588 players came out to play in the HUSTLER CASINO’s Event 5 over four flights on Wednesday and Thursday, and that field has been narrowed down to just 58. The top 10% of each flight advanced into this exciting tournament, which will have 40 minute blinds and start back up at 3000/6000 ante 1000. Andy Chen (360,000) and Artur Demirchyan (359,000) sit atop the leaderboard entering the action as the current chip leaders.
Action begins at 3pm today. We’ll have live coverage and photos throughout the day on this tournament including live eliminations at the final table. Congratulations to the 58 players that are in the money, and good luck in today’s tournament!
| EVENT #5 – FINAL CHIP COUNT AND SEAT ASSIGNMENT | ||||||||
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||
| 1 | ANDY CHEN | 360,000 | 17–2 | 30 | RAMZI SROUR | 150,000 | 8–5 | |
| 2 | ARTUR DEMIRCHYAN | 359,000 | 16–8 | 31 | JOHN CHANG | 143,000 | 16–5 | |
| 3 | RUDY FULSON | 342,000 | 8–1 | 32 | GENE OLEARY | 133,000 | 17–1 | |
| 4 | HARRISON ASHDOWN | 336,000 | 14–9 | 33 | DAVE MOYES | 129,000 | 14–2 | |
| 5 | PHILLIP ZANGWILL | 319,000 | 18–3 | 34 | MICHALE KLEIN | 127,000 | 18–6 | |
| 6 | JOSEPH SZEGEDY | 301,000 | 7–7 | 35 | RANDALL HOLLAND | 124,000 | 7–9 | |
| 7 | KFIR KABALO | 290,000 | 14–5 | 36 | WILLIAM ORVIS | 122,000 | 8–9 | |
| 8 | CHAO GONG | 286,000 | 8–3 | 37 | ERIC THOMPSON | 117,000 | 15–5 | |
| 9 | ERICH KARLE | 282,000 | 7–4 | 38 | YONG KIM | 116,000 | 16–7 | |
| 10 | REUVEN BEN | 272,000 | 15–1 | 39 | KHOREN MURADYA | 113,000 | 16–6 | |
| 11 | JAMES PILPA | 268,000 | 15–7 | 40 | MARK HAMIILTON | 112,000 | 14–3 | |
| 12 | EDGAR DIAZ | 257,000 | 18–8 | 41 | DAVID KAHN | 107,000 | 8–2 | |
| 13 | ANTONIO FESI | 253,000 | 16–3 | 42 | JARED GRIENER | 103,000 | 17–4 | |
| 14 | EDISON SHIELDS | 251,000 | 8–7 | 43 | YOUNG SONG | 99,000 | 16–2 | |
| 15 | SAM GONCUOGLU | 232,000 | 14–4 | 44 | ARMEN ZADOYAN | 91,000 | 7–2 | |
| 16 | DARREN VAN | 223,000 | 17–6 | 45 | MARLA SCHWARTZ | 86,000 | 15–9 | |
| 17 | OMRAN SANUSI | 219,000 | 16–1 | 46 | LAP WONG | 85,000 | 7–8 | |
| 18 | ERNEST PADILLA | 208,000 | 17–9 | 47 | HAROLD ROTH | 85,000 | 18–1 | |
| 19 | JOHN EINCK | 188,000 | 7–6 | 48 | BIN LIANG | 80,000 | 18–4 | |
| 20 | BAGDASAR AKOPYAN | 188,000 | 14–1 | 49 | PATRICK BIANCONE | 78,000 | 8–8 | |
| 21 | ALLYN SHULMAN | 176,000 | 15–2 | 50 | SEYED SOBHANI | 75,000 | 17–5 | |
| 22 | TEERANIT RUANGDET | 169,000 | 18–5 | 51 | RAYMOND HO | 71,000 | 18–9 | |
| 23 | SEAN YU | 167,000 | 18–7 | 52 | ALFREDO LEONIDAS | 66,000 | 16–4 | |
| 24 | KEN COULSON | 167,000 | 7–1 | 53 | CHARLES ROBERTS | 63,000 | 7–5 | |
| 25 | ASHOT GALADZHYAN | 165,000 | 8–4 | 54 | WILLIAM STEFFIN | 62,000 | 15–8 | |
| 26 | VINCE SALVATORE | 159,000 | 18–2 | 55 | AHMAD HOOSHMAND | 56,000 | 16–9 | |
| 27 | DERRICK MOKEDI | 151,000 | 17–3 | 56 | ERIC WU | 49,000 | 15–3 | |
| 28 | PETER HENGSAKUL | 151,000 | 15–4 | 57 | THEODORE XENTARAS | 48,000 | 14–7 | |
| 29 | SAMI SALOUMI | 151,000 | 14–6 | 58 | MICHAEL BOKKOVIC | 47,000 | 17–7 | |