Over the last four days, 145 players managed to wade their ways through their starting flights and move on to today’s finals. The chip leader is Cornell Hughes, who bagged up over 1.2 million, nearly 300,000 more than his closest competitor Matthew Eishy. Also in the top five are local notables Ryan Buckholtz, Gerald Huynh, and Tigran Abgaryan. Check below for a full list of survivors, and be sure to come back at 3 PM for all of the updates!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||||
| 1 | CORNELL HUGHES | 1,227,000 | 18–7 | 50 | ALEX DIMITROV | 263,000 | 16–6 | 99 | ANTHONY CLARK | 160,000 | 10–2 | ||
| 2 | MATTHEW EISHY | 964,000 | 7–1 | 51 | STEVEN BROWNE | 260,000 | 14–6 | 100 | VATCHE MAHSERDJIAN | 160,000 | 2–5 | ||
| 3 | RYAN BUCKHOLTZ | 763,000 | 3–7 | 52 | RANDALL HOLLAND | 258,000 | 19–6 | 101 | BRIAN PATRICK | 159,000 | 15–9 | ||
| 4 | GERALD HUYNH | 761,000 | 16–4 | 53 | ZUHAIR ISMAIL | 257,000 | 10–1 | 102 | CHIMEZIE IGWE | 157,000 | 17–8 | ||
| 5 | TIGRAN ABGARYAN* | 719,000 | 9–5 | 54 | JUIJEN CHANG | 255,000 | 4–7 | 103 | WOLF KRAMER | 157,000 | 8–4 | ||
| 6 | PETER HENGSAKUL | 711,000 | 5–9 | 55 | SIMON CHAN | 254,000 | 3–5 | 104 | LY TRAN | 156,000 | 2–7 | ||
| 7 | RUPESH PATTNI | 697,000 | 10–3 | 56 | ROBERT GLASS | 247,000 | 17–9 | 105 | WALTER ENLOW | 156,000 | 16–9 | ||
| 8 | MATTHEW WITJAS | 532,000 | 19–8 | 57 | MARIO VASQUEZ | 241,000 | 2–10 | 106 | JORGE ALBA | 154,000 | 14–2 | ||
| 9 | TROY BURGOS | 518,000 | 1–2 | 58 | MARC TOKUSHIGE | 241,000 | 15–5 | 107 | SEON KIM | 153,000 | 7–5 | ||
| 10 | NICK PHOENIX | 480,000 | 13–9 | 59 | MARC ROBINSON | 240,000 | 9–2 | 108 | JOHN HULETT | 152,000 | 3–6 | ||
| 11 | SEAN YU | 457,000 | 15–7 | 60 | RENE HERNANDEZ | 240,000 | 1–4 | 109 | PEJMAN NABATIAN | 148,000 | 1–1 | ||
| 12 | BRENT HART | 449,000 | 14–1 | 61 | SAM BERKOW | 240,000 | 7–4 | 110 | LEK BUNYAANANTA | 141,000 | 13–4 | ||
| 13 | AMIRSHAHIN MANDEGARI | 437,000 | 16–8 | 62 | ERIC SEMEL | 238,000 | 13–1 | 111 | EUGENE TITO | 139,000 | 18–3 | ||
| 14 | JON GELB | 433,000 | 4–5 | 63 | RONALD SWENSON | 235,000 | 16–1 | 112 | JESSEJAY JAURIGUE | 137,000 | 17–5 | ||
| 15 | GABRIEL HABBABA | 426,000 | 2–2 | 64 | CYRUS | 231,000 | 8–3 | 113 | PRINCE CASSELL | 137,000 | 10–7 | ||
| 16 | SAM BERNARD | 410,000 | 8–6 | 65 | DMITRY KIM | 230,000 | 1–8 | 114 | JAMES PU | 135,000 | 18–1 | ||
| 17 | NICHOLAS VOYATZIS | 408,000 | 1–6 | 66 | CARLOS GONZALEZ | 230,000 | 4–1 | 115 | MANUAL AVILA | 134,000 | 16–3 | ||
| 18 | BARRY KASLOV | 405,000 | 17–4 | 67 | JAMES NAHIKIAN | 229,000 | 17–1 | 116 | JUNWEI HE | 133,000 | 19–5 | ||
| 19 | MATTHEW SALSBERG | 403,000 | 3–3 | 68 | MARIO ALUIZO | 218,000 | 5–3 | 117 | WEI FAN | 130,000 | 3–9 | ||
| 20 | LAWRENCE FENTON | 395,000 | 8–1 | 69 | JOHN PACCIONE | 218,000 | 15–2 | 118 | DUNG NGUYEN | 130,000 | 9–6 | ||
| 21 | SAMY BAZINE | 395,000 | 17–2 | 70 | JOSE CONTRERAS | 213,000 | 10–8 | 119 | DANIEL VIRNICH | 128,000 | 4–6 | ||
| 22 | AHARON SHIMONI | 393,000 | 13–5 | 71 | MITCHELL KRUPA | 212,000 | 8–7 | 120 | GARY OMURA | 127,000 | 2–1 | ||
