Steve Gross and Sunny Patel Lead 107 Survivors thru Day 1A

Photo:  Day 1A Chipleader Steve Gross

The World Poker Tour is back in Durant, Oklahoma for the first televised event of Season XV — WPT Choctaw.

There were 387 entries here on Day 1A, though registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the beginning of Day 2 on Sunday. Last year’s field attracted a total of 1,175 entries, so Day 1B will need to reach 788 entries to equal last year’s numbers.

After 12 levels of action, Day 1A ended with 107 survivors. The full list of official chip counts has been released, and here is a look at the top 10:

1.  Steve Gross  –  299,500  (150 bb)
2.  Sunny Patel  –  298,800  (149 bb)
3.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  248,200  (124 bb)
4.  Bobby Oboodi  –  232,000  (116 bb)
5.  Jeff Kester  –  223,500  (112 bb)
6.  Alex Lynskey  –  220,600  (110 bb)
7.  Rodney Spriggs  –  218,300  (109 bb)
8.  Cary Jones  –  209,400  (105 bb)
9.  Dustin Schooner  –  204,600  (102 bb)
10.  Cord Garcia  –  199,000  (100 bb)

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 12:00 noon Central Time. Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of WPT Choctaw.

Photograpy by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com

Photo (Below):  Sunny Patel finished second in chips, less than a small blind away from chipleader Steve Gross.