Yesterday saw 348 players come out with the hopes of making Day 2 in the $50,000 Guaranteed event. Now, only 34 players remain for today’s finals. Leading the way is Moshe Manzur, who bagged up 443,000 last night. He has Shelby Lohrman, the second biggest stack, covered by over 100,000.
He has some tough competition to deal with here today, including Jared Griener (251,000), Gene O’Leary (233,000), Bill Fagerbakke (125,000),Steven Firestone (61,000), and Shan Jing (60,000). The finals are kicking off at 3 PM today, and all 34 players have their eyes set on the $11,700 first place prize. Be sure to come back for updates all day long from this event, and good luck to the final 34!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||
| 1 | MOSHE MANZUR | 443,000 | 15–4 | 18 | RASHIM CANNAD | 141,000 | 16–6 | |
| 2 | SHELBY LOHRMAN | 319,000 | 16–1 | 19 | JEFFREY SINGER | 125,000 | 15–7 | |
| 3 | FREDERICK CHOI | 261,000 | 8–4 | 20 | BILL FAGERBAKKE | 125,000 | 7–6 | |
| 4 | JARED GRIENER | 251,000 | 7–9 | 21 | AHMAD ASAD | 120,000 | 15–9 | |
| 5 | GENE OLEARY | 233,000 | 7–3 | 22 | TARUN RAVI | 114,000 | 16–5 | |
| 6 | PRINCE CASSELL | 225,000 | 15–1 | 23 | MARK ZWICKEL | 108,000 | 8–6 | |
| 7 | VINCE SALVATORE | 224,000 | 8–1 | 24 | DAVID SIEGEL | 106,000 | 7–7 | |
| 8 | CELIA ARAGON | 218,000 | 16–7 | 25 | ATRAYON TREVINO | 100,000 | 16–8 | |
| 9 | BEN NGUYEN | 210,000 | 8–7 | 26 | MARC ROBINSON | 87,000 | 15–3 | |
| 10 | DAIREK LEWIS | 209,000 | 16–3 | 27 | ROSS TESSER | 67,000 | 8–5 | |
| 11 | TYLER CORMNEY | 203,000 | 15–6 | 28 | STEVEN FIRESTONE | 61,000 | 7–2 | |
| 12 | FARSHAD ROUSTA | 196,000 | 16-9 | 29 | SHAN JING | 60,000 | 16–4 | |
| 13 | ERIKA WEINSTEIN | 188,000 | 7–1 | 30 | LARRY TRAMMER | 58,000 | 15–5 | |
| 14 | BRIAN FREEMAN | 174,000 | 7–5 | 31 | LIRIO FONTAMILLAS | 51,000 | 8–8 | |
| 15 | FARZAD ABBASZADEH | 168,000 | 8–9 | 32 | EMIL MACTAL | 38,000 | 8–3 | |
| 16 | ALBERT BRAGG | 168,000 | 15–8 | 33 | KEVIN TA | 15,000 | 7–8 | |
| 17 | GUSTAVO FLORES | 158,000 | 8–2 | 34 | IRMA VARGAS | 3,000 | 16–2 |