Onward to Day 2!
Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1F has just wrapped up inside the poker room, and the 34 surviving players are headed over to join the rest of the Day 2 field.
There will be 22:22 left in the 1,000/4,000/8,000 level when play resumes, and the cards should be in the air shortly.
Day 2 Seat Draw (Partial)
Level 16: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante
| T | S | Player | Chips | |||
| . | 25 | 1 | Giuseppe Ruvolo | 113,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 2 | Alex Tarango | 500,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 3 | Michael Sanders | 348,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 4 | Mike Christiansen | 288,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 5 | Macario Escobedo Jr. | 188,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 6 | David Fung | 263,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 7 | Yongshuo Zheng | 163,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 8 | Derek Updeghoff | 434,000 | ||
| . | 25 | 9 | Eric Holtz | 186,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 1 | Jean Manzinali | 94,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 2 | Brian Benhamou | 327,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 3 | Tom Spruitenburg | 71,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 4 | Mike Leah | 287,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 5 | Ole Schemion | 341,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 6 | Alan Levin | 280,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 7 | Stanislav Barshak | 261,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 8 | Jonathon Halfmann | 138,000 | ||
| . | 26 | 9 | Richard (Tommy) Santana | 411,000 | ||
| . | 27 | 1 | PJ Grace | 201,000 | ||
| . | 27 | 2 | Daniel Chan | 219,000 | ||
| . | 27 | 3 | Laury Vanlerborghe | 247,000 | ||
| . | 27 | 4 | Tam Van Nguyen | 207,000 | ||
| . | 27 | 6 | Ardys Reed | 223,000 | ||
| . | 27 | 7 | Charles Gonzales | 230,000 | ||
| . | 27 | 9 | Oran Haynes | 270,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 1 | David Sidler | 185,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 2 | Adam Foster | 510,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 3 | Marechal Guillaume | 120,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 4 | Richard Wong | 302,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 6 | Bill Watchman | 274,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 7 | Brian Hartner | 520,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 8 | Brian Ethans | 179,000 | ||
| . | 28 | 9 | Mohsin Charania | 221,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 2 | Christian Harder | 961,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 3 | Keith Crowder | 205,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 4 | Darrel Dier | 408,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 5 | Lynn Samples | 241,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 6 | Bruce Knight | 60,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 7 | Greg Mandel | 91,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 8 | Brent Bibby | 360,000 | ||
| . | 29 | 9 | Richie Albanese | 374,000 | ||
| . | 30 | 1 | Jesse McEuen | 117,000 | ||
| . | 30 | 2 | Dan O’Brien | 379,000 | ||
| . | 30 | 3 | Tom Dobrilovic | 139,000 | ||
| . | 30 | 4 | Claudio Pollin | 190,000 | ||
| . | 30 | 6 | Dominic Biondi | 193,000 | ||
| . | 30 | 8 | Carson Ha | 224,000 | ||
| . | 31 | 4 | Peter Cheng | 112,000 | ||
| . | 31 | 5 | Steve Hiltz | 373,000 | ||
| . | 31 | 6 | Nicola Basile | 315,000 | ||
| . | 31 | 8 | Tuan Vu | 170,000 | ||
| . | 32 | 1 | Elie Payan | 269,000 | ||
| . | 32 | 2 | Mihail Karasoulis | 388,000 | ||
| . | 32 | 3 | Gloria Whimper | 369,000 | ||
| . | 32 | 5 | Bodo Sbrzesny | 382,000 | ||
| . | 32 | 6 | Raymond Steiner | 197,000 | ||
| . | 32 | 8 | Kane Lai | 308,000 | ||
| . | 32 | 9 | Mark Darner | 895,000 | ||
| . | 33 | 1 | Israel Banadera | 459,000 | ||
| . | 33 | 2 | Kevin Saul | 715,000 | ||
| . | 33 | 4 | Erik Nielsen | 85,000 | ||
| . | 33 | 5 | Gerard Muro | 157,000 | ||
| . | 33 | 6 | Markus Lackner | 489,000 | ||
| . | 33 | 7 | Chris Kostoulas | 434,000 | ||
| . | 33 | 8 | Thinh Do | 264,000 | ||
| . | 34 | 2 | Christian Baud | 540,000 | ||
| . | 34 | 3 | Jeffrey Ray | 527,000 | ||
| . | 34 | 4 | Javier Figueroa | 506,000 | ||
| . | 34 | 8 | Jay Hong | 356,000 | ||
