Sunday, July 3, 2022 3:00 AM Local Time
Defending Champion Le Among Day 1 Chip Leaders of $10,000 PLO Championship
Another record-setting field of 641 entries and counting came together in the Paris Ballroom for a massive Day 1 of WSOP Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-handed).
With registration open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, the field will continue to grow to smash the former record of 518 entries from 2019, with Scott Seiver (452,000) and defending champion Tommy Le (400,000) among the biggest stacks to advance.
Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big blinds |
1 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 701,000 | 280 |
2 | Peter Levine | United States | 521,000 | 208 |
3 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 445,500 | 178 |
4 | Scott Seiver | United States | 425,000 | 170 |
5 | Stephen Burns | United States | 417,500 | 167 |
6 | Joachim Haraldstad | Norway | 410,000 | 164 |
7 | Tommy Le | United States | 400,000 | 160 |
8 | Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | Colombia | 383,000 | 153 |
9 | Luis Velador | United States | 381,500 | 153 |
10 | Robert Valden | United States | 381,000 | 152 |
Patrick Leonard (342,000), Allan Le (330,000), and Ken Aldridge (312,000) are among others to bag big, while 2019 champion Dash Dudley (65,000), Bruno Fitoussi (60,000), Matt Glantz, (39,000), and three-time bracelet winner Phillip Hui (26,500) are among those with some work ahead of them on Day 2.
With so many entries in the field there were also plenty of notables to not survive the day including multi-time bracelet winners Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, and Mike Matusow to name just a few.
All told, 264 of the original 641 will return Sunday to the Paris Ballroom at 2 p.m. As mentioned, several more are likely to enter before the start of play Sunday. Blinds will start at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Last-minute registrants will start with 24 big blinds.
PokerNews will be with you for all ten levels of play Sunday (with a dinner break after Level 16). So be sure to keep it close to us for all the excitement from this and every event from the 53rd World Series of Poker from its new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
Sunday, July 3, 2022 2:41 AM Local Time
Day 2 Seat Draw
ROOM | TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | CITY / STATE / COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
Paris | 102 | 3 | Joseph Couden | United States | 37,000 | 15 |
Paris | 102 | 4 | Richard Austin | United States | 119,500 | 48 |
Paris | 102 | 5 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 32,000 | 13 |
Paris | 102 | 6 | Joshua Ladines | United States | 77,000 | 31 |
Paris | 102 | 7 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 37,000 | 15 |
Paris | 102 | 8 | Christopher Costa | United States | 156,000 | 62 |
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Paris | 103 | 2 | Brent Roberts | United States | 204,000 | 82 |
Paris | 103 | 3 | Vincent Lam | Canada | 69,500 | 28 |
Paris | 103 | 4 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 95,000 | 38 |
Paris | 103 | 5 | Benjamin Diebold | United States | 61,000 | 24 |
Paris | 103 | 6 | Trevor Hebert | Canada | 100,000 | 40 |
Paris | 103 | 7 | Conrad Fourie | South Africa | 374,500 | 150 |
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Paris | 104 | 1 | Brian Hastings | United States | 43,000 | 17 |
Paris | 104 | 2 | Rick Mata | United States | 25,500 | 10 |
Paris | 104 | 3 | Jesse Rockowitz | United States | 53,000 | 21 |
Paris | 104 | 5 | John Kabbaj | United Kingdom | 176,000 | 70 |
Paris | 104 | 7 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 63,000 | 25 |
Paris | 104 | 8 | Rick Alvarado | United States | 180,500 | 72 |
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Paris | 105 | 1 | Yung Hwang | United States | 58,000 | 23 |
Paris | 105 | 2 | Eoghan O'Dea | Ireland | 202,500 | 81 |
Paris | 105 | 3 | Sam Stein | United States | 348,000 | 139 |
Paris | 105 | 5 | Anderson Ireland | United States | 71,000 | 28 |
Paris | 105 | 6 | Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | Colombia | 383,000 | 153 |
Paris | 105 | 8 | Eric Cloutier | Canada | 83,000 | 33 |
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Paris | 106 | 1 | Peter Oh | United States | 150,000 | 60 |
Paris | 106 | 2 | Roee Shalom | Israel | 71,000 | 28 |
Paris | 106 | 3 | Michael Kuney | United States | 48,500 | 19 |
Paris | 106 | 4 | Iakov Onuchin | Russia | 168,000 | 67 |
Paris | 106 | 6 | Josh Pollock | United States | 217,000 | 87 |
Paris | 106 | 7 | Quirin Zech | Germany | 171,500 | 69 |
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Paris | 107 | 1 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | 234,000 | 94 |
