Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2017 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Brin	718,000 718,000	718,000
Timothy Miles	707,500 707,500	707,500
Richard Alsup	637,500 637,500	637,500
Southisak Seunsom	612,000 612,000	612,000
Matthias Eibinger	610,500 50,500	50,500
Ricardo Abundis	581,000 581,000	581,000
Joseph Biegler	565,000 565,000	565,000
Jennifer Fox	562,500 562,500	562,500
Konstantin Maslak	535,000 535,000	535,000

Clayton Maguire	530,000 530,000	530,000

Marcus Laffen	523,000 523,000	523,000
Nadim Shabou	511,500 511,500	511,500
Shaun Samudia	511,000 511,000	511,000
Bizhan Delgoshaei	509,000 509,000	509,000
Praise Ogwo	497,000 497,000	497,000
Ryan Buckholtz	489,000 489,000	489,000
Ricky Lee	465,000 465,000	465,000
Ari Levy	431,000 431,000	431,000
Zaed Shamoon	388,500 388,500	388,500
Javier Contreras Crespo	379,500 379,500	379,500
Brian Kearney	379,000 379,000	379,000
Gary Murphy	377,500 377,500	377,500
Jose Latorre	360,500 360,500	360,500
David Mzareulov	360,000 360,000	360,000

Bernard Lee	359,000 359,000	359,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Jeffrey Brin

718,000

Timothy Miles

707,500

Richard Alsup

637,500

Southisak Seunsom

612,000

Matthias Eibinger

610,500

50,500

581,000

565,000

562,500

535,000

530,000

523,000

511,500

511,000

509,000

497,000

489,000

465,000

431,000

388,500

Javier Contreras Crespo

379,500

379,000

377,500

360,500

360,000

359,000

Day 1a of the inaugural Event #19: THE GIANT lived up to its name. The event drew 1,629 entries, creating a prize pool of $488,700 for just a $365 buy-in with a minimum payout of $557.

The money began to be paid out during Level 17 at 245 players. In the 30 minutes after the bubble, the tournament lost 120 players to end the day with 124 players out of 1,629.

In the massive field we did see a few familiar faces, some whom will be returning for Day 2 and some who will have to return to play another Day 1. Barry Greenstein (90,000), Dylan Wilkerson (258,000), William Vo (359,000), Asher Coniff (152,000), Jesse Yaginuma (163,000), and Bernard Lee (359,000) are some of the players advancing to Day 2. Natasha Barbour, David Baker, Dennis Phillips, Scott Montgomery, and Jeff Gross were all eliminated but have four more starting days to take a shot at.

Those who made Day 2 will return in nearly a month to play on July 8 at 2 p.m. when all five Day 1s combine.

Jeffrey Brin is the Day 1a chip leader with an impressive stack of 718,000. Close behind is Timothy Miles with 707,500.

There will be four more Day 1s if you want to take your shot at THE GIANT. Day 1 plays every Friday at 7 p.m. for the next four weeks (June 16, 23, 30, and July 7).

PokerNews will have all your updates from THE GIANT and the rest of the 2017 WSOP all summer.