Event 1 Flight A: John McCarthy Bags the Chip Lead

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  20 of 200

John McCarthy

It took exactly 15 hands for Flight A to burst the money bubble. Tournament staff took two minutes off the clock for each hand and they were on the last hand of Level 17 when they lost a player.

John McCarthy stormed ahead late and bagged the lead with 713,000. We will post the full chip count list as soon as it is available.