Paris | 107 | 2 | Peter Brooks | United States | 137,000 | 55 |
Paris | 107 | 3 | Joachim Haraldstad | Norway | 410,000 | 164 |
Paris | 107 | 5 | Ian Davis | United States | 214,500 | 86 |
Paris | 107 | 6 | John Riordan | United States | 75,500 | 30 |
Paris | 107 | 8 | Jordan Scott | United States | 98,500 | 39 |
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Paris | 108 | 2 | Jonathan Greene | United States | 42,000 | 17 |
Paris | 108 | 3 | Roman Soybelman | United States | 217,000 | 87 |
Paris | 108 | 4 | Andrew Watson | United States | 75,500 | 30 |
Paris | 108 | 6 | Thi Xoa Nguyen | France | 80,000 | 32 |
Paris | 108 | 7 | Tom McCormick | United States | 156,000 | 62 |
Paris | 108 | 8 | Eli Elezra | Israel | 105,500 | 42 |
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Paris | 109 | 2 | Ardit Kurshumi | United States | 224,000 | 90 |
Paris | 109 | 3 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | 211,000 | 84 |
Paris | 109 | 6 | Charles Coultas | United States | 77,000 | 31 |
Paris | 109 | 7 | Alan Reyf | United States | 250,000 | 100 |
Paris | 109 | 8 | Hanna Khalaf | United States | 23,500 | 9 |
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Paris | 110 | 1 | Scott Seiver | United States | 425,000 | 170 |
Paris | 110 | 2 | Adam Dunkle | United States | 96,000 | 38 |
Paris | 110 | 3 | Robert Valden | United States | 381,000 | 152 |
Paris | 110 | 5 | Kyle Cartwright | United States | 166,500 | 67 |
Paris | 110 | 6 | Dan Shak | United States | 216,000 | 86 |
Paris | 110 | 8 | Allan Le | United States | 330,000 | 132 |
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Paris | 111 | 2 | Michael Cox | United States | 240,000 | 96 |
Paris | 111 | 3 | Dan Iman | United States | 201,000 | 80 |
Paris | 111 | 4 | Fabian Brandes | United States | 184,000 | 74 |
Paris | 111 | 7 | Richie Allen | United Kingdom | 128,000 | 51 |
Paris | 111 | 8 | Matt Livingston | United States | 157,500 | 63 |
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Paris | 112 | 1 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | 40,000 | 16 |
Paris | 112 | 2 | Clemens Von Blanckenburg | Germany | 75,000 | 30 |
Paris | 112 | 4 | Michael Krasienko | United States | 66,000 | 26 |
Paris | 112 | 5 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 66,500 | 27 |
Paris | 112 | 6 | Laurids Nielsen | United Kingdom | 100,500 | 40 |
Paris | 112 | 7 | Joao Augusto Pimenta Bueno | Brazil | 127,500 | 51 |
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Paris | 113 | 1 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 157,000 | 63 |
Paris | 113 | 4 | Keith Ferrera | United States | 125,500 | 50 |
Paris | 113 | 5 | Zachary Hirst | United States | 137,000 | 55 |
Paris | 113 | 6 | Jaspal Brar | Canada | 60,500 | 24 |
Paris | 113 | 7 | Eric Fields | United States | 247,000 | 99 |
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Paris | 114 | 1 | Dennis Durante | United States | 68,000 | 27 |
Paris | 114 | 3 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 48,500 | 19 |
Paris | 114 | 5 | Tom Hu | United States | 95,000 | 38 |
Paris | 114 | 6 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 159,500 | 64 |
Paris | 114 | 7 | Kenneth Lin | United States | 164,000 | 66 |
Paris | 114 | 8 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 229,000 | 92 |
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Paris | 115 | 2 | Jesse Chinni | United States | 203,500 | 81 |
Paris | 115 | 3 | Michael Duek | United States | 225,500 | 90 |
Paris | 115 | 4 | Ryan Smith | Canada | 108,500 | 43 |
Paris | 115 | 5 | Chris Fraser | United Kingdom | 297,500 | 119 |
Paris | 115 | 8 | Philip Wiszowaty | United States | 114,000 | 46 |
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Paris | 116 | 1 | Badr Imejjane | United States | 252,000 | 101 |
Paris | 116 | 2 | Dante Goya | Brazil | 135,000 | 54 |
Paris | 116 | 3 | Thair Kallabat | United States | 202,000 | 81 |
Paris | 116 | 5 | Kristopher Tate | United States | 138,500 | 55 |
Paris | 116 | 7 | Konstantin Beylin | United States | 53,500 | 21 |
Paris | 116 | 8 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 53,000 | 21 |
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Paris | 117 | 1 | David Datashvili | United States | 179,500 | 72 |
Paris | 117 | 2 | Karen Sarkisyan | Russia | 75,000 | 30 |
Paris | 117 | 3 | Rory Rees-Brennan | Ireland | 66,500 | 27 |
Paris | 117 | 4 | Nithin Eapen | United States | 319,000 | 128 |
Paris | 117 | 6 | Austin Morin | United States | 261,000 | 104 |
Paris | 117 | 7 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 445,500 | 178 |
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Paris | 118 | 1 | Stephen Burns | United States | 417,500 | 167 |
Paris | 118 | 2 | Matt Stout | United States | 176,000 | 70 |
Paris | 118 | 3 | Omar Mehmood | United States | 145,000 | 58 |
