The World Poker Tour is back in Durant, Oklahoma for the first televised event of Season XV — WPT Choctaw.
There were 388 entries on Day 1A of the $3 million guaranteed event, though registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the beginning of Day 2 on Sunday.
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)
Aussie Alex Lynskey reached the final table of this event in Season XIV, ultimately falling in sixth place and earning $135,504.
Also surviving to Day 2 were Grayson Ramage, Dan Shak, Andy Philachack, Sam Panzicka, Joe Kuether, Allen Kessler, Stan Jablonski, and WPT Champions Club members Olivier Busquet, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Cristos, Jared Jaffee, Steve Brecher, Carlos Mortensen, and Mohsin Charania.
Day 1B begins Saturday 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.
