Tonight’s Day 1H attracted a total of 115 entries (including 29 re-entries) which sent 16 qualifiers with a bag to Day 2. The tournament saw Ali Sabrah take an early lead and maintain the lead through the second break. He played a large stack all night long and was always in one of the top positions on the leaderboards. He put together a bag of 1,161,000 chips to close out the day in the top spot.
The tournament ended on a wild hand when action folded to Houssam Molhen in the small blind who completed his option. Matthew Witterick decided to shove his big blind, and, Molhem looked at him and said “I think you are making a move since we are on the bubble. I also think that I am way ahead of you”. Molhem tanked for close to two minutes and finally decided to make the call.
Witterick: 
Molhem: 
Molhem was right in thinking that it was a move that Witterick was making and that he was indeed way ahead of him. The flop came 
and Molhem hit his ten. All looked good until the fateful turn when the dealer put out the 
. The river was the 
and Molhem’s stack was sent to Witterick and the tournament came to an end, with Molhem being sent to the rail.
The top five stacks were:
- Ali Sabrah, 1,651,000
- Matthew Witterick, 1,387,000
- David Sorgente, 1,182,000
- Pascal Monarque, 1,100,000
- Charles Macdonald, 850,000
To see the list of all of the remaining Day 1 flights, see the tournament structure sheet by clicking here.
To see the combined Day 1 results, click here. (NB: tonight’s results will be added to the list late in the morning on Friday).
A player may play additional Day 1s even if they have survived a previous Day 1 with chips. Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited. Players would, however, retain the associated cash prize for every forfeited stack.
Day 2 plays out this coming Sunday, December 15 at 1:00pm.
Good luck to all of the competitors!