Paris | 118 | 4 | Nicholas Aranda | United States | 29,000 | 12 |
Paris | 118 | 7 | Ryan Franklin | United States | 299,000 | 120 |
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Paris | 119 | 1 | Sondre Sagstuen | Norway | 50,000 | 20 |
Paris | 119 | 3 | Jens Lakemeier | Germany | 50,000 | 20 |
Paris | 119 | 4 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 75,500 | 30 |
Paris | 119 | 5 | Nitesh Rawtani | United States | 252,500 | 101 |
Paris | 119 | 7 | Quang Ngo | United States | 49,000 | 20 |
Paris | 119 | 8 | Elior Sion | United Kingdom | 102,000 | 41 |
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Paris | 120 | 2 | Sterling Savill | United States | 232,500 | 93 |
Paris | 120 | 3 | David Coleman | United States | 185,000 | 74 |
Paris | 120 | 5 | Tommy Le | United States | 400,000 | 160 |
Paris | 120 | 6 | Yarin Cohen | United States | 150,000 | 60 |
Paris | 120 | 7 | Allison Marques | Brazil | 187,000 | 75 |
Paris | 120 | 8 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 171,000 | 68 |
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Paris | 121 | 1 | Jeff Hakim | Lebanon | 124,000 | 50 |
Paris | 121 | 5 | Pankaj Sharma | United States | 86,500 | 35 |
Paris | 121 | 6 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 30,000 | 12 |
Paris | 121 | 7 | Sunita Advaney | United States | 37,000 | 15 |
Paris | 121 | 8 | Jared Jaffee | United States | 34,000 | 14 |
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Paris | 122 | 2 | Joseph Wagganer | United States | 53,500 | 21 |
Paris | 122 | 3 | Nai Hu | Taiwan | 248,000 | 99 |
Paris | 122 | 6 | Ben Landowski | United States | 265,500 | 106 |
Paris | 122 | 7 | Taylor Paur | United States | 120,000 | 48 |
Paris | 122 | 8 | Christoph Csik | United States | 161,500 | 65 |
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Paris | 123 | 1 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 101,000 | 40 |
Paris | 123 | 2 | Rami Boukai | United States | 211,500 | 85 |
Paris | 123 | 5 | Benoit Galland | Canada | 195,000 | 78 |
Paris | 123 | 6 | Matt Szymaszek | United States | 170,500 | 68 |
Paris | 123 | 7 | Patrik Jaros | Czech Republic | 140,000 | 56 |
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Paris | 124 | 1 | Nick Schwarmann | United States | 155,000 | 62 |
Paris | 124 | 3 | Anik Ajmera | India | 59,000 | 24 |
Paris | 124 | 4 | Jarrett Hlavaty | United States | 207,500 | 83 |
Paris | 124 | 5 | Maksim Reshetov | Russia | 236,000 | 94 |
Paris | 124 | 7 | David Cabrera | Spain | 104,000 | 42 |
Paris | 124 | 8 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | Austria | 275,000 | 110 |
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Paris | 125 | 1 | Abraham Faroni | United States | 38,000 | 15 |
Paris | 125 | 2 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 45,000 | 18 |
Paris | 125 | 3 | Shahar Levi | Israel | 249,500 | 100 |
Paris | 125 | 4 | Kyle Merron | United States | 85,000 | 34 |
Paris | 125 | 6 | Tesfaldet Tekle | United States | 135,500 | 54 |
Paris | 125 | 8 | Michael Wang | United States | 116,000 | 46 |
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Paris | 126 | 1 | Stephen Johnson | United States | 277,000 | 111 |
Paris | 126 | 2 | Melad Marji | United States | 249,000 | 100 |
Paris | 126 | 3 | Ognjen Sekularac | Serbia | 154,000 | 62 |
Paris | 126 | 5 | Frank Kassela | United States | 278,000 | 111 |
Paris | 126 | 7 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 66,000 | 26 |
Paris | 126 | 8 | Ashly Butler | United States | 348,500 | 139 |
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Paris | 127 | 1 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 86,500 | 35 |
Paris | 127 | 2 | Scott Baumstein | United States | 213,500 | 85 |
Paris | 127 | 3 | Yin Wu | China | 72,500 | 29 |
Paris | 127 | 5 | Ken Aldridge | United States | 312,000 | 125 |
Paris | 127 | 6 | Brandon Adams | United States | 261,000 | 104 |
Paris | 127 | 7 | Hani Mio | United States | 139,000 | 56 |
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Paris | 128 | 1 | Elliott Hebden | United States | 50,500 | 20 |
Paris | 128 | 2 | Vivian Saliba | Brazil | 266,500 | 107 |
Paris | 128 | 6 | John Beauprez | United States | 71,500 | 29 |
Paris | 128 | 7 | Gregory Wish | United States | 142,500 | 57 |
Paris | 128 | 8 | Main Malan | United States | 58,500 | 23 |
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Paris | 129 | 1 | Tarkan Karadas | Austria | 137,500 | 55 |
Paris | 129 | 3 | William Benson | United States | 241,000 | 96 |
Paris | 129 | 4 | Stephen Hubbard | United States | 165,500 | 66 |
Paris | 129 | 5 | Tim Grau | Germany | 113,000 | 45 |
Paris | 129 | 6 | Joseph Lamkin | United States | 112,500 | 45 |
Paris | 129 | 7 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 83,500 | 33 |
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Paris | 130 | 2 | Yashuo Chin | United States | 89,500 | 36 |
