After two huge flights to close out qualifying yesterday (276 in the 12:30 session and 213 in the 5 PM), we have a grand total of 157 players coming back for today’s final at 3 PM! Lance Allred, who held the chip lead since the very first flight, has finally been overtaken by Tekeste Aregaye, who bagged up a massive stack of 729,000 last night. Other notables who will be bringing top 10 stacks in today are Deepinder Singh (516,000), Nipun Java (486,000), Massoud Eskandari (474,000), and Gevork Kasabyan (445,000).
We will be here at 3 PM to bring you all of the updates, include player photos, interviews, payout updates, and final table eliminations, so make sure you come back here to follow all of the action!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||||
| 1 | TEKESTE AREGAYE | 729,000 | 1–6 | 55 | MICHAEL KAISHAR | 227,000 | 7–1 | 109 | FABRICIO SOUZA | 129,000 | 15–6 | ||
| 2 | LANCE ALLRED | 622,000 | 16–2 | 56 | DIANA YANG | 226,000 | 1–7 | 110 | LEROY LE | 128,000 | 13–6 | ||
| 3 | RYAN TEVES | 603,000 | 4–3 | 57 | ROSSANA WOO | 225,000 | 17–4 | 111 | STEPHAN HANS | 128,000 | 18–1 | ||
| 4 | JOHN BREWER | 553,000 | 5–4 | 58 | LARRY QUANG | 223,000 | 12–1 | 112 | DANIEL ILLINGWORTH | 127,000 | 2–6 | ||
| 5 | DEEPINDER SINGH | 516,000 | 10–8 | 59 | SARHANE MHENNI | 222,000 | 3–7 | 113 | JOHN MISIRIAN | 125,000 | 20–8 | ||
| 6 | NIPUN JAVA* | 486,000 | 3–5 | 60 | JAMES KIM | 219,000 | 10–7 | 114 | JOEL GEFFEN | 123,000 | 1–9 | ||
| 7 | MASSOUD ESKANDARI | 474,000 | 20–7 | 61 | VADIM BARANOVSKY | 219,000 | 4–6 | 115 | CHENG XU | 120,000 | 16–4 | ||
| 8 | GEVORK KASABYAN | 445,000 | 2–5 | 62 | ALAN MYERSON | 218,000 | 3–6 | 116 | KIEN TIEU | 119,000 | 4–1 | ||
| 9 | MARK CANNON | 441,000 | 20–3 | 63 | SHAN JING | 218,000 | 2–1 | 117 | RONALD WEST | 119,000 | 2–8 | ||
| 10 | ABRAHAM BARBARIAN | 435,000 | 14–9 | 64 | AHARON SHIMONI | 215,000 | 19–6 | 118 | SARKIS KESHISHIAN | 119,000 | 17–7 | ||
| 11 | JEFFREY DAVIS | 434,000 | 19–7 | 65 | NERSES KESHISHYAN | 213,000 | 15–9 | 119 | STEVEN CURRAN | 119,000 | 9–7 | ||
| 12 | MATT SALSBERG | 403,000 | 16–3 | 66 | LISA VO | 207,000 | 17–1 | 120 | AHMED KARAMALI | 117,000 | 10–9 | ||
| 13 | PHIL DOUMANI | 401,000 | 12–5 | 67 | OGANES AGALMAZYAN | 207,000 | 13–5 | 121 | C.R. MCFARLAND | 114,000 | 3–2 | ||
