Jun 14, 2019
WE'VE MOVED
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Jun 13, 2019
LY LEADS 18 MOVING ON TO SUNDAY
Two players end up being eliminated on the final hand at Table 6, so the final number advancing from Day 1A today is 18, not the 20 we initially posted.
John LY leads with 269,900 - a stack that was blinded down over the final 40 minutes as he packed up and departed in Level 12.
Level - 12
Blinds - 600/1200
Antes - 200
Remaining - 19/69
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THAT'S A DAY 1A WRAP
From a starting field of 69 entries - a great opening-day turnout - there's 20 players moving on to Sunday's Day 2 Final in the Turlock Poker Room 15th Anniversary Championship Series $550 Main Event.
12 40-minute levels are complete and the players are bagging up their stacks right now.
We'll be back in 15-20 minutes with full player-provided chipcounts for every player.
Play resumes Friday at 11am with Day 1B - 25,000 stacks and 12 40-minute levels of play tomorrow (same as today and same as Saturday's Day 1C).
Level - 12
Blinds - 600/1200
Antes - 200
Remaining - 20/69
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CHIPLEADER SHUTS IT DOWN EARLY
John Ly has built a massive stack in the last two levels, topping at about 265,000 early in Level 12.
Ly is so comfortable with his 221BB stack that he packed up and left for the night, telling DannyTheTD "See you Sunday," and that he's not worried about being blinded down over he final 30 minutes.
So, the photo you see above is the chipleader, or, well, the chipleader's chips.
Level - 12
Blinds - 600/1200
Antes - 200
Remaining - 20/69
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ESHO TO 70K
There's an all-in from a short-stacked player at table 9, and Nabil Esho is the only player to look him up.
Challenger -
Esho -
An Ace on the flop puts Esho further ahead. A Queen on the turn gives the challengers four outs to a Jack for Broadway, but the river is a 7 and Esho scores teh elimination.
He moves to 70,000 and a table breaks as the Day 1A field slips to 20 players with 35 minutes remaining in Day 1A play.
Level - 12
Blinds - 600/1200
Antes - 200
Remaining - 20/69
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T-MINUS ONE HOUR
Down to the final hour of Day 1A play in the 15th Anniversary Series $550 Main Event. Play continues through Level 12, wrapping up at about 7:30pm.
The field is down to 25 players at this point - among them Vincent Chung, Russ Coffee, Brent Lopez, Carlos Cordero, Ken Kajioka, Manny Covarrubias, Pardeep Singh, Nabil Esho, Miguel Zmudio and Victor Martinez.
Sunday's 11am Day 2 Final restart kicks off with blinds at 800/1600 with 200 antes.
Level - 11
Blinds - 500/1000
Antes - 100
Remaining - 25/69
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BIG DOUBLE FOR LOPEZ
Carlos Cordero opens for 3,200 and draws three callers, including Brent Lopez perched to the right of JeffTheDealer.
Cordero follows up by making it 13,000 to go on the
flop.One of the challengers steps aside, then Lopez moves all in, with the remaining challenger getting out of the way.
Cordero goes deep in to the tank, to the point Lopez offers to show his hand, and to where Cordero has his cards extended out in front of him but not released yet.
A call is found and up go the cards.
Cordero -
for the nut flush drawLopez -
for middle set, and calling for no more diamonds.
on the turn completes half of the request from Lopez, the river 
fills out his full double-plus to 72,000, while Cordero slips to about the same stack.Level - 11
Blinds - 500/1000
Antes - 100
Remaining - 26/69
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Day 1A Main Event Draws 69 Entries
Registration is closed on the first of three starting flights in the 15th Anniversary Championship Series $550 Main Event and the scoreboard shows 69 entries for the flight.
Play continues for three more 40-minute levels, concluding when Level 12 wraps up at about 7:30pm. Players with chips after 12 levels all advance to Sunday's 11am Day 2 final restart, playing in to the money and continuing Sunday until a champion is crowned.
Friday's Day 1B and Saturday's Day 1C - the final two starting flights - all follow the same time format - 11am cards in the air, 12 40-minute levels with three breaks and play wrapping up when Level 12 ends at about 7:30pm.
Sunday's Day 2 final restart is at 11am as well.
Level - 10
Blinds - 100
Antes - 400/800
Remaining - 31/69
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