Paris | 130 | 3 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 106,000 | 42 |
Paris | 130 | 4 | Kristopher Burchfield | United States | 115,000 | 46 |
Paris | 130 | 6 | Fuad Razavi | United States | 297,000 | 119 |
Paris | 130 | 7 | Zak Laikin | United States | 1 | 0 |
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Paris | 131 | 1 | Blake Napierala | United States | 161,000 | 64 |
Paris | 131 | 2 | Tim Seidensticker | United States | 218,000 | 87 |
Paris | 131 | 3 | Dash Dudley | United States | 65,000 | 26 |
Paris | 131 | 6 | Tommi Lankinen | United States | 45,000 | 18 |
Paris | 131 | 7 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 242,000 | 97 |
Paris | 131 | 8 | Nathan Zimnik | United States | 164,000 | 66 |
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Paris | 132 | 1 | Mark Stockton | United States | 189,000 | 76 |
Paris | 132 | 3 | Luis Velador | United States | 381,500 | 153 |
Paris | 132 | 4 | Nicholas Baris | United States | 260,000 | 104 |
Paris | 132 | 6 | Isaiah Goldman | United States | 169,500 | 68 |
Paris | 132 | 7 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 342,000 | 137 |
Paris | 132 | 8 | David Novosel | United States | 117,500 | 47 |
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Paris | 133 | 1 | Jonathan Cole | United States | 42,500 | 17 |
Paris | 133 | 3 | Florin Haiduc | Romania | 61,000 | 24 |
Paris | 133 | 5 | Michael Russell | United States | 95,500 | 38 |
Paris | 133 | 6 | Sokchheka Pho | United States | 124,000 | 50 |
Paris | 133 | 7 | Matthew Shepsky | United States | 87,500 | 35 |
Paris | 133 | 8 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 199,000 | 80 |
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Paris | 134 | 2 | Benedikt Eberle | United States | 119,000 | 48 |
Paris | 134 | 4 | Scott Eskenazi | United States | 174,000 | 70 |
Paris | 134 | 5 | Robert Nehorayan | United States | 369,500 | 148 |
Paris | 134 | 6 | Joseph Leung | Canada | 188,500 | 75 |
Paris | 134 | 7 | James Crowshaw | Canada | 178,500 | 71 |
Paris | 134 | 8 | Nir Cohen | United States | 274,500 | 110 |
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Paris | 135 | 1 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | 172,500 | 69 |
Paris | 135 | 2 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 197,000 | 79 |
Paris | 135 | 3 | Jered Bettencourt | United States | 137,000 | 55 |
Paris | 135 | 4 | Chris Lee | United States | 115,500 | 46 |
Paris | 135 | 5 | Firas Sadou | United States | 150,000 | 60 |
Paris | 135 | 6 | Mr Mcswiney | Germany | 154,500 | 62 |
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Paris | 136 | 1 | Joseph Cheong | United States | 41,500 | 17 |
Paris | 136 | 2 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 260,500 | 104 |
Paris | 136 | 4 | David Funkhouser | United States | 305,000 | 122 |
Paris | 136 | 6 | Bogdan Capitan | Romania | 144,000 | 58 |
Paris | 136 | 7 | Andy Seth | United States | 65,500 | 26 |
Paris | 136 | 8 | Oswin Ziegelbecker | Austria | 365,000 | 146 |
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Paris | 137 | 1 | Nohad Teliani | Canada | 220,000 | 88 |
Paris | 137 | 2 | Farid Dhanani | United States | 57,000 | 23 |
Paris | 137 | 4 | Matt Waxman | United States | 85,000 | 34 |
Paris | 137 | 6 | Bruno Fitoussi | France | 60,000 | 24 |
Paris | 137 | 7 | Matt Glantz | United States | 39,000 | 16 |
Paris | 137 | 8 | Ken Fishman | United States | 137,500 | 55 |
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Paris | 138 | 1 | Amit Benyacov | Israel | 55,500 | 22 |
Paris | 138 | 2 | Richard Belcastro | Italy | 59,500 | 24 |
Paris | 138 | 4 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 108,000 | 43 |
Paris | 138 | 5 | Phillip Hui | United States | 26,500 | 11 |
Paris | 138 | 6 | Soheb Porbandarwala | United States | 207,000 | 83 |
Paris | 138 | 8 | Naor Slobodskoy | Israel | 91,000 | 36 |
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Paris | 139 | 1 | Armando Collado | Mexico | 143,500 | 57 |
Paris | 139 | 2 | Adi Abugazal | United States | 52,000 | 21 |
Paris | 139 | 3 | Tarun Gulati | United States | 165,000 | 66 |
Paris | 139 | 5 | Jonathan Hutson | United States | 215,500 | 86 |
Paris | 139 | 7 | Cody Rich | United States | 205,500 | 82 |
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Paris | 140 | 1 | William Mcmahan | United States | 93,000 | 37 |
Paris | 140 | 2 | James Mendoza | United States | 312,500 | 125 |
Paris | 140 | 3 | Asem Alsaadi | Albania | 361,500 | 145 |
Paris | 140 | 5 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 83,000 | 33 |
Paris | 140 | 7 | Chun Li | United States | 365,000 | 146 |
Paris | 140 | 8 | Brandon Caputo | United States | 234,000 | 94 |
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Paris | 141 | 1 | Jordan Cristos | United States | 150,000 | 60 |
