$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante

Fourteen levels have come and gone, and Day 1B is complete. From the starting field of 152 entries, just 20 players lasted to night’s end. Here are the chip counts for the survivors:

Michael Ortiz – 207,500 (42 bb)
Mike Beasley – 204,500 (41 bb)
Stefan Lue – 203,500 (41 bb)
David MacDonald – 192,500 (39 bb)
Elizabeth Van Schaik – 178,500 (36 bb)
Jason Gooch – 167,000 (33 bb)
Neal Rocklin – 159,500 (32 bb)
Scott Wyler – 156,500 (31 bb)
David Albertson – 145,000 (29 bb)
Joe Yselonia – 129,500 (26 bb)
Brett Bader – 109,000 (22 bb)
Scott Efron – 104,000 (21 bb)
Howard Mash – 91,000 (18 bb)
Dan Weitzenkorn – 82,000 (16 bb)
Gerald Kaiser – 72,000 (14 bb)
Keith Morea – 68,000 (14 bb)
Jerzy Kessler – 56,500 (11 bb)
Tuan Vu – 51,500 (10 bb)
Doug Chan – 30,500 (6 bb)
Jorge Merino – 23,000 (5 bb)

Mike Beasley was the chip leader until the final hand, but posting the last big blind of the night knocked him out of the top spot. Michael Ortiz wins the bonus prize for Day 1B, his big stack earning him a free entry into the series’ $2,500 Championship Event on October 1. Kenneth Bruno still holds the overall chip lead after bagging up 256,000 during this afternoon’s Day 1A flight. They and the other survivors are guaranteed to return for Sunday’s combined Day 2.

Since this is a best-stack-foward event, however, everyone also has the option to enter any of the four remaining starting flights in an effort to bag a bigger stack.

Friday’s Day 1C begins at 11:00 AM, and Day 1D starts at 7:00 PM.