Massoud Eskandari- Chip Leader
Over 1,700 players came to The HUSTLER CASINO over the last four days with the hopes of punching a Day 2 ticket to tonight’s restart. Less than 10% of that field still remains, as only 143 players navigated through the field to punch a Day 2 ticket. Leading the way is Massoud Eskandari (pictured above) who got as close to a million chips as you can get, bagging 999,000 yesterday. Douglas Smith and Jose Mendoza aren’t far behind, as both will bring over 800,000 into play today.
Yesterday saw quite a story unfold, as well known LA pros Lynda Tran and Phong “Turbo” Nugyen both qualified through the same session. Not only are these two a couple, but they just so happen to be getting married….this weekend! Both have their eyes on that first place prize of $70,000 to help freeroll the wedding if you will. Lynda posted this on her twitter last night.
A couple who qualifies together stays together. @phongturbo @HCTournament @HUSTLERCASINOLA #1bullet
— Lynda (@lyndatran) July 21, 2014
We will be here at 4 PM to bring you guys all the action! We will have photos from today’s play, update notable bustouts, and start bringing you live eliminations at the final table! Good luck to all 143 players, and thanks for making the first big event of The Grand Slam of Poker so huge!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||||
| 1 | MASSOUD ESKANDARI | 999,000 | 20–3 | 50 | KYLE CHIH | 209,000 | 14–2 | 99 | PAUL GALARRETA | 125,000 | 15–6 | ||
| 2 | DOUGLAS SMITH | 836,000 | 1–1 | 51 | RAMZI SROUR | 207,000 | 17–1 | 100 | SHELBY LOHRMAN | 123,000 | 20–9 | ||
| 3 | JOSE L. MENDOZA | 814,000 | 18–5 | 52 | JAMES KIM* | 205,000 | 19–9 | 101 | JAMES NAHIKIAN | 122,000 | 4–8 | ||
| 4 | ROY PETERS | 605,000 | 8–8 | 53 | ROBERTO FLOOD | 203,000 | 4–3 | 102 | SANTOSH BYALI | 119,000 | 17–2 | ||
| 5 | SHAHROKH BEHDJOU | 558,000 | 9–4 | 54 | MICHAEL FLORENZA | 202,000 | 9–1 | 103 | JEFFREY STEIN | 117,000 | 3–3 | ||
| 6 | ERICH KARLE | 556,000 | 2–2 | 55 | VANEH SHABANI | 201,000 | 2–9 | 104 | JUVAMEL EDAY | 115,000 | 4–2 | ||
| 7 | ARAM TOROSSIAN | 539,000 | 3–7 | 56 | JOHN MARTIN | 201,000 | 18–9 | 105 | ARIDEEP MUKHERJEE | 115,000 | 16–8 | ||
| 8 | MOHAMMED SHAMOL | 505,000 | 16–9 | 57 | OLIVER ZABALA | 200,000 | 9–2 | 106 | SHAHIN EDALATDJU | 114,000 | 2–6 | ||
