Final Day 1A Chipcounts

Level 15 began with 16 players, just one elimination from the end of the night .. or 40 minutes of play if no person hit the trail.

Only Aaron Massey was below 20BB when the level began, so it took almost 18 minutes for the elimination and play to come to a halt - 22:30 remaining on the clock in Level 15.

(Hey FredTheDealer, remember on dinner break when I said Day 1A would end with about 20 minutes left in Level 15??)

The surprise is that Michael Shanahan - who started the level with 320,000 chips - was the player eliminated. He doubled three players and left one shy of the Bag-n-Tag.

Here's the final chipcounts for the 15 players - from a starting field of 115 - advancing to Monday's Day 2.

Yes, that's right, Monday's noon start for Day 2. Sunday is the fourth and final Day 1 flight.

Darrell	Haywood	527,000
Myung	Shin	464,000
Jason	Dewitt	389,000
David	McGowan	335,000
Freddy	Hamad	322,000
Barry	Schmiess	266,000
Mark	Van Keirsbilck	245,000
Elwood	Whitney	185,000
Ala	Aqel	183,000
Ben	Grise	142,000
Barb	Walston	99,000
Tracy	Gibson	93,000
David	Weiss	90,000
Darryl	Ronconi	70,000
Aaron	Massey	43,000

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates