Wasylenko Leads 1a Stacks

Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event ($990 + $110)

The opening flight to the Main Event has landed with 20 players still on board. Eric Wasylenko, who is a bit of a crusher on the PPT to say the least, bagged the big stack from 1a by quite a bit.

Wasy has 515k in his bag, with Tony Ma #2, but a long way back at 385k. Michael Baldwin, Chris Hak, and Daniel Lefebvre round out the top five counts from the opening flight, with Lefebvre just shy of 300k. The full stacks for the 20 1a qualifiers are below.

1b will be a bigger repeat of 1a. The action kicks off at 1 PM, and entries are open for just over 7 hours, closing at about 8:15 PM. Day 1 plays until there are 12.5% of the starting field remaining, and Day 1a played until 5 minutes remaining in Level 16 (3k/6k/6k). That means that will be the biggest possible start for Day 2, but if 1b ends earlier, they’ll roll back the Day 2 blinds to wherever it ends.

There is already nearly $150k in the prize pool from 1a alone, so $300k+ looks like an easy lock. I generally predict 1b will be 50% bigger than 1a, and if that holds, it should mean a final field around 375 entries for prizes of more than $350k. It remains to be seen if it gets that big (or even bigger).