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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  48 of 696

Flight E came to an end with about 20 minutes remaining in Level 20, with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a 12,000 ante. However, since one of the earlier flights ended near the start of Level 19, Day 2 will begin no later than that, when the blinds were 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

Action was scheduled to end when the field reached 49 players, but when that happened, another player was eliminated from a hand that was already in progress. So this flight ended with 48 survivors.

The Flight E chipleader is John Gordon, who bagged up 676,000 in chips. (The overall chipleader is still Simeon Knafo, who survived Flight C with 1,050,000.) The official chip counts from Flight E can be found in the list below.

Flight F begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 10:00 am, and Flight G begins at 5:00 pm.

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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  48 of 696

Here is the final batch of players who have finished in the money from Flight E:

49th:  Anthony Conti  –  $800
50th:  Spencer Sweisford  –  $800
51st:  Hamid Izadi  –  $800
52nd:  Phillip Galiano  –  $800
53rd:  Javier Valerio  –  $800
54th:  Patrick Pettitt  –  $800
55th:  Jason Ginsberg  –  $800
56th:  Gilmar Alvesdealvarengajuni  –  $800
57th:  James Kelly  –  $800
58th:  Joseph Brum Pacheco  –  $800
59th:  Huy Pham  –  $800

Action was scheduled to end when the field reached 49 players, but when Spencer Sweisford was eliminated in 50th place, a hand was already in progress that led to the elimination of Anthony Conti in 49th place. Like everyone else who was eliminated on Day 1, Conti received a payout of $800.

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  59 of 696

Here are the most recent players who have finished in the money from Flight E:

60th:  Juan Ramirez Parodi  –  $800
61st:  Julie Than  –  $800
62nd:  David Stanciu  –  $800
63rd:  Joshua Whitney  –  $800
64th:  Lumni Zhuta  –  $800
65th:  Chencheng Zhou  –  $800
66th:  Anderson Patino Jurado  –  $800
67th:  Carl Diveglia III  –  $800
68th:  Roberto Chamorro  –  $800
69th:  Jonathan Hilton  –  $800

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  69 of 696

Here are the players from Flight E who have finished in the money so far:

70th:  Phi Hong  –  $800
71st:  Andrew Porter  –  $800
72nd:  Blake Burke  –  $800
73rd:  Marcus Yofon  –  $800
74th:  Kevin Bouley  –  $800
75th:  Steven Berry  –  $800
76th:  Christopher Perkins  –  $800
77th:  Armando Romero  –  $800
78th:  Michael Dunn  –  $800
79th:  Jeffrey Conley  –  $800
80th:  Jacob Markel  –  $800
81st:  Randy Charran  –  $800
82nd:  Robert Wuestner  –  $800
83rd:  Kenneth Tran  –  $800
84th:  Habnel Acevedo  –  $800
85th:  Peter Moore  –  $800
86th:  David Lazarus  –  $800
87th:  Thomas Osmun  –  $800

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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  80 of 696

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante. With 80 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 174,000 (29 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 400K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Margarete Stanechewski  –  527,000  (88 bb)
2.  Austin Sullivan  –  470,000  (78 bb)
3.  Lu Yu  –  410,000  (68 bb)

In the first hand back from break, a player moved all in under the gun for 58,000, and chipleader Margarete Stanechewski called from the small blind with . Her opponent turned over .

Stanechewski led the entire way — until the river — on a board of . Her opponent spiked an ace on the river to win the pot and double up.

“I think I’ve lost the chip lead,” said Stanechewski, who finished the hand with 469,000 — a single chip lower than Austin Sullivan, assuming Sullivan hadn’t lost any chips from his 470,000 at the break.

Action will continue tonight until there are 49 players remaining, and they will bag up their chips for Day 2, which begins Sunday at 2:00 pm.

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Level 16:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  87 of 696

Around 1:25 am, the field was down to 88 players, and the tournament clock was paused to begin the process of playing hand-for-hand on the Money Bubble.

The Money Bubble lasted for four hands over about 20 minutes, but they eventually lost one player to burst the bubble and get the remaining 87 players into the money.

These final 87 players (12.5% of this field) are all guaranteed to earn at least $800 each, and the final 49 (7% of this field) will advance to Day 2.

With 87 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 160,000 (32 big blinds).

The total prizepool is already worth more than $1.19 million, and there will be two more starting flights tomorrow (Flight F at 10:00 am, and Flight G at 5:00 pm). Day 2 begins Sunday at 2:00 pm, and is scheduled to play down to a winner that night.

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Level 16:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  99 of 696

As Level 16 began with increased blinds of 2,500-5,000 and a 5,000 ante, a table broke to leave 11 tables in the field — 99 players, 12 away from the money.

The final 87 players from this flight (12.5%) will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $800 each, and the final 49 players (7%) will advance to Day 2.

There will be two more starting flights tomorrow (Flight F at 10:00 am, and Flight G at 5:00 pm), and Day 2 begins Sunday at 2:00 pm.

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Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  175 of 696

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-2,500 with a 2,500 ante. With about 175 players remaining in this flight, the average chip stack is about 79,500 (32 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Yuriy Kozinskiy  –  257,000  (103 bb)
2.  Carl DiVeglia III  –  211,000  (84 bb)
3.  Richard Rayles  –  209,000  (84 bb)

The final 87 players from this flight (12.5%) will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $800 each, and the final 49 players (7%) will advance to Day 2.

There will be two more starting flights tomorrow (Flight F at 10:00 am, and Flight G at 5:00 pm), and Day 2 begins Sunday at 2:00 pm.

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  147 of 2,082

Flight A: 463 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight B: 462 Entries; 33 Advanced
Flight C: 455 Entries; 32 Advanced
Flight D: 702 Entries; 49 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 5 pm
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Flight G: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 2 pm

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Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  270 of 696

The official numbers are in, and with 696 entries, the final 87 players from Flight E (12.5%) will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $800 each.

The final 49 players (7% of this field) will advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 2:00 pm.

The total field size is up to 2,778, and the total prizepool has already exceeded the $1 million guarantee, as its worth more than $1.19 million with two more starting flights running tomorrow (Saturday).

With about 270 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 51,600 (43 big blinds).