| 9 | ARUTYUN ARUTYUNYAN | 483,000 | 13–3 | 58 | RYAN TEVES | 196,000 | 15–2 | 107 | MAXIMILIEN REELE | 113,000 | 18–3 | ||
| 10 | CHAO JUO | 479,000 | 14–7 | 59 | ALEXANDRU MURESAN | 194,000 | 1–7 | 108 | JIWING LEI | 113,000 | 18–6 | ||
| 11 | MICHAEL KLEIN | 457,000 | 15–5 | 60 | JASPER PARK | 192,000 | 4–4 | 109 | VINCE SALVATORE | 113,000 | 14–6 | ||
| 12 | THU NGUYEN | 399,000 | 4–6 | 61 | GEORGE GAZELIAN | 188,000 | 3–5 | 110 | OLDRICH MIKLIK | 113,000 | 15–3 | ||
| 13 | RONALD CASTRO | 383,000 | 17–8 | 62 | JESSE OYEGBESAN | 184,000 | 5–4 | 111 | DANIEL MARROW | 110,000 | 8–3 | ||
| 14 | JOSEPH RUZICK | 356,000 | 19–2 | 63 | PAYMON NAFFAS | 183,000 | 9–9 | 112 | BEHZAD ESHRAGHI | 109,000 | 4–7 | ||
| 15 | JARED GRIENER | 348,000 | 7–1 | 64 | AGOP BOGHOSSIAN | 181,000 | 5–1 | 113 | JOHNNY SHAHID | 108,000 | 1–3 | ||
| 16 | RON WEST | 335,000 | 5–6 | 65 | KEVIN KUSATSU | 180,000 | 8–4 | 114 | MARK JUN | 101,000 | 13–4 | ||
| 17 | STEVEN SKHOLNIK | 321,000 | 18–2 | 66 | MARTIN GIRARD | 179,000 | 17–5 | 115 | GARY DO | 101,000 | 1–8 | ||
| 18 | RICHARD MUNRO | 316,000 | 1–6 | 67 | AARON BAUMANN | 177,000 | 14–9 | 116 | BYUNG LEE* | 99,000 | 2–4 | ||
| 19 | ANDRE BURTON | 313,000 | 9–7 | 68 | JASON RICHITT | 177,000 | 19–1 | 117 | PERRY CHOU | 98,000 | 14–8 | ||
| 20 | VONTRAY GARDNER | 303,000 | 3–2 | 69 | HOWARD DOERFLING | 175,000 | 3–9 | 118 | FABIO DeFRANCESCO | 98,000 | 15–4 | ||
| 21 | BRIAN BUMPAS | 302,000 | 5–2 | 70 | SAM GONCUOGLU | 174,000 | 20–6 | 119 | MARC ROBINSON | 98,000 | 20–2 | ||
| 22 | DERRICK MOKEDI | 300,000 | 14–1 | 71 | BRUCE GREENBERG | 171,000 | 18–1 | 120 | BRIAN SALTUS | 97,000 | 1–5 | ||
| 23 | MICHAEL DESTEPHEN | 300,000 | 15–7 | 72 | LEONID KAYKOV | 171,000 | 2–1 | 121 | DEXTER UMALI | 96,000 | 19–3 | ||
| 24 | DONALD HOFFMAN | 295,000 | 13–6 | 73 | DANIEL PINTO | 170,000 | 20–1 | 122 | JOON YI | 93,000 | 9–3 | ||
| 25 | ERIC KANG | 276,000 | 16–4 | 74 | DAVIDTHE DRAGONMALLEN* | 170,000 | 16–7 | 123 | MATTHEW SALSBERG | 90,000 | 16–5 | ||
| 26 | HAGOP DAGLIAN | 270,000 | 7–7 | 75 | BAGDASAR AKOPYAN | 170,000 | 1–9 | 124 | BRYAN SWARBERG | 87,000 | 18–8 | ||
| 27 | ERIC HERSHLER | 264,000 | 8–7 | 76 | JEROME COURSHON | 170,000 | 13–7 | 125 | FABRICIO SOUZA | 86,000 | 17–7 | ||
| 28 | EMANUEL GOLDSHIDE | 261,000 | 4–9 | 77 | JAMES HUGHES | 165,000 | 13–2 | 126 | STEPHEN SUAREZ | 85,000 | 4–5 | ||