| . | 34 | 9 | Vittorio Lungavite | 377,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 1 | Luis Nargentino | 221,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 2 | Abid Mohamed | 364,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 3 | Massoud Eskandari | 575,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 5 | David Tuthill | 245,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 6 | Joe Nelligan | 704,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 7 | John Del Rossi | 188,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 8 | Paolo Massa | 220,000 | ||
| . | 35 | 9 | Pola Litsky | 671,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 1 | Andrew Badecker | 288,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 2 | Soufine Messadek | 1,143,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 4 | Jonathan Rivera | 440,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 5 | Logan Trindade | 97,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 6 | Terry Kelley | 293,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 7 | Daniel Fusco | 147,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 8 | Joseph Vacarro | 135,000 | ||
| . | 36 | 9 | Jason Murai | 128,000 | ||
| . | 37 | 1 | Mike Sexton | 102,000 | ||
| . | 37 | 2 | Yorane Kerignard | 172,000 | ||
| . | 37 | 4 | David Aslanyan | 228,000 | ||
| . | 37 | 6 | Luke Marlar | 502,000 | ||
| . | 37 | 7 | Kazu Oshima | 431,000 | ||
| . | 37 | 8 | Joseph Stegeman | 257,000 | ||
| . | 37 | 9 | Bobby Espina | 175,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 1 | Robert Garcia | 226,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 2 | Sean Yu | 280,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 3 | Ron Barak | 275,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 4 | Terry Fleischer | 897,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 5 | Andrew Micali | 192,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 6 | Michael Conners | 755,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 8 | Gregory Katayama | 103,000 | ||
| . | 38 | 9 | James Rome | 291,000 | ||
| . | 39 | 1 | Luis Garla | 407,000 | ||
| . | 39 | 3 | Pasi Heinanen | 262,000 | ||
| . | 39 | 5 | Carlos Hurtado | 153,000 | ||
| . | 39 | 6 | Scott Montgomery | 767,000 | ||
| . | 39 | 7 | Chun Li | 262,000 | ||
| . | 39 | 8 | Yung Hwang | 504,000 | ||
| . | 40 | 1 | Thupten Thondup | 310,000 | ||
| . | 40 | 4 | Halli Pinson | 221,000 | ||
| . | 40 | 5 | Eric Sfez | 288,000 | ||
| . | 40 | 6 | Vernon Bludson | 88,000 | ||
| . | 40 | 7 | Jason Dollinger | 251,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 1 | Harris Schnall | 307,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 2 | Alessio Fratti | 127,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 4 | Johan Mueller | 190,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 5 | Aaron Belardo | 277,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 6 | Yehonathan Levy | 420,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 7 | Andreas Krause | 160,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 8 | Paul Kerr | 508,000 | ||
| . | 41 | 9 | Dung Nguyen | 294,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 1 | David Mehr | 485,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 2 | Mark Napolitano | 131,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 3 | Rob Fenner | 198,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 4 | Pouya Tavallodi | 736,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 5 | Jamie Kerstetter | 482,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 7 | Bjorn Gustafsson | 228,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 8 | Todd Hoopfer | 494,000 | ||
| . | 42 | 9 | Jared Woodin | 446,000 | ||
| . | 43 | 1 | Jorge Lay | 190,000 | ||
| . | 43 | 3 | Jonas Ten Cate | 370,000 | ||
| . | 43 | 4 | Marie-Pier Simard | 345,000 | ||
| . | 43 | 5 | Naji Abdo | 282,000 | ||
| . | 43 | 7 | Todd Hoch | 86,000 | ||
| . | 43 | 8 | Reggi Trotter | 147,000 | ||
| . | 43 | 9 | Timothy Stroud | 97,000 | ||
| . | 44 | 1 | Yaron El Kayam | 25,000 | ||
| . | 44 | 3 | Gerald Dunn | 143,000 | ||
| . | 44 | 4 | Jay Pinkussohn | 392,000 | ||
| . | 44 | 5 | Chris Kassela | 161,000 | ||
| . | 44 | 6 | Ryan Valentinsen | 246,000 | ||
| . | 44 | 7 | Antonino Karman | 464,000 | ||
| . | 44 | 9 | Jackie Saltzman | 187,000 |
Interview with Adam Pliska
Level 18: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante
Want to know which Asian capital is hosting a WPT event for the first time in Season XIII? Watch the interview with Adam Pliska to find out:
http://youtu.be/G60SOEB93Sc
Having a Breakdown
Level 16: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante
All of the tables in the main tournament room have been broken, and the Day 2 bags are coming out on the tables.
