9 Advance to Sunday

Gary Herstein picked up AK and had a short stack move in for 20BB on the final hand of the night. Herstein held and takes on to Day 2, along with 10 other players from Day 1A. There were three eliminations at Herstein's table in the final hands of the night, bringing the field down to nine.

Here are the chipcounts and Day 2 seat assignments for each advancing player. Day 2 begins Sunday at noon, and plays down to a champion, with the LiveStream Final Table anticipated to begin about 7:30pm Sunday.

Table	Seat	Name		City	Chips
31	3	Gary	Herstein	Chicago, IL	230,500
31	5	Greg	Baird	Hinsdale, IL	218,500
33	6	Jack	Torcolese	n/a	163,000
28	9	Alex	Ziskin	Chicago, IL	134,000
32	3	Dennis	Elliott	DeKalb, IL	129,500
32	8	Ben	Castle	Western Springs, IL	116,000
27	3	Boguslaw	Gornia	n/