We are quickly down to just 18 players in our opening flight today, but only the final five will be moving on to the Day 2 finals. Below you will see a few of the notables who are still alive and well. The blnds are currently 800-1,600, with an average stack of 98,000, so eliminations are starting to slow down.
Ira Friedman – 190,000
Fausto Valdez – 86,000
Naor Cohen – 78,000
Karo Davtyan – 45,000
Andy “Shooter” Stracuizz – 35,000
Hamid Khorrman – 27,000
