Event #9: $580 No-Limit Hold'em

END OF DAY 1

A big turnout for Event #9 produced a generous prizepool of $140,500. Play stopped just short of an unofficial table at 13 remaining souls.Michael Karbushev currently stands as the chip leader with almost 500,000 to his stack. Richard Fitzgerald, who finished fifth in Event #5 at the beginning of the week, looks to make another final table here at Harvey's Lake Tahoe.

Play is set to resume at 2:00 pm on Friday.

Here is a look at the top five chip stacks going into Day 2:

1st: Michael Karbushev - 472,000 (39 bbs)
2nd: Richard Fitzgerald - 426,000 (35 bbs)
3rd: Josh Mammon - 334,000 (27 bbs)
4th: Michael McDonough - 297,000 (24 bbs)
5th: Tom Drotleff - 288,000 (24 bbs)