Friday, November 10, 2023 4:10 PM Local Time
Big Names Already in the Mix on Day 1A
Defending Champion Jarod Minghini
The first break of the day has been reached with 109 entries on the tournament clock.
Among them is plenty of star power including five-time ring winner and defending champion Jarod Minghini who took his seat in the middle of Level 3.
More multi-time ring winners are also scattered throughout the field including Valentin Vornicu (14), Daniel Lowery (13), David Larson (10), and Jasthi Kumar (5). Vornicu, Larson and Kumar are actually seated together at a very tough Table 32.
Along with Minghini, two other members of last year's final table have also been spotted in the field as 3rd place finisher Jesse Tinsley and 7th place finisher Rayo Kniep are working on a return trip to the final table.
Kniep may have had the best fortune of the day so far as he was recently moved off of Table 32 and has a new and likely less dangerous table to work with.
Jasthi Kumar - 117,000
Daniel Lowery - 106,000
David Avina - 71,000
Lee Markholt - 65,000
Jesse Tinsley - 51,000
Barry Shulman - 51,000
Rayo Kniep - 42,500
Jarod Minghini - 33,000
Valentin Vornicu - 15,000
David Larson - 6,000