Main Event Day 1A: Tyler Phillips and Dapo Ajayi Lead the Field at the Second Break

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries:  363

Tyler Phillips
Tyler Phillips

The players return from their second break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 300-500 and a 500 ante. Registration for Day 1A remains open with unlimited re-entries until 8:45 pm.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 100K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Tyler Phillips  –  139,800  (280 bb)
2.  Dapo Ajayi  –  135,700  (271 bb)
3.  Raffaello Locatelli  –  102,000  (204 bb)
4.  Richard Rice  –  101,000  (202 bb)

Tyler Phillips was the chipleader at the first break, and he has held onto the top position.

Dapo Ajayi
Dapo Ajayi

Dapo Ajayi is new to the leaderboard, but he is coming off a very strong 2019, when he racked up three six-figure scores — in January he finished second in the WSOP Circuit Main Event in Choctaw ($198,265), in July he finished 39th in the WSOP Main Event ($211,945), and in October he finished second in WPT Montreal ($254,966). And while it was just shy of a six-figure score, Ajayi finished second last month at the WSOP Circuit Main Event in Thunder Valley to earn $91,009.