Paris | 141 | 2 | Jianfei Bai | United States | 129,000 | 52 |
Paris | 141 | 3 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 142,500 | 57 |
Paris | 141 | 5 | James Czarnecki | United States | 59,500 | 24 |
Paris | 141 | 7 | Jacob Baumgartner | United States | 233,000 | 93 |
Paris | 141 | 8 | Dmitrii Perfilev | United States | 154,000 | 62 |
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Paris | 142 | 2 | Esther Taylor | United States | 161,000 | 64 |
Paris | 142 | 3 | Matthew McEwan | United States | 240,500 | 96 |
Paris | 142 | 4 | Manh Nguyen | United States | 236,000 | 94 |
Paris | 142 | 5 | Lev Zerkal | United States | 146,000 | 58 |
Paris | 142 | 6 | Khorchidian Nichan | Lebanon | 18,500 | 7 |
Paris | 142 | 8 | Artem Maksimov | Russia | 29,000 | 12 |
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Paris | 143 | 1 | Vasil Medarov | Bulgaria | 337,000 | 135 |
Paris | 143 | 3 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 66,000 | 26 |
Paris | 143 | 4 | George Wang | United States | 304,900 | 122 |
Paris | 143 | 5 | Mohammad Arani | United States | 68,000 | 27 |
Paris | 143 | 7 | Brekstyn Schutten | United States | 84,000 | 34 |
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Paris | 144 | 1 | Aden Salazar | United States | 101,000 | 40 |
Paris | 144 | 2 | Travis Doran | United States | 83,000 | 33 |
Paris | 144 | 3 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 701,000 | 280 |
Paris | 144 | 4 | Norbert Szecsi | Hungary | 137,000 | 55 |
Paris | 144 | 5 | Xunen Zheng | United Kingdom | 366,000 | 146 |
Paris | 144 | 6 | Peter Levine | United States | 521,000 | 208 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 2:25 AM Local Time
End of Day 1 Chip Counts
Scott Seiver | 455,000 | 25,000 |
Kazuhiko Yotsushika | 445,500 | 15,500 |
Stephen Burns | 417,500 | 0 |
Joachim Haraldstad | 410,000 | 410,000 |
Tommy Le | 400,000 | 90,000 |
Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | 383,000 | 8,000 |
Luis Velador | 381,500 | 336,500 |
Robert Valden | 381,000 | 77,000 |
Conrad Fourie | 374,500 | 4,500 |
Robert Nehorayan | 369,500 | 369,500 |
Xunen Zheng | 366,000 | 366,000 |
Chun Li | 365,000 | 365,000 |
Oswin Ziegelbecker | 365,000 | 365,000 |
Asem Alsaadi | 361,500 | 361,500 |
Ashly Butler | 348,500 | 121,000 |
Sam Stein | 348,000 | 68,000 |
Patrick Leonard | 342,000 | 2,000 |
Vasil Medarov | 337,000 | -18,000 |
Allan Le | 330,000 | 150,000 |
Nithin Eapen | 319,000 | 319,000 |
James Mendoza | 312,500 | 312,500 |
Ken Aldridge | 312,000 | -3,000 |
David Funkhouser | 305,000 | 75,000 |
George Wang | 304,900 | 304,900 |
Ryan Franklin | 299,000 | -6,000 |
Chris Fraser | 297,500 | -102,500 |
Fuad Razavi | 297,000 | 297,000 |
Frank Kassela | 278,000 | -22,000 |
Stephen Johnson | 277,000 | 277,000 |
Miltiadis Kyriakides | 275,000 | 45,000 |
Nir Cohen | 274,500 | 94,500 |
Vivian Saliba | 266,500 | -26,500 |
Ben Landowski | 265,500 | 265,500 |
Austin Morin | 261,000 | 261,000 |
Brandon Adams | 261,000 | 41,000 |
Anson Tsang | 260,500 | 60,500 |
Nicholas Baris | 260,000 | 260,000 |
Nitesh Rawtani | 252,500 | 252,500 |
Badr Imejjane | 252,000 | 252,000 |
Alan Reyf | 250,000 | 125,000 |
Shahar Levi | 249,500 | 249,500 |
Melad Marji | 249,000 | 249,000 |
Nai Hu | 248,000 | 78,000 |
Eric Fields | 247,000 | 247,000 |
Jeff Madsen | 242,000 | 112,000 |
William Benson | 241,000 | 241,000 |
Matthew McEwan | 240,500 | 240,500 |
Michael Cox | 240,000 | 240,000 |
Manh Nguyen | 236,000 | 236,000 |
Maksim Reshetov | 236,000 | 236,000 |
Ronald Keijzer | 234,000 | 145,000 |
Brandon Caputo | 234,000 | 234,000 |
Jacob Baumgartner | 233,000 | 233,000 |
Sterling Savill | 232,500 | 232,500 |
Toby Lewis | 229,000 | 129,000 |
Michael Duek | 225,500 | 105,500 |
Ardit Kurshumi | 224,000 | 14,000 |
Nohad Teliani | 220,000 | 220,000 |
Tim Seidensticker | 218,000 | 53,000 |
Roman Soybelman | 217,000 | 217,000 |
Josh Pollock | 217,000 | 217,000 |
Dan Shak | 216,000 | 151,000 |
Jonathan Hutson | 215,500 | 215,500 |
Ian Davis | 214,500 | 214,500 |
Scott Baumstein | 213,500 | 123,500 |
Rami Boukai | 211,500 | 101,500 |
Rob Hollink | 211,000 | -69,000 |
Jarrett Hlavaty | 207,500 | 207,500 |
Soheb Porbandarwala | 207,000 | 207,000 |
Cody Rich | 205,500 | -1,500 |
Brent Roberts | 204,000 | 204,000 |
Jesse Chinni | 203,500 | 203,500 |
Eoghan O'Dea | 202,500 | 2,500 |
Thair Kallabat | 202,000 | 202,000 |
Dan Iman | 201,000 | 201,000 |
Maxx Coleman | 199,000 | -46,000 |
Oshri Lahmani | 197,000 | 99,000 |
Benoit Galland | 195,000 | 195,000 |
Mark Stockton | 189,000 | 189,000 |
Joseph Leung | 188,500 | 188,500 |
Allison Marques | 187,000 | 187,000 |
David Coleman | 185,000 | 10,000 |
Fabian Brandes | 184,000 | -56,000 |
Rick Alvarado | 180,500 | 55,500 |
David Datashvili | 179,500 | 179,500 |
James Crowshaw | 178,500 | 178,500 |
