NAPT :: Day 1B saw another large field of 373 players get chopped down to 175 by the end of the day. This means out of the 701 total players that signed up for the event, we have 337 going into day two: a little more than half the field cut down after the two day ones. Kim Frederiksen not only came out on top of the day with 237,000 chips, but also is the overall chipleader, edging out Day 1A leader Nicholas Crippo by 2k.
While players like Hafiz Khan, Michael Binger, and Joe Cada survived the day with relatively large stacks, many more pros fell on Day 1B, including Elky, Victor Ramdin, David Williams, and November Niner Jason Senti. Michael Binger\’s stack in particular had an interesting trek to the top end of the chip count, winning a 4 way all in with the nut straight on the flop (Pokerstars Blog).
Here are the top 10 chip counts going into Day 2:
- Kim Frederiksen: 237,000
- Nicholas Grippo: 235,100
- Thomas Middleton: 229,100
- Scott Fischman: 224,600
- Hafiz Khan: 210,200
- Blake Kelso: 207,500
- Clint Coffee: 202,900
- David Sesso: 200,000
- Romulus Segal: 190,700
- Cary Katz: 184,000
(Chip Counts courtesy of NAPT.com)
Day 2 restarts at 1PM PT. You can check out updates on the Pokerstars Blog, as they will certainly be updating throughout the day.
