Faro Bags Overall Chip Lead After Day 1c in the $2200 Main Event at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship
Day 1c in Event #3 $2200 Main Event at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship has been completed. The third of four Day 1 starting flights drew 34 entrants, with five players bagging and advancing to Day 2. The chip leader at the end of the night was Tim Faro bagging 818,000.
Faro is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Glen Burnie, MD, with over $650,000 in career poker earnings. Faro was able to accumulate a big portion of his stack after a blind on blind encounter when he woke up with pocket kings against the small blind Sharath Sreeramoju's ace-queen.
Chips Counts From Day 1c
| Place | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Faro | United States | 818,000 |
| 2 | Alexander Wiggins | United States | 444,000 |
| 3 | Michael McNicholas | United States | 173,000 |
| 4 | Neal Liptak | United States | 166,000 |
| 5 | Michael Wolf | United States | 100,000 |
The PokerStars sponsored tournament has a $500,000 guarantee, and with the 34 entrants in today's field, the total is 93 players. Fourteen players bagged for Day 2, with only one flight left.
Play for Day 1 flights will conclude once 12.5% of the field remains, and those who bag will be in the money for Day 2. The remaining players all made the money after Nicholas Verderamo called off his tournament life with a pair of aces, but Alexander Wiggins made the nut flush on the river,to eliminate Verderamo and burst the bubble.
Day 1d, the final flight, starts Saturday, September 7, at 10:15 a.m. local time. Day 2 begins Sunday, September 8, at 11:15 a.m. local time and will play all the way down until a winner is crowned.
Day 1d will begin in Level 1 with blinds of 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante. All Day 1’s will be 40-minute levels, with a 15-minute break after every three levels of play, and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9. Players will start with 50,000 in chips, and late registration will go until the start of Level 13.
Another reward to the winner is aGold Pass to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event in November. PokerStars will award the winner of this event the Gold Pass package, which includes travel, accommodation, and the $5,300 tournament buy-in.
Be sure to follow PokerNews for live updates and coverage throughout the tournament at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia.