Yesterday saw 43 players move on to the Day 2 finals on Tuesday, and when the dust settled, none other than Phong “Turbo” Nguyen had bagged the chip lead with 585,000. Just in April, Nguyen finished on top of a five way chop in the $50,000 Guaranteed event, taking home just under $10,000.
Other notables who moved on yesterday include Gerald Huynh, Deepinder Singh, Derrick Mokedi, Eugene Tito, Nipun Java, and Nguyen’s better half, Lynda Tran. If you want to add your name to this list, come on down today at 12:30 or 5 PM to play the third and fourth flights of the event!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | NAME | CHIP COUNT | |||
| 1 | PHONG TURBO NGUYEN | 585,000 | 23 | RENE VALDEZ | 133,000 | |
| 2 | BABKEN VARDANYAN | 479,000 | 24 | ANTHONY FILPOV | 128,000 | |
| 3 | GUY MAGAR | 420,000 | 25 | NIPUN JAVA | 126,000 | |
| 4 | MICHELE SANCISI | 382,000 | 26 | JERRY VARON | 124,000 | |
| 5 | MASSOUD SKANDARI | 380,000 | 27 | POHN PAUL CAO | 119,000 | |
| 6 | VONTRAY GARDNER | 378,000 | 28 | BENJAMIN NGUYEN | 118,000 | |
| 7 | CHRISTIAN ESTRADA | 348,000 | 29 | LAURENCE HIGGENS | 117,000 | |
| 8 | CYRUS | 326,000 | 30 | BOBBY CLARKE | 105,000 | |
| 9 | BA TRAN | 299,000 | 31 | STAR BALTAZAR | 101,000 | |
| 10 | GERALD HUYNH | 298,000 | 32 | CARLOS RODRIGUEZ | 101,000 | |
| 11 | MICHAEL ITAEV | 291,000 | 33 | KEVIN TA | 99,000 | |
| 12 | MIRAN SALEM | 282000 | 34 | SHIMON AMSALEM | 95,000 | |
| 13 | COREY HUDSON | 281,000 | 35 | ARTUR DEMIRCHYAN | 92,000 | |
| 14 | DEEPINDER SINGH | 275,000 | 36 | ALLEN MITTELMAN | 84,000 | |
| 15 | MARK PISANO | 274,000 | 37 | PHUONG TRAN | 81,000 | |
| 16 | CHRIS McFARLAND | 254,000 | 38 | HAROLD ROTH | 77,000 | |
| 17 | DERRICK MOKEDI | 250,000 | 39 | SERGIO SANCHEZ | 68,000 | |
| 18 | EUGENE TITO | 223,000 | 40 | JOSEPH FISKE | 64,000 | |
| 19 | MARK COPPLE | 222,000 | 41 | SUSAN STEWART | 56,000 | |
| 20 | WEN CHANG | 215,000 | 42 | RICHARD WEIS | 46,000 | |
| 21 | KEVIN PHAN | 159,000 | 43 | JOEY PHAM | 41,000 | |
| 22 | MIKA HILAIRE | 135,000 |