| 14 | SHORE | 401,000 | 12–3 | 68 | DOUGLAS SUYEMOTO | 202,000 | 14–1 | 122 | LINDA SQUIRES | 114,000 | 3–8 | ||
| 15 | ARMANDO CALDERA | 400,000 | 1–1 | 69 | HENRY SO | 200,000 | 9–9 | 123 | DARREN VAN | 108,000 | 19–5 | ||
| 16 | DAVID ROSENBLOOM | 386,000 | 13–8 | 70 | ART OF PERSE | 199,000 | 20–5 | 124 | MICHAEL GARDNER | 104,000 | 12–2 | ||
| 17 | STEVE REITZFELD | 360,000 | 15–4 | 71 | ABRAM ASSATOURY | 197,000 | 14–8 | 125 | MARCEL SABAG | 98,000 | 1–8 | ||
| 18 | ROBERT SUER | 358,000 | 18–7 | 72 | THE DRAGON MALLEN | 197,000 | 5–7 | 126 | MARK ZWICKEL | 97,000 | 13–9 | ||
| 19 | NICK PHOENIX | 355,000 | 5–5 | 73 | BEHZAD ESHRAGHI | 193,000 | 16–5 | 127 | BRUCE KRAMER | 96,000 | 3–4 | ||
| 20 | VINH NGUYEN | 353,000 | 17–8 | 74 | DANIEL STRAUS | 193,000 | 12–6 | 128 | JAMES HUGHES* | 96,000 | 8–2 | ||
| 21 | JAGDISH VASWANI | 350,000 | 8–1 | 75 | PATRICK BIANCONE | 192,000 | 14–3 | 129 | JAMES SILEO | 96,000 | 2–7 | ||
| 22 | BRIAN BUMPAS | 346,000 | 8–6 | 76 | IGOR ZEKTSER | 191,000 | 2–9 | 130 | SEON KIM | 96,000 | 15–8 | ||
| 23 | LI-CHUN WANG | 341,000 | 10–6 | 77 | RANDY THOMSON | 191,000 | 10–1 | 131 | EDWARD FRISH | 94,000 | 7–6 | ||
| 24 | ARUTYUN ARUTYUNYAN* | 333,000 | 9–4 | 78 | ROBERTO SALAMONE | 189,000 | 20–1 | 132 | JUAN PALACIOS | 91,000 | 5–9 | ||
| 25 | ELVIS HUYNH | 332,000 | 19–2 | 79 | VAROSH HOVSIPIAN | 188,000 | 4–9 | 133 | MASSOUD MAZHARI | 87,000 | 15–7 | ||
| 26 | EDGAR DIAZ | 319,000 | 17–6 | 80 | DAVE BANERJEE | 187,000 | 19–8 | 134 | STEVEN JOHNSON | 87,000 | 16–1 | ||
| 27 | MATTHEW ROXBURY | 319,000 | 7–7 | 81 | DIONICIO BANUELOS | 186,000 | 19–4 | 135 | DANIEL MARROW | 86,000 | 9–8 | ||
| 28 | BENJAMIN CHUNG | 315,000 | 10–5 | 82 | ALEX ARAS | 183,000 | 4–4 | 136 | RAE HYUNG | 86,000 | 19–9 | ||
| 29 | LONG NGOC TRAN | 313,000 | 20–4 | 83 | GEORGE GAZELIAN | 183,000 | 9–6 | 137 | FRANK SCHRAM | 83,000 | 10–3 | ||
| 30 | GRISHA HOVSEPYAN | 305,000 | 14–7 | 84 | ROBERT GLASS | 183,000 | 18–4 | 138 | PAUL CHUNG* | 81,000 | 12–9 | ||
| 31 | KHUONG LE | 301,000 | 4–5 | 85 | SEAN YU | 180,000 | 8–5 | 139 | ROCCO IATI | 80,000 | 3–9 | ||
| 32 | TITAN LEARD | 291,000 | 1–4 | 86 | JEFFREY GOLDSTEIN | 178,000 | 7–4 | 140 | YOUBERT DAWOODTABAR | 80,000 | 18–5 | ||
| 33 | WOODROW LUSSON | 288,000 | 5–2 | 87 | ARANDO FARIAS | 177,000 | 5–8 | 141 | STEVE GROFF | 78,000 | 17–3 | ||
