Cory Smith Leads Final 107 in HPT Main Event East Chicago

Of 526 players in this HPT Main Event, 107 remain. The top 54 finishers will be paid a minimum payout of $3,242 and the winner will receive $173,385 and a $3,600 championship package.

Cory Smith (pictured) played in Flight C and amassed a stack of 441,000 chips before the end of the night after a very favorable last couple levels. Smith has a WSOP Circuit ring, which he won last month in Baltimore, and is looking to add an HPT title to his credit. He goes into Day 2 as the overall chip leader.

Neil Patel finished 2nd in chips in Flight C with 431,000 which makes him second overall to begin Day 2. The Flight B chip leader, Daniel Loizzo, who took 3rd in this event here at the Ameristar back in January of this year, begins Day 2 third in chips and would love to improve on his 3rd-place finish.

The Day 2 restart is at 1 p.m. local time here in East Chicago, IN. Levels will be 60 minutes from now on with breaks every two levels.

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For Day 2 seat assignments, click here.

Here are the top 10 overall stacks at the start of Day 2:

1 - Cory Smith - 441,000
2 - Neil Patel - 431,000
3 - Daniel Loizzo - 412,500
4 - Andualem Mequnint - 406,000
5 - Anwar Baig - 358,000
6 - Tom Koral - 345,500
7 - Aaron Johnson - 343,500
8 - Ryan Olisar - 327,500
9 - Jim Dark - 304,000
10 - Jim Carroll - 278,500

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