Event 1 Flight A: Brandon Kessous Bags Big

$500 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  13 of 104

Brandon Kessous

The quick play continued and the field reached the money with 13 players remaining. They advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money and already facing a big chip leader.

Brandon Kessous put 795,000 in his bag, way more than double that of second-place Tarun Gulati’s 304,000. MHD Amer Al Kmeh, Gerson Marques, and Ronald Kruk round out the top five and we will post the full chip count list as soon as it is available.

Brandon Kessous – 795,000 (159 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 304,000 (61 bb)
MHD Amer Al Kmeh – 278,000 (56 bb)
Gerson Marques Da Silva – 276,000 (55 bb)
Ronald Kruk – 252,000 (50 bb)