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LY LEADS 18 MOVING ON TO SUNDAY

Here's the final Day 1A chipcounts for the 18 players advancing to Sunday's Day 2 Final in the Turlock Poker Room 15th Anniversary $550 Main Event.

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.

John	Ly	269,900
George	Varda	145,000
Brent	Lopez	138,500
David	Gomez	132,500
Daniel	Abarca	110,300
Miguel	Zamudio	106,100
Pradip	Singh	101,200
Chanpheng	Kounlavouth	97,300
Adel	Fara	95,000
Carlos	Cordero	73,300
Nabil	Esho	70,400
Victor	Martinez	68,900
Ken	Kajioka	68,200
Sargon	Baza	67,000
Doug	Lockwood	50,500
Manny	Covarrubias	45,300
Russ	Coffee	36,400
Larry	Milton	29,300

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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