WSOPC Event #15: $1,700 MAIN EVENT

 
Ayaka Muraishi leads Day 1A

The first of three opening-day flights in the $1,700 Main Event is in the books with 91 entries to kick things off at Horseshoe Las Vegas. 

When all was said and done, a total of 23 players bagged chips to move on to Day 2 on Sunday for a shot at a massive prize pool! The guarantee is $500,000, but the last Main Event ballooned to just over $1 million.

Leading the field is Ayaka Muraishi sitting on almost 11 starting stacks with 439,000. Alex Massola sits in second with 305,000 and two-time bracelet winner and Circuit champion David Jackson rounds out the top three with 250,000.

Familiar faces moving on include Eric Baldwin, Shundan Xiao and David Goodman.

Here's a look at the chip counts from Day 1A:

1. Ayaka Muraishi - 439,000
2. Alex Mazzola - 305,000
3. David Jackson - 250,000
4. Zichuan Huang-  236,000
5. Paul Allen - 202,000
6. Eric Baldwin - 190,000
7. Ivan Ruban - 187,000
8. David Muccini - 165,000
9. Boshuang Gao - 156,000
10. Mauricio Ramirez - 154,000 
11. Makoto Yoshimichi- 142,000
12. Shundan Xiao- 140,000
13. Jichen Sheng - 139,000
14. Mark Lilly - 118,000 
15. Vid Zagar - 113,000
16. Romain Brenond - 101,000
17. Casey Stendri - 85,000
18. Daniel Charlton - 82,000
19. Pavel Ignatov - 81,000
20. Katie Porello - 78,000
21. David Goodman - 64,000
22. Eugenio Peralta - 36,000
23. Orestis Kanakopoulos - 22,000
    
    

David Jackson bagged a Top 3 stack

The Main Event has two more starting flights to play through. Flight B begins at 11 am Saturday, and Flight C begins at 11 am Sunday.

Players that make it through one of the starting flights will return for Day 2 on Monday.

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