John Kabbaj | 176,000 | 46,000 |
Matt Stout | 176,000 | 23,000 |
Scott Eskenazi | 174,000 | 34,000 |
Sorel Mizzi | 172,500 | 27,500 |
Quirin Zech | 171,500 | 91,500 |
Davidi Kitai | 171,000 | 171,000 |
Matt Szymaszek | 170,500 | 170,500 |
Isaiah Goldman | 169,500 | 169,500 |
Iakov Onuchin | 168,000 | 168,000 |
Kyle Cartwright | 166,500 | 166,500 |
Stephen Hubbard | 165,500 | 165,500 |
Tarun Gulati | 165,000 | 165,000 |
Nathan Zimnik | 164,000 | 116,000 |
Kenneth Lin | 164,000 | 164,000 |
Christoph Csik | 161,500 | 161,500 |
Esther Taylor | 161,000 | 26,000 |
Blake Napierala | 161,000 | 161,000 |
Daniel Rezaei | 159,500 | 89,500 |
Matt Livingston | 157,500 | 157,500 |
Matthew Wantman | 157,000 | 7,000 |
Tom McCormick | 156,000 | 89,000 |
Christopher Costa | 156,000 | -69,000 |
Nick Schwarmann | 155,000 | 155,000 |
Mr Mcswiney | 154,500 | 154,500 |
Ognjen Sekularac | 154,000 | 154,000 |
Dmitrii Perfilev | 154,000 | 154,000 |
Yarin Cohen | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Jordan Cristos | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Peter Oh | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Firas Sadou | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Lev Zerkal | 146,000 | 146,000 |
Omar Mehmood | 145,000 | 5,000 |
Bogdan Capitan | 144,000 | 69,000 |
Armando Collado | 143,500 | -66,500 |
Oliver Weis | 142,500 | 82,500 |
Gregory Wish | 142,500 | 142,500 |
Patrik Jaros | 140,000 | -190,000 |
Hani Mio | 139,000 | 139,000 |
Kristopher Tate | 138,500 | 138,500 |
Ken Fishman | 137,500 | 137,500 |
Tarkan Karadas | 137,500 | 72,500 |
Norbert Szecsi | 137,000 | 47,000 |
Zachary Hirst | 137,000 | 137,000 |
Jered Bettencourt | 137,000 | 137,000 |
Peter Brooks | 137,000 | 137,000 |
Tesfaldet Tekle | 135,500 | 135,500 |
Dante Goya | 135,000 | 60,000 |
Jianfei Bai | 129,000 | 129,000 |
Richie Allen | 128,000 | 128,000 |
Joao Augusto Pimenta Bueno | 127,500 | 127,500 |
Keith Ferrera | 125,500 | 125,500 |
Jeff Hakim | 124,000 | -6,000 |
Sokchheka Pho | 124,000 | 124,000 |
Taylor Paur | 120,000 | 30,000 |
Richard Austin | 119,500 | 119,500 |
Benedikt Eberle | 119,000 | 119,000 |
David Novosel | 117,500 | 117,500 |
Michael Wang | 116,000 | -9,000 |
Chris Lee | 115,500 | 500 |
Kris Burchfield | 115,000 | -48,000 |
Philip Wiszowaty | 114,000 | 0 |
Tim Grau | 113,000 | 113,000 |
Joseph Lamkin | 112,500 | 112,500 |
Ryan Smith | 108,500 | 108,500 |
Jake Schwartz | 108,000 | 108,000 |
Shiva Dudani | 106,000 | 106,000 |
Eli Elezra | 105,500 | 15,500 |
David Cabrera | 104,000 | -24,000 |
Elior Sion | 102,000 | 21,000 |
Tsugunari Toma | 101,000 | -59,000 |
Aden Salazar | 101,000 | -142,000 |
Laurids Nielsen | 100,500 | -34,500 |
Trevor Hebert | 100,000 | -50,000 |
Jordan Scott | 98,500 | 98,500 |
Adam Dunkle | 96,000 | 96,000 |
Michael Russell | 95,500 | 95,500 |
Yuval Bronshtein | 95,000 | -10,000 |
Tom Hu | 95,000 | 95,000 |
William Mcmahan | 93,000 | 93,000 |
Naor Slobodskoy | 91,000 | -19,000 |
Yashuo Chin | 89,500 | 89,500 |
Matthew Shepsky | 87,500 | 87,500 |
Pankaj Sharma | 86,500 | 86,500 |
Scott Bohlman | 86,500 | -43,500 |
Kyle Merron | 85,000 | 85,000 |
Matt Waxman | 85,000 | 5,000 |
Brekstyn Schutten | 84,000 | 84,000 |
Ismael Bojang | 83,500 | 13,500 |
Eric Cloutier | 83,000 | 83,000 |
Jan-Peter Jachtmann | 83,000 | -2,000 |
Travis Doran | 83,000 | 83,000 |
Thi Xoa Nguyen | 80,000 | -45,000 |
Charlie Coultas | 77,000 | -18,000 |
Joshua Ladines | 77,000 | 77,000 |
Anthony Zinno | 75,500 | 4,500 |
John Riordan | 75,500 | -44,500 |
Andrew Watson | 75,500 | -37,500 |
Clemens Von Blanckenburg | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Karen Sarkisyan | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Yin Wu | 72,500 | 72,500 |
John Beauprez | 71,500 | -40,500 |
Majid Yahyaei | 71,000 | -69,000 |
Roee Shalom | 71,000 | 71,000 |
Anderson Ireland | 71,000 | 71,000 |
Vincent Lam | 69,500 | 69,500 |
Mohammad Arani | 68,000 | 68,000 |
Dennis Durante | 68,000 | 68,000 |
Rory Rees-Brennan | 66,500 | 66,500 |
Matt Vengrin | 66,500 | -23,500 |
Mike Krasienko | 66,000 | -54,000 |
Dario Sammartino | 66,000 | 66,000 |
Vincent Moscati | 66,000 | 66,000 |
Andy Seth | 65,500 | 65,500 |
Dash Dudley | 65,000 | 10,000 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | 63,000 | 18,000 |
Florin Haiduc | 61,000 | -89,000 |
Jaspal Brar | 60,500 | 60,500 |
Bruno Fitoussi | 60,000 | 11,000 |
James Czarnecki | 59,500 | 59,500 |
Richard Belcastro | 59,500 | 59,500 |
Anik Ajmera | 59,000 | 59,000 |
Main Malan | 58,500 | 58,500 |
Yung Hwang | 58,000 | 58,000 |
Farid Dhanani | 57,000 | 57,000 |
Amit Benyacov | 55,500 | 55,500 |
Konstantin Beylin | 53,500 | -31,500 |
Joseph Wagganer | 53,500 | 53,500 |
Jordan Siegel | 53,000 | -14,000 |
Jesse Rockowitz | 53,000 | 53,000 |
Peter Levine | 52,000 | 52,000 |
Adi Abugazal | 52,000 | 52,000 |
Elliott Hebden | 50,500 | 50,500 |
