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Big Bet Mix Ends Day 1 With Stacked Top 10
Six of the top ten chip stacks in Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet have previous bracelet wins, four are 25K Fantasy players, and one is an ODB Bonus Player.
Joey Couden is in third with 365,000 in his stack behind Julio Belluscio (480,000) in second and Antonio Seremet (528,500) in first.
They are the three biggest stacks of the remaining 99 players in the event, who represent the survivors of the 386-strong field. This put $858,850 in the prize pool.
Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Seremet | Australia | 528,500 | 176 |
| 2 | Julio Belluscio | Argentina | 480,000 | 160 |
| 3 | Joey Couden | United States | 365,500 | 122 |
| 4 | Hanh Tran | Austria | 355,000 | 118 |
| 5 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 272,000 | 91 |
| 6 | Benjamin Miner | United States | 270,500 | 90 |
| 7 | Paul Fehlig | United States | 266,000 | 89 |
| 8 | Michael Kuney | United States | 257,500 | 86 |
| 9 | Travis Pearson | United States | 247,500 | 83 |
| 10 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 244,500 | 82 |
Other notables who found a bag further down the chip counts include Robert Mizrachi (196,500), Scott Abrams (195,500), Chi Tang (192,500), Naoya Kihara (183,500), Ryan Hoenig (178,000), James Obst (96,500), Brad Owen (60,000), Cary Katz (52,500), Patrick Leonard (35,000), and Chance Kornuth (13,500).
These survivors will return at 1:00 p.m., local time tomorrow to play another ten levels of big bet action.
The blinds will start at 1,500/3,000 with a 4,500 ante for the draw games and 1,000/2,500 for the flop games with big blind antes of 2,500 for the Omaha and 3,500 for the Texas hold'ems.