Mark LeBlanc Leads the Nine Survivors from Day 1K

Day 1K comes to an end with Mark LeBlanc (pictured) as the chipleader with 845,000 in chips after the 181-player field was reduced to the final nine.

Here are the official chip counts for the nine players who survived Day 1K, followed by the 14 players who finished in the money today:

1. Mark LeBlanc – 845,000
2. Steve Silverstein – 528,000
3. Beau Winn – 482,000
4. Michael Woo – 425,000
5. Jorge Pineda – 388,000
6. Casey Cavanaugh – 306,000
7. Abdulaziz Alaquil – 246,000**
8. Allen Price – 229,000
9. Brandon Long – 169,000

** Abdulaziz Alaquil bagged 264,000 on Day 1F (Turbo)

10th: Kevin Kung – $1,200
11th: Daniel Chan – $1,200
12th: Gokhan Tanju – $1,200
13th: Danny Wong – $1,200
14th: Robert Salmone – $1,200
15th: Tuan Mai – $1,200
16th: Brian Gorman – $900
17th: Sean Yu – $900
18th: Joshua Zapanta – $900
19th: Annee Ngo – $900
20th: Daniel Mijac – $900
21st: Steven Firestone – $900
22nd: Mohsin Charania – $900
23rd: Steve Jun – $900

Day 1K ended with 27:00 remaining in Level 21, with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a big-blind ante of 12,000.

When Day 2 begins, the blinds will roll back to the earliest finish of all the starting flights.
Day 1M begins on Friday August 24 at 11:30 a.m. (PDT), while Day 1N (Turbo) begins on the same day at 5 p.m. (PDT).

There are unlimited re-entries until registration closes at the commencement of Level 9. Day 2 begins on Sunday August 26 at 1 p.m. (PDT).

Stay tuned to WPT.com for continued WPT500 Los Angeles coverage live from the Bicycle Casino.