Sungmin Cho Bags a Massive Stack After Day 1b at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series $1,200 Main Event
Day 1b at The Commerce Casino Hold’em Series in the $1,200 Main Event has been completed. The second of five flights saw 42 entrants, with four players making the money and advancing to Day 2. That brings the total to 69 entrants, and seven players advancing to Day 2 for this event, which has a $300,000 guarantee. The chip leader at the end of Day 1b was Sungmin Cho who bagged 775,000.
Cho has an overwhelming chip lead, which in large part was due to the final hand of the night, when he popped the money bubble after knocking out Paul Nguyen with ace-king, and taking in a pot worth over 550,000. Sitting second in chips is Beth Hall, and third is Robert Natividad.
End Of Day 1b Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sungmin Cho | Sourth Korea | 775,000 |
| 2 | Beth Hall | United States | 457,000 |
| 3 | Robert Natividad | United States | 300,000 |
| 4 | Robert Nguyen | United States | 147,000 |
One of the 42 entrants in the field who did not make the money was Michael Nia, who has been featured numerous LA Poker Live Streams. Nia was starting to build some momentum and was up to almost 200,000 chips, but was eliminated prior to the final nine players combining for the last table.
Michael Casella who was the Day 1a bubble boy, found himself in the final six players of Day 1b, but unfortunately was eliminated prior to making the money once again, after losing a flip to Beth Hall's pocket nines, against his ace king.
$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. |
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 out of 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.
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