Day 1B Ends with Saitoh Ryuichi Leading 52 Survivors

There were 169 entries here on Day 1B, and after 13 levels the biggest stack belongs to Saitoh Ryuichi (pictured), who bagged up 267,500 in chips (107 big blinds), enough to give him the overall chip lead heading into Day 2.

There were 52 survivors here on Day 1B. The full list of Day 1B survivors can be found on the Chip Counts tab, but for your convenience, here are the top five:

1.  Saitoh Ryuichi  –  267,500  (107 bb)
2.  Noda Hiroyuki  –  261,000  (104 bb)
3.  Valeriy Pak  –  232,000  (93 bb)
4.  Yota Mitsui  –  178,500  (71 bb)
5.  Taehoon Han  –  161,000  (64 bb)

The official seat draw will be posted soon, and the official prizepool should be posted tomorrow morning. The total prizepool is worth ₩274,510,000 (~US$246,200), and the final 11% of this field will finish in the money.

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 1230 KST (12:30 pm local time / 0430 GMT / 11:30 pm EDT), and the field will play one-hour levels and burst the Money Bubble. So return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the WPT Korea main event.