The four qualifying sessions are now in the books for Event #9, $200,000 Guaranteed, and 54 players have managed to wade through their starting flights to punch a ticket to today’s final! Leading the way is none other than Massoud Eskandari, who has been on a tear in 2014, including two major final tables at the Grand Slam of Poker in July. He has 705,000 chips coming into today.
The top 20 is packed with notable names, including Chris Demaci (2nd), Rubin Chappell (6th), Ron West (8th), Xuan Nugyen (12th), and Lila West (15th). Read below for a full list of the survivors, their chip stacks, and seating assignments, and be sure to come back at 3 PM for updates all night long!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||
| 1 | MASSOUD ESKANDARI | 705,000 | 16–3 | 28 | KEVIN HOFFMAN | 233,000 | 8–7 | |
| 2 | CHRISTOPHER DEMACI | 691,000 | 8–2 | 29 | JOHN HULETT | 223,000 | 16–2 | |
| 3 | DANIEL GEYSER | 665,000 | 17–9 | 30 | EDWARD MONCADA | 221,000 | 14–2 | |
| 4 | TERRY FOSTER | 656,000 | 7–1 | 31 | ROHAN JAIN | 211,000 | 16–1 | |
| 5 | BRANDON CHRISTENSEN | 637,000 | 14–4 | 32 | ANTINIO FESI | 207,000 | 14–7 | |
| 6 | RUBIN CHAPPELL | 625,000 | 15–4 | 33 | LISA VO | 206,000 | 8–1 | |
| 7 | YAACOV HAVIV | 597,000 | 14–6 | 34 | ABLAHAD SALIM | 197,000 | 16–5 | |
| 8 | RON WEST | 595,000 | 8–5 | 35 | SAM CHAVHAN | 188,000 | 7–5 | |
| 9 | CHRISTOPHER HAYDT | 485,000 | 16–7 | 36 | BEHZAD JAVADZADEH | 188,000 | 17–4 | |
| 10 | TYLER CORMNEY | 472,000 | 15–8 | 37 | SHAHEN MARTIROSIAN | 188,000 | 14–3 | |
| 11 | KEVIN GIMBLE | 471,000 | 17–5 | 38 | JORDAN WARKOL | 182,000 | 15–6 | |
| 12 | XUAN NGUYEN | 462,000 | 8–8 | 39 | STEVEN AYOUB | 180,000 | 16–4 | |
| 13 | EMAD BASTAWROS | 449,000 | 16–8 | 40 | MARIO SEQUEIRA | 173,000 | 8–9 | |
| 14 | LISA TANGE | 441,000 | 17–2 | 41 | TAYLOR POLLARD | 172,000 | 17–1 | |
| 15 | LILA WEST | 403,000 | 14–1 | 42 | DANA KELLSTROM | 169,000 | 14–9 | |
| 16 | TONY GORDY | 382,000 | 15–7 | 43 | DANIEL BAILEY | 143,000 | 7–4 | |
| 17 | BRIAN FREEMAN | 379,000 | 7–6 | 44 | DERRICK MOKEDI | 138,000 | 16–6 | |
| 18 | FARAMARZ GHEZELAYAGH | 369,000 | 17–7 | 45 | ALAN MYERSON | 133,000 | 17–6 | |
| 19 | JAMES MORDU | 360,000 | 14–8 | 46 | MATTHEW SALSBERG | 121,000 | 7–2 | |
| 20 | JOHN SIMONIAN | 344,000 | 15–2 | 47 | HAROLD ROTH | 113,000 | 15–1 | |
| 21 | DELVON ROE | 340,000 | 7–3 | 48 | MIKE STELLA | 111,000 | 15–5 | |
| 22 | BRIAN PASCAL | 326,000 | 7–9 | 49 | IGOR KREYCHMAN | 103,000 | 7–8 | |
| 23 | BRUCE BUFFER | 314,000 | 16–9 | 50 | DAVID HASSETT | 98,000 | 8–6 | |
| 24 | DMITRI WILLIAMS | 267,000 | 8–4 | 51 | JON PECK | 95,000 | 14–5 | |
| 25 | JEFFREY YARCHEVER | 258,000 | 17–3 | 52 | CLAYTON HOLLOWAY | 91,000 | 15–9 | |
| 26 | MASSOUMEH KHARAZMI | 255,000 | 7–7 | 53 | MOHAMMAD SOTOUDEH | 90,000 | 8–3 | |
| 27 | SEAN YU | 238,000 | 15–3 | 54 | JAMES HUGHES | 83,000 | 17–8 |