Viktor Blom bagged a top five stack on Day 1B of the Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty
It took until 2 a.m. to get to the money and 3 a.m. to bag up for Day 2, but 66 players have moved on to Sunday's Day 2 of the $2,500 WSOP Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty event here at WSOP Paradise.
Day 1B chip leader Quirin Heinz
Leading the way last night were a pair of Germans in Quirin Heinz with 1,275,000 and Fabian Niederreiter with 1,245,000.
Those totals still sit a ways behind Day 1A leader Martin Zamani's 1,865,000 for the overall lead heading into Saturday's final starting flight at noon.
Also among the seven players to bag a seven-figure stack last night was superstar Viktor Blom as we look at the top ten from Day 1B:
Day 1B Top ten chip stacks:
- Quirin Heinz - 1,275,000
- Fabian Niederreiter - 1,245,000
- Mitesh Shere - 1,065,000
- Rayan Chamas - 1,030,000
- Viktor Blom - 1,020,000
- Marc Robinson - 1,015,000
- Qingyu Lu - 1,005,000
- Colby Covington - 925,000
- Woo Lee - 795,000
- Eli Hersh - 780,000
Colby Covington
Plenty of other notables advanced to Day 2 as well including 20-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Ari Engel, whose 740,000 chips found him just outside the top ten, while 16-time winner Mike Setera also found a healthy bag to take into Day 2.
Ari Engel
Day 1B notables advancing:
- Ari Engel - 740,000
- Mike Setera - 655,000
- Jamie Gold - 410,000
- Cindy Spier - 350,000
- Lucas Greenwood - 325,000
- Joe Serock - 320,000
- Terrance Reid - 215,000
- Hossein Ensan - 180,000
Jamie Gold
Meanwhile, quite a few players battled for over 14 hours only to get their entry back plus $100 without advancing to Day 2 and will have to come back on Saturday to try a final time on Day 1C to earn the chance to pull bounties on Sunday.
Martin Kabrhel was among those players after
losing a sizeable pot on the bubble to Colby Covington
, who finished inside the top ten.
Martin Kabrhel
Min-cashed for $2,600 but didn't make Day 2:
- Martin Kabrhel
- Chris Moneymaker
- Thomas Eychenne
- Benny Glaser
- Shannon Shorr
Benny Glaser
As mentioned, Day 1C gets underway at noon ET and will be players' final chance to move on to Day 2 when those precious mystery bounties will be up for grabs, so stay with us to keep track of the action and your Pick 3 players here at WSOP Paradise.