
Beth HallBrian HastingsFred LavassaniPreston PatzRobert NatividadRobert NguyenSungmin Cho