| 23 | NIKOLAY YEFIMOV | 386,000 | 19–3 | 72 | ALAN CONNELLY | 211,000 | 14–3 | 121 | CHAO KUO | 124,000 | 5–8 | ||
| 24 | ANTHONY GERSON | 385,000 | 10–9 | 73 | NIKHIL GERA | 206,000 | 9–3 | 122 | DAVID RACHEL | 122,000 | 7–9 | ||
| 25 | EYAL REVAH | 380,000 | 14–9 | 74 | STEVE GROFF | 205,000 | 18–2 | 123 | ERIKA WEINSTEIN | 121,000 | 5–5 | ||
| 26 | ALBERT BRAGG | 378,000 | 15–3 | 75 | NOAH BLAKE | 201,000 | 3–2 | 124 | STEVE REITZFELD | 121,000 | 8–5 | ||
| 27 | MICHAEL DOLLINS | 375,000 | 7–6 | 76 | BARRY WALLACE | 200,000 | 16–7 | 125 | ROBERT POWELL* | 114,000 | 14–7 | ||
| 28 | ART OF PERSE | 370,000 | 9–4 | 77 | MICHAEL REYES | 199,000 | 7–3 | 126 | ESTEVAN PENA | 113,000 | 15–6 | ||
| 29 | JAROD EINSHON | 363,000 | 4–8 | 78 | MATTHEW SINGER | 196,000 | 13–7 | 127 | MATTHEW DAVIS | 113,000 | 1–7 | ||
| 30 | MASSOUD ESKANDARI | 358,000 | 14–5 | 79 | HAKOB GABRIELYAN | 193,000 | 2–4 | 128 | STEVEN JOHNSON | 107,000 | 18–8 | ||
| 31 | BYRON VERESCHAGIN | 356,000 | 7–8 | 80 | SHAWN MOTAMENI | 193,000 | 19–9 | 129 | CHRISTOPHER FOX | 106,000 | 13–8 | ||
| 32 | YULONDO BYONE | 339,000 | 18–6 | 81 | CHANVEACHA KONG | 192,000 | 4–4 | 130 | STEVE CURRAN | 101,000 | 3–4 | ||
| 33 | ANTHONY FILIPOV | 335,000 | 8–9 | 82 | PAUL LAUENGCO | 191,000 | 3–1 | 131 | JASON JUNG | 97,000 | 10–5 | ||
| 34 | TONY TATIKIAN | 328,000 | 2–6 | 83 | BA TRAN | 190,000 | 9–7 | 132 | NISSIM LEVY | 97,000 | 1–5 | ||
| 35 | BRIAN ANDERSON | 327,000 | 18–9 | 84 | TYLER HUCULAK | 188,000 | 7–7 | 133 | WILLIAM FOXEN | 95,000 | 2–3 | ||
| 36 | PAMELA RICH | 319,000 | 5–4 | 85 | ARASH BEHNAM | 186,000 | 14–8 | 134 | GUY MAGAR | 94,000 | 9–9 | ||
| 37 | KORY MATHEWSON | 313,000 | 4–3 | 86 | RAMON MANTUANO | 186,000 | 15–1 | 135 | SEYED SOBHANI | 80,000 | 4–2 | ||
| 38 | TONY CHU | 309,000 | 1–9 | 87 | FARZIN AKHTAR | 183,000 | 16–2 | 136 | ROBERT SCHNEIDER | 77,000 | 19–4 | ||
| 39 | DAVID NIEDRINGHAUS | 290,000 | 2–9 | 88 | ROBERT ANDRIANS | 183,000 | 2–8 | 137 | AHMAD ASAD | 73,000 | 13–2 | ||
| 40 | NIKA FUTTERMAN | 289,000 | 13–3 | 89 | THANH LE | 180,000 | 10–4 | 138 | JEAN NATAF | 67,000 | 15–4 | ||
| 41 | GENE OLEARY | 288,000 | 10–6 | 90 | COLBY HARTIE | 180,000 | 13–6 | 139 | LARISA EULOEVA | 66,000 | 18–5 | ||
| 42 | ALBERTIN HERNANDEZ | 283,000 | 5–6 | 91 | JUAN CAMACHO | 179,000 | 17–6 | 140 | LARRY TRAN | 64,000 | 16–5 | ||
| 43 | ILYA SHPINER | 282,000 | 18–4 | 92 | EUGENE WONG | 175,000 | 19–2 | 141 | RAMZI SROUR | 56,000 | 14–4 | ||
| 44 | OPHIR ATAR* | 280,000 | 9–8 | 93 | KHUONG LE | 173,000 | 8–8 | 142 | ADRIAN MORENO | 55,000 | 17–3 | ||
| 45 | KFIR KABALO | 275,000 | 15–8 | 94 | RICHARD ALTUZZI | 173,000 | 5–1 | 143 | ARUTYUN DEMIRCHYAN | 53,000 | 8–2 | ||
| 46 | JOSE CASTANEDA | 272,000 | 17–7 | 95 | ANTHONY NGUYEN | 172,000 | 1–3 | 144 | MATTHEW GRZELAK | 23,000 | 7–2 | ||
| 47 | JOBE LEON* | 266,000 | 3–8 | 96 | JASON SWANSON | 170,000 | 9–1 | 145 | ARTHUR COLEMAN | 2,000 | 5–2 | ||
| 48 | DAVID SANDIFORD | 263,000 | 19–1 | 97 | SHAWN WALKER | 166,000 | 4–9 | ||||||
| 49 | VONTRAY GARDNER* | 263,000 | 5–7 | 98 | HAIM BENSALMON | 162,000 | 19–7 | *QUALIFIED TWICE |
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