The remaining Day 1F field is now in the poker room and approaching the money bubble. The final 82 earn a payday, and we’ll have to get down to 34 before we can restart Day 2.
The clock shows 88 remain.
150 Remain
Level 16: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante
That’s the number on the clock, and it’s ticking down quickly.
No word yet on the official field size, or how many we’ll play to for this 1F flight.
Remembering Chad Brown
Level 14: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante
The poker world is in mourning this week with the news of Chad Brown’s passing.
Chad’s friends and family have organized a tournament in his honor this Sunday at Binion’s. There are several prizes added by PokerStars, and the WPT is going to donate three WPT500 seats, as well.
Really, though, it’s not about the prizes.
Please join us at Binion’s this Sunday for a memorial ceremony (4:00 p.m.) and the first-annual $225 + rebuys charity poker tournament in memory of Chad.
For more information, click here » Press Release
Latecomers
Level 14: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante
Melanie Weisner and Brian Rast are among the very last entries in the feld.
We should have the official numbers for field size and prizepool shortly.
SITREP
Level 14: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante
The big board shows 684 unofficial entries for today’s Turbo flight. Wow!
There are currently 300 remaining, and they are falling as fast as the floormen can handle right now.
Who Says?
Level 8: 300-600, 75 ante
https://twitter.com/MikeSexton_WPT/status/486916809883283456
One In, One Out
Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante
Jerry Yang has been eliminated.
Mike Sexton has joined.
The USPs of the WPT500
Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante
https://twitter.com/subiime/status/486907218969632768
He’s right, you know? There aren’t too many events where you can show up at 8:00 a.m. with $565 in your hand and walk away less than 24 hours later with close to $300,000.
The Shadow
Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante
2007 WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang enters the field.
Tyler Patterson – Live Pro
Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante
https://twitter.com/TylerPoker/status/486903198687322112
Faces in the Crowd
Level 5: 150-300, 50 ante
These familiar faces were spotted in the room at varying stages of awakeness.
Tyler Patterson
Jason Young
Matt Affleck
Ronit Chamani
Dan Shak
Scott Baumstein
Ray Foley
Chance Kornuth
Chris Tryba
Andy Frankenberger
Yves Farges
Turbo Tidbits
Level 4: 100-200, 25 ante
Each level is 15 minutes this morning, and the abbreviated schedule sees some levels shrugged off in favor of brevity.
Registration for this event will close promptly at 10:30 a.m.
The plan is to reach the 5% mark before Day 2 begins at 1:00 p.m., and it looks like it’s going to be close.
Alternate calls are certianly coming quicker, as well. Number forty was just called to line up.
Tweeters
Level 2: 50-100, ante
https://twitter.com/mcmattopoker/status/486898595719684096
https://twitter.com/Gregm305/status/486898078608154624
https://twitter.com/JYoungpoker/status/486898254815039488
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 2: 50-100, ante
The cards are in the air, and this Turbo Day 1F is under way!
Note that the blinds are correct, but the level numbers are not necessarily, as this Turbo structure is an abbreviated one.
Blinds are 50/100 for the first level.
“Turbo Time!”
Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante
Those are the words of partypoker qualifier Max Droege as he enters the tournament area with sleep in his eyes and a cup of strong coffee in his hand.
Today is the Turbo Day 1F, the last chance to advance to the knockout stages of the partypoker Presents: WPT500 at ARIA Resort & Casino.
We have more than 600 players registered for this flight, and the plan is to reduce that number to 5% of itself before 1:00 p.m.
It’s a turbo flight, so the live updates are going to follow suit. Cards fly in a moment!
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