The Fields Will Merge; 71 Survivors from Day 1b Join
After a long day of poker that saw both Day 1a and Day 1b flight's come to their conclusion, the remaining players will join together at noon to play down to a winner.
Nan Hong of China is the Day 1b chipleader with 678,000, followed by Maurice Hawkins with 526,000 in chips. Shaun Deeb (461,000) is also among the players that bagged a big stack at the end of the night, as well as Igor Yaroshevskyy (440,000), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (437,000) and two-time National champion Georgios Vrakas (346,000).