Jens Lakemeier | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Sondre Sagstuen | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Quang Ngo | 49,000 | 49,000 |
Michael Kuney | 48,500 | -31,500 |
Sylvain Loosli | 48,500 | 13,500 |
Ben Diebold | 47,000 | -8,000 |
Dominykas Karmazinas | 45,000 | 3,000 |
Tommi Lankinen | 45,000 | -15,000 |
Brian Hastings | 43,000 | -18,000 |
Jonathan Cole | 42,500 | 42,500 |
Jonathan Greene | 42,000 | -133,000 |
Joseph Cheong | 41,500 | -143,500 |
Andjelko Andrejevic | 40,000 | -40,000 |
Matt Glantz | 39,000 | 39,000 |
Abraham Faroni | 38,000 | 38,000 |
Sunita Advaney | 37,000 | -43,000 |
Joey Couden | 37,000 | -23,000 |
Ryan Laplante | 37,000 | -5,000 |
Jared Jaffee | 34,000 | -26,000 |
Nick Guagenti | 32,000 | -28,500 |
Noah Bronstein | 30,000 | -68,000 |
Nicholas Aranda | 29,000 | 29,000 |
Artem Maksimov | 29,000 | -26,000 |
Phillip Hui | 26,500 | -9,500 |
Rick Mata | 25,500 | 25,500 |
Hanna Khalaf | 23,500 | 23,500 |
Nichan Khorchidian | 18,500 | 18,500 |
Zak Laikin | 1 | -54,999 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 2:02 AM Local Time
Day 1 Completed
An unofficial 264 players out of 641 entrants have completed Day 1 and assorted chip counts as well as a recap of today's action are to follow.
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:56 AM Local Time
Very Late Double for Leonard
With 96,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Vasil Medarov bet the pot and then sigh-called the all-in of Patrick Leonard for little more. Leonard tabled the and Medarov mucked the before paying 114,500 to his table neighbour.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika | 430,000 | -70,000 |
Vasil Medarov | 355,000 | -135,000 |
Patrick Leonard | 340,000 | 215,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:53 AM Local Time
Final Five Hands
Tournament staff has just announced that five more hands will be played before the surviving players bag up for the night.
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:50 AM Local Time
Late Triple Up for Kabbaj
John Kabbaj had been down to as little as 25,000 and then got his chips in while facing action from Elior Sion and Dominykas Karmazinas.
On a board of , Karmazinas banged his hand on the table as his for a full wrap and two pair on the turn earned no portion of the pot. Kabbaj tripled with the for the nut flush while Sion doubled through Karmazinas with the .
John Kabbaj | 130,000 | 55,000 |
Elior Sion | 81,000 | 81,000 |
Dominykas Karmazinas | 42,000 | -53,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:46 AM Local Time
Nguyen Sometimes Has It; Sometimes Not
Tommy Le recalled a hand in which Thi Xoa Nguyen ran a triple barrel bluff with the on a board, which was looked up by Le with the for two pair.
Nguyen was involved in the action again just now and bet the turn as well as the river with the final bet worth 34,000. Her sole remaining opponent reluctantly called and Nguyen tabled the for the straight.
"Ah, so sometimes you have it ..." the comment came while Nguyen raked in the pot with a smile. Naor Slobodskoy chimed in that they would have snap-called earlier had they known Nguyen's aggressive approach, which caused some laughter at the table.
Tommy Le | 310,000 | 150,000 |
Thi Xoa Nguyen | 125,000 | -85,000 |
Naor Slobodskoy | 110,000 | 20,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:38 AM Local Time
Yotsushika Emerges Among the Big Stacks
Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 4,000 and was called by fellow big stack Vasil Medarov on the button. Patrick Leonard then raised to 19,000 in the small blind and both big stacks came along. The flop was checked and the followed on the turn. It checked to Yotsushika and he bet 40,000 in order to win the pot uncontested.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Vasil Medarov | 490,000 | 40,000 |
Patrick Leonard | 125,000 | -50,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:32 AM Local Time
Taylor and Diebold Chip Up
Chris Lee check-called a bet worth 6,000 by Esther Taylor on the board before then leading the river for 15,000 while in the big blind. Taylor mulled it over for a short while and called to only get shown the , which she had beat holding the .
One table over, a short-stacked Ben Diebold got it in with the against an even shorter-stacked opponent who tabled the . The board ran out and that gave a minor boost to Diebold.
Steven Loube | 185,000 | 125,000 |
Esther Taylor | 135,000 | 20,000 |
Jeff Hakim | 130,000 | 70,000 |
Chris Lee | 115,000 | 115,000 |
Quirin Zech | 80,000 | 2,000 |
Ben Diebold | 55,000 | 31,500 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:29 AM Local Time
McCormick Screams For a Spade
The exuberant Tom McCormick could be heard across the Paris ballroom with his tournament life at stake on a turn board of .
