Day 1B Ends with Shurane Vijayaram Leading 119 Survivors

Photo:  Chipleader Shurane Vijayaram (left) and Antonio Seremet

After 13 levels, Day 1B comes to an end with 119 players surviving, and the biggest stack belongs to Shurane Vijayaram, who bagged up 303,700 (127 big blinds) for the overall tournament chip lead so far.

There were 316 entries on Day 1B, increasing the tournament total to 577. The prizepool is already worth more than AUD $1.29 million (~US $879,000), and there is still Turbo Flight 1C, which begins in half an hour (9:30 pm).

The full list of official chip counts will be released later tonight, but in the meantime, here is an unofficial look at the Day 1B survivors with at least 200K:

1.  Shurane Vijayaram  –  303,700  (127 bb)
2.  Josh Emerton  –  251,400  (105 bb)
3.  Rehman Kassam  –  229,300  (96 bb)
4.  Alex Lynskey  –  204,400  (85 bb)
5.  Andrea Rispoli  –  203,100  (85 bb)
6.  Peter Frazis  –  202,600  (84 bb)
7.  Huanyu He  –  200,000  (83 bb)

The Day 2 seat draw won’t be available until after Turbo Flight 1C comes to an end, so it’ll be posted very late tonight or early tomorrow morning. Stay tuned to WPT.com for continuing live coverage of the inaugural WPT Australia.