WSOPC Lake Tahoe

Adam Natress has the chip lead after day 1a of the WSOPC Lake Tahoe Main Event

With just 12:23 remaining in the final scheduled level of the night, the final 18 players bagged up for Day 2, with Adam Nattress claiming the chip lead of 969,000.

Nattress survived one of the most densely talented fields with maybe more Circuit Main Event champions per capita in a tournament in recent memory.

Several of those Main Event champs will be joining Nattress in Day 2, including 2022 Tahoe champion Jarod Minghini, who finished with the second biggest stack of 676,000.

Jarod Minghini

Here's a look at the top five end-of-night stacks, with the full counts available under the 'chip counts' tab above or here .

WSOPC Lake Tahoe Main Event end of Day 1a chip leaders:

1. Adam Nattress - 969,000
2. Jarod Minghini - 676,000
3. Vy Nguyen - 522,000
4. Ivan Holmes - 468,000
5. James Romero - 415,000

Day 1b gets underway on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. and will be the final chance for players to join the 18 who survived today's intense action.

Join us then for more excitement from Caesars Republic in beautiful South Lake Tahoe.

Travis Egbert

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Following an open under the gun from Travis Egbert, Derek Sein-Lwin moved all in for about 100,000 and was called by Egbert.

Derek Sein-Lwin:
Travis Egbert:

The flop came , teasing Sein-Lwin with survival until the fell on the turn, pairing Egbert.

The ended the hand and Sein-Lwin's night, along with the 18 other players who advanced to Day 2, while the Cherokee champ will have to take his min-cash and try again on Saturday.

Stay tuned for complete end-of-night chip counts and a wrap of the day.

• Travis Egbert - 350,000
• Derek Sein-Lwin - eliminated

Derek Sein-Lwin

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Jarod Minghini

Austin Currington

As play resumed after the final break, Jarod Minghini had the shortest stack of the final 25 players. He's now threatening the chip lead with 19 left.

After his friend Dustin Fox jammed 76,000from the lojack, Minghini called in the hijack, later saying he was trying to help his friend with his call.

Dustin Fox:
Jarod Minghini:

The board came as Minghini's ducks held up to eliminate Fox.

Meanwhile, Richard Rohr was also eliminated, leaving the players one elimination away from ending play for the night.

• Jarod Minghini - 650,000
• Dustin Fox - eliminated
• Richard Rohr - eliminated

Ivan Holmes

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In the last hand before entering the final level of 5,000 / 10,000 (10,000), John Wasnock opened to 18,000 and was called by Scott Stewart in the small blind and Ivan Holmes in the big blind.

On the flop, Stewart and Holmes checked to Wasnock, who continued for 26,000.

Stewart bowed out, but Holmes stuck around to see the turn.

Following another Holmes check, Wasnock fired another 45,000, which Holmes again called, leading to the river.

After a final check from Holmes, Wasnock patted the table as well.

Holmes revealed for a flopped pair of fives, which was enough to take the pot and move closer to finishing the night with a million chips.

Meanwhile, at an adjacent table, Loren Klein was eliminated, leaving 21 players in the field with 18 moving on.

• Ivan Holmes - 900,000
• John Wasnock - 255,000
• Loren Klein - eliminated