WSOP APAC : Saout and Kelly Lead The Combined Accumulator Day 1 Chip Counts
An impressive combined field for the first ever WSOP Accumulator event saw respective Day 1A and Day 1B chip leaders Dan Kelly and Antoine Saout add to their stacks to become the overall leaders at the start of Day 2.
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| Antoine Saout Image courtesy of PokerListings.com |
The numbers are in for the first ever Accumulator event at the WSOP APAC, and it looks like the format was a success.
1,085 entries in total over the three days, creating a prize pool of AUD $1,085,000 and a first prize of AUD $211,575, with 90 players in total making the money.
419 runners started the final day and Nick Morales had the best of Day 1C, bagging up 57,275 chips.
However the real winners of the starting days were 1A and 1B leaders Dan Kelly and Antoine Saout, who both added to their big stacks on Day 1C, as per the Accumulator format, to go into Day 2 with huge leads.
175 players will return at noon local time to battle towards the money, and Sunday will also see the start of the second event, the AUD $1,650 Pot Limit Omaha event.
WSOP APAC AUD$1,100 Accumulator
End of Day 1A/B/C Selected Combined Chip Counts* |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Antoine Saout | 105,375 | ||
| - | Daniel Kelly | 82,050 | ||
| - | Dylan Honeyman | 68,100 | ||
| - | Alek Givotovsky | 65,600 | ||
| - | Nick Morales | 57,275 | ||
| - |  MelanieWeisner |
44,725 | ||
| - | Jonathan Duhamel | 41,850 | ||
| - | James Obst | 41,250 | ||
| - | Barry Greenstein | 41,050 | ||
| - | Jonathon Karamailikis | 36,775 | ||
| - | Jeremy Ausmus | 33,850 | ||
| - | Jesse Sylvia | 25,850 | ||
| - | Phil Hellmuth | 20,650 | ||
| Blinds: 200/400/50 | Players: 175 (1,085) Average stack: 18,600| Prize pool: AUD $1,085,000 |
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*Full chip counts were not available at the time of reporting.