| 29 | NIKHIL GERA | 259,000 | 2–5 | 78 | TIGRAN ABGARYAN | 164,000 | 8–2 | 127 | VADIM BARANOVSKY | 85,000 | 13–8 | ||
| 30 | GARY JACOBI | 254,000 | 17–9 | 79 | SAFIYA UMEROVA | 161,000 | 7–6 | 128 | JIN JEONG | 84,000 | 5–8 | ||
| 31 | CHESTER BURNETT | 254,000 | 20–4 | 80 | SCOTT BARROWS | 153,000 | 8–9 | 129 | JOHN SYGIEL | 83,000 | 9–6 | ||
| 32 | PAUL CHAUDERSON | 252,000 | 19–7 | 81 | CHRISTOPHER DOAN | 153,000 | 9–5 | 130 | BEHROOZ SHISHEGAR | 79,000 | 20–5 | ||
| 33 | MATTHEW GHATTAS | 249,000 | 16–6 | 82 | PATRICK CHOUEIRI | 152,000 | 15–1 | 131 | MIKE STELLA | 78,000 | 7–8 | ||
| 34 | HAROLD ROTH | 249,000 | 13–1 | 83 | YASMINE HANANE* | 152,000 | 14–5 | 132 | CHRISTOPHER BANEZ | 78,000 | 17–4 | ||
| 35 | STEVEN MIRA | 247,000 | 3–4 | 84 | PHUONG TRAN | 152,000 | 2–3 | 133 | EMIL MACTAL | 75,000 | 19–5 | ||
| 36 | MAX MARDOCHEE* | 243,000 | 1–4 | 85 | ANTONIO MACHADO | 149,000 | 19–6 | 134 | PETER VAKSELIS | 69,000 | 7–5 | ||
| 37 | BRIAN ESTES | 233,000 | 20–8 | 86 | BRIAN SCHANIEL | 147,000 | 9–8 | 135 | AVRAHAM KELMAN | 66,000 | 3–6 | ||
| 38 | JIYU ZHANG | 231,000 | 17–3 | 87 | SEON KIM | 147,000 | 16–2 | 136 | DANIEL LONGMIRE | 62,000 | 1–2 | ||
| 39 | JEFFREY HOLLIS | 230,000 | 8–1 | 88 | JAMES ALARCON | 145,000 | 3–1 | 137 | KHALED FAISSAL | 58,000 | 13–5 | ||
| 40 | ANDREW GARCIA | 227,000 | 15–9 | 89 | MARK TIPPMANN | 145,000 | 13–9 | 138 | BRIAN SOWERS | 56,000 | 15–8 | ||
| 41 | MICHAEL ROCCO | 225,000 | 2–8 | 90 | BRYAN SALTZMAN | 142,000 | 7–2 | 139 | EDISON SHIELDS | 55,000 | 5–5 | ||
| 42 | ERIK VELIE | 224,000 | 18–7 | 91 | TURBO NGUYEN | 141,000 | 8–6 | 140 | FRANK CORACI | 52,000 | 14–3 | ||
| 43 | IRA FRIEDMAN | 222,000 | 19–4 | 92 | TRAVIS GREEN | 140,000 | 3–8 | 141 | MICHAEL SPECTOR | 41,000 | 2–7 | ||
| 44 | LELAND ADAMS | 219,000 | 16–1 | 93 | CHELSEA PROCTOR | 140,000 | 7–3 | 142 | JEFF YARCHEVER | 36,000 | 18–4 | ||
| 45 | EDWARD SOUVANNAKHAM | 219,000 | 7–4 | 94 | DAVID PLISCO | 138,000 | 19–8 | 143 | ALAIN MADARANG | 11,000 | 16–3 | ||
| 46 | KENNETH TIPTON | 212,000 | 4–1 | 95 | LILA WEST | 136,000 | 17–6 | ||||||
| 47 | ALAN HOANG | 211,000 | 5–7 | 96 | EDMUND LIU | 133,000 | 5–9 | ||||||
| 48 | JOHN HULETT | 210,000 | 7–9 | 97 | MARIO FAUCEGLIA | 131,000 | 5–3 | *double qualifiers | |||||
| 49 | JASON LEIFER | 209,000 | 14–4 | 98 | EUGENE WONG | 127,000 | 20–7 |