His opponent held for broadway with a full house redraw, while McCormick had .
McCormick chanted loudly for a spade, then screamed "SPAAAAAAAADE" as the came on the river, fulfilling his request and keeping him alive in the tournament.
Tom McCormick | 67,000 | 40,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:18 AM Local Time
Soverel Vanishes at the End of Day 1
The 640-entry strong field has already been cut into more than half with fewer than 300 players still in contention.
Among the latest casualties was also Sam Soverel, who got it in with a dominated versus . There were no shenanigans on the board and that spelled the end for Soverel, who was applauded by Ryan Goindoo and Chris Fraser as he departed the banter-filled table.
Chris Fraser | 400,000 | 270,000 |
Ryan Goindoo | 150,000 | 20,000 |
Sam Soverel | 0 | 0 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:13 AM Local Time
Pretty Flop Locks Up Double for Beauprez
John Beauprez had a portion of his short stack in already and the rest of it then went into the middle on a flop of when Jeff Madsen bet the pot.
John Beauprez:
Jeff Madsen:
The turn and kept Beauprez around as Madsen quickly matched his last chips behind before they proceeded to the next hand.
Jeff Madsen | 130,000 | 17,000 |
John Beauprez | 112,000 | 52,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:10 AM Local Time
Late Night Counts Part II
Vasil Medarov | 450,000 | 20,000 |
Scott Seiver | 430,000 | 430,000 |
Ken Aldridge | 315,000 | 205,000 |
Ryan Franklin | 305,000 | -30,000 |
Frank Kassela | 300,000 | -30,000 |
Sam Stein | 280,000 | 280,000 |
Aden Salazar | 243,000 | -112,000 |
Yehoshua Saadon | 240,000 | 140,000 |
Fabian Brandes | 240,000 | 195,000 |
Cody Rich | 207,000 | -8,000 |
Anson Tsang | 200,000 | -60,000 |
Patrick Leonard | 175,000 | 70,000 |
Nai Hu | 170,000 | 55,000 |
Scott Eskenazi | 140,000 | 50,000 |
Laurids Nielsen | 135,000 | -5,000 |
Michael Wang | 125,000 | 65,000 |
Eli Elezra | 90,000 | 14,500 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:06 AM Local Time
Coleman Chips Up Further
Not long ago, David Coleman had sent David van Rask to the rail and he wound up scoring another knockout soon after. His flopped the top set on a flop to knock out a player that had just been moved to the table moments earlier.
David Coleman | 175,000 | 110,000 |
David Van Rask | 0 | 0 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:04 AM Local Time
Level 10 started
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:00 AM Local Time
More Counts Entering Final Level
Vivian Saliba | 293,000 | 121,500 |
David Funkhouser | 230,000 | 70,000 |
Christopher Costa | 225,000 | 225,000 |
Brandon Adams | 220,000 | 20,000 |
Kris Burchfield | 163,000 | 18,000 |
Patrick Leonard | 105,000 | -75,000 |
Eli Elezra | 75,500 | -39,500 |
Jared Jaffee | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Bruno Fitoussi | 49,000 | -26,000 |
Felipe Ramos | 44,000 | 28,500 |
Phillip Hui | 36,000 | -28,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 12:57 AM Local Time
Jaros Wins A Big One From Cabrera
Picking action up on the turn with 65,000 already in the pot and a board of , David Cabrera checked to Patrik Jaros, who bet the size of the pot.
Cabrera chose to call for approximately a third of his remaining stack.
The river brought the , and both players opted to check.
"Straight," said Jaros, who revealed , for indeed, a rivered straight. Cabrera looked frustrated to see his opponent get there at the end and tossed his cards into the muck.
Patrik Jaros | 330,000 | 135,000 |
David Cabrera | 128,000 | -177,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 12:51 AM Local Time
Gonzales Vanishes After Big Clash With Fourie
With 35,500 in the middle to the flop, Matthew Gonzales and Conrad Fourie got their chips in and it was Fourie as the player at risk in a significant pot.
Conrad Fourie:
Matthew Gonzales:
Gonzales was drawing slim but found some hope with the turn. However, the river was of no help as Fourie doubled for 164,500. Gonzales was left with around 30,000 in chips and disappeared shortly thereafter.
Conrad Fourie | 370,000 | 183,500 |
Matthew Gonzales | 0 | -165,000 |
Sunday, July 3, 2022 12:44 AM Local Time
Late Night Counts in Level Nine
Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | 375,000 | 85,000 |
Maxx Coleman | 245,000 | 171,000 |
Miltiadis Kyriakides | 230,000 | 90,000 |
Ardit Kurshumi | 210,000 | 140,000 |
Patrik Jaros | 195,000 | -1,000 |
Allan Le | 180,000 | 60,000 |
Matthew Wantman | 150,000 | 58,000 |
Sorel Mizzi | 145,000 | 30,000 |
Scott Bohlman | 130,000 | 50,000 |
Michelle Chin | 115,000 | 5,000 |
Charlie Coultas | 95,000 | 5,000 |
Matt Vengrin | 90,000 | 90,000 |
Tong Li | 80,000 | 5,000 |
Florian Fuchs | 80,000 | 80,000 |
Jesse Lonis | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Bruno Fitoussi | 75,000 | -110,000 |
Dash Dudley | 55,000 | 20,000 |
Christopher Frank | 45,000 | 27,000 |
Ryan D'Angelo | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Fedor Holz | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Chris Sly | 0 | 0 |
Dylan Linde | 0 | -65,000 |
Noah Schwartz | 0 | -70,000 |
Igor Zektser | 0 | -40,000 |
Ludovic Geilich | 0 | -45,000 |