Denys Chufarin Bags the Chip Lead at the End of Day 1 in Event #35: $500 NLHE
Day 1 of Event #35 $500 No-Limit Hold’em drew a field of 2,930 of which 440 made the money and only 132 of them survived returning for the second and final day on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 12:00 p.m. local time.
Denys Chufarin bagged the top stack of 1,500,000 chips other notable stacks include Patrick Chong (1,355,000), Blair Morscheck (1,300,000), Nipun Java (1,295,000), Cody Wells (1,275,000), Justin Turner (1,020,000), Jacob Rich (915,000), Charbel Kanterjian (970,000), and Sundiata DeVore (905,000).
Event #35 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denys Chufarin | Ukraine | 1,500,000 | 50 |
| 2 | Patrick Chong | United States | 1,335,000 | 45 |
| 3 | Blair Morscheck | United States | 1,300,000 | 43 |
| 4 | Nipun Java | United States | 1,295,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Cody Wells | United States | 1,250,000 | 42 |
| 6 | Dongsheng Zhang | United States | 1,199,000 | 40 |
| 7 | John Clancy | United States | 1,155,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Bong Yang | United States | 1,100,000 | 37 |
| 9 | David Larson | United States | 1,060,000 | 35 |
| 10 | Philip Newell | United States | 1,020,000 | 34 |
A selection of the other notable players heading into Day 2 includes 4-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, Mike Takayama with over $1.4 million in live earnings which is second all-time in the Philippines, and Aaron Massey with over $4,500,000 million in live earnings.
Some of the players who fell short of bagging a stack include Barry Greenstein, Bertrand Grospellier, Alexandru Masek, Kelly Minkin, and Kathy Liebert.
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