Cord Grabs Chiplead

Duplicating a move he made the last time he played a HPT $1100 Main Event, Cord Garcia grabs a tourney entry near the final registration close, and he runs up a BIG stack in a few hours of play.

Garcia is at 200,000 here in Level 12, about 35,000 clear of the field.

Here are more chipcounts among the players vying for a Day 2 bag

200,000 -Cord Garcia
165,000 - Nathan Willis
155,000 - Victoria Gordon
94,000 - Dan Lowery
84,000 - Ari Engel
80,000 - Jason Gooch
65,000 - Nestor Punay
63,000 - Allen Kessler
60,000 - Danny Doucet
56,000 - Scott Ryals
48,000 - Joey Wideman
42,000 - Ryan Gregor
40,000 - Robert Matthews
30,000 - Karen Robison
26,000 - Michael Monaghan
25,000 - Jason Pease
Out - Rex Clinkscales
Out - Nick Pupillo
Out - Brian Reinert
Out - Ting Ho
Out - Nick Jivkov

Level - 12
Blinds - 800/1600
Antes - 200
Players Left - 58

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