Bigger Stacks Move on From Day 1B

@HPTPoker @AmeristarSC Day 1B came to a close after a roller-caoster last three levels that saw about a dozen players get to 200,000 or more chips, and eight of them bag a 200k-plus stack.

Mary K Sturges (above) was one of the first palyers to crack the 200k barrier, closing the night with 220,000, good for 7th of the 28 who bagged chips. There weas 137 total entries for Day 1B.

The story of teh final few levels, though, was Steve Sheldon, who came back from dinner break with just 12BB.

"I went from 12,000 to 40,000 pretty fast, then hovered at 40 for a long time, then kind'a chipped up here and there," said Sheldon. "I didn't know how many I actually had until I bagged them tonight."

Sheldon has 333,500, some 54,000 clear of second-stack Tod Schmitz after two flights have wrapped up.

Among the field bagging a Day 2 stack today is Jake Bazeley, recent WSOP Circuit ring winner Jason Ramos, Nick Pupillo, Robert Geith, Robert Castoire.

Those who came up short of a bag included Grant HInkle, Jamey Kramer, Roger Campbell, John Lyons, Chris Underwood, Mike Rieck, Ryan Tepen (chipleader on Day 1C dinner break), Greg Radosh, Jian Zhang, Jason Darland, Don Havener, Vijay Natarajan, CUllen Oldhamm TIm Palmer and Jeff Brin.

Here are the 28 players - from a starting field of 137 entries - who made the 2pm start for Sunday's Day 2.

Steve	Sheldon	333,500
Tod	Schmitz	279,500
Brett	Brickelbaw	262,000
Martin	Warren	251,500
Paul	Keesee	249,500
Harold	Evans	228,000
Mary K	Sturges	220,000
Gregory	Smith	211,500
Kane	Lai	191,000
Richard	Gordon	184,000
Jim	Balestrere	176,000
Jason	Ramos	148,000
Matthew	Donaldson	138,500
Ron	West	138,000
Nicholas	Pupillo	128,000
Mike	Urbaniak	118,500
Michael	Pilla	118,000
John	Herter	91,000
David	Yingling	90,500
Mark	Myers	89,000
Zachary	Peay	78,500
Jacob	Bazeley	72,500
Robert	Geith	71,500
Everett	Lawrence	50,500
Frank	Williams	48,000
Robert	Castoire	44,500
Jack	Willman	43,000
Matthew	Wantman	33,500

-- Dan Ross - HoldemRadio.com