More players are shoving their stacks in the middle since the dinner break, especially the players with short stacks. Team PokerStars Pro Online member Giada Fang recently shoved her remaining chips of 8,300 and got folds around the board to increase her chip stack by almost 20 percent.
According to the big board, 932 players have entered Day 1b alone, of which 603 are still in the field. Here is a look at some of the players' chip stacks.
Just one more 75-minute level to go before the survivor players from the Day 1b field join the 117 who made it through Day 1a and anyone who late registered before the first cards are dealt for Day 2.
Derek Decamps' tournament life was in jeopardy after his chip stack dwindled down to 9,000 chips. He was in push or fold mode for more than an orbit with a couple of his shoves getting through.
He got a much-needed double up after a player in early position raised, and Decamps jammed. Decamps with king-queen suited was able to hold against his opponents' queen-jack suited to see his stack grow back to 25,000.