| 34 | ANGELO AGUILUZ | 283,000 | 18–3 | 88 | MITCHELL KRUPA | 175,000 | 7–3 | 142 | HARVEY WEITZMAN | 77,000 | 5–3 | ||
| 35 | GUSTAVO FLORES | 280,000 | 16–8 | 89 | PETER HENGSAKUL | 175,000 | 5–1 | 143 | PHOUNG TRAN | 74,000 | 16–7 | ||
| 36 | MILBET CID | 279,000 | 13–4 | 90 | ROBERT WILKINSON | 172,000 | 17–2 | 144 | JEFFREY WHITAKER | 73,000 | 20–2 | ||
| 37 | JAMES NAHIKIAN | 276,000 | 3–1 | 91 | ERIC BENAVIDES | 168,000 | 12–4 | 145 | BEHZAD JAVADZADEH | 72,000 | 4–8 | ||
| 38 | JOEL KOP | 275,000 | 12–7 | 92 | NICHOLAS KALLENBACH | 165,000 | 1–5 | 146 | AAZAM YASHARI | 68,000 | 4–7 | ||
| 39 | BRAD SWEATT | 271,000 | 19–1 | 93 | ORI KOSSONOGI | 162,000 | 13–1 | 147 | STEPHEN GRACE | 68,000 | 7–5 | ||
| 40 | XUAN NGUYEN | 260,000 | 18–9 | 94 | BEN MA | 156,000 | 15–5 | 148 | DAVID CAMPBELL | 61,000 | 3–3 | ||
| 41 | PRINCE CASSELL | 259,000 | 8–4 | 95 | EDISON SHIELDS* | 153,000 | 14–5 | 149 | DAN HUYNH | 57,000 | 2–2 | ||
| 42 | ANAND HIRA | 257,000 | 15–1 | 96 | MAKRAM MARHOM | 149,000 | 13–7 | 150 | SAILOR DAVE | 52,000 | 18–8 | ||
| 43 | ROMAN JIRKU | 257,000 | 20–9 | 97 | GAYK DERMENDZHYAN | 143,000 | 15–2 | 151 | VITO STURIANO | 48,000 | 14–6 | ||
| 44 | ALIREZA DARGAN | 247,000 | 9–2 | 98 | LEK BUNYAANANTA | 142,000 | 15–3 | 152 | NISSIM LEVY | 44,000 | 2–3 | ||
| 45 | ARDASHES MAZMANIAN | 247,000 | 8–8 | 99 | GAL YIFRACH | 141,000 | 16–6 | 153 | DAVID RICH | 41,000 | 13–3 | ||
| 46 | DONG XU | 245,000 | 7–8 | 100 | DANIEL BAILEY | 140,000 | 10–2 | 154 | STEVE GOLDMAN | 41,000 | 17–9 | ||
| 47 | GERALD HUYNH | 245,000 | 17–5 | 101 | STEVEN SIMMONS | 140,000 | 14–4 | 155 | ZACHARIAH JORDEN | 37,000 | 1–3 | ||
| 48 | PHILLIP ZANGWILL | 242,000 | 10–4 | 102 | AARON MOTOYAMA | 139,000 | 12–8 | 156 | NANCY ROBERTSON | 30,000 | 1–2 | ||
| 49 | MOSHE GUTTMAN | 241,000 | 13–2 | 103 | MAMIKON DANIYELYAN | 139,000 | 16–9 | 157 | SEYED SOBHANI | 29,000 | 4–2 | ||
| 50 | JOON YI | 239,000 | 9–3 | 104 | HECTOR CONTRERAS | 138,000 | 19–3 | ||||||
| 51 | PASHTOON SUBAT | 239,000 | 18–2 | 105 | ALFONSO DELGADO | 133,000 | 7–2 | ||||||
| 52 | PATRICIA WEIR | 230,000 | 2–4 | 106 | RUBIN CHAPPELL | 132,000 | 14–2 | ||||||
| 53 | ARAM BEDROSIAN | 229,000 | 9–1 | 107 | MARINE MALKHASYAN | 130,000 | 8–9 | *qualified twice | |||||
| 54 | SHAHEN MARTIROSIAN | 229,000 | 8–3 | 108 | DAMNANG MEAS* | 129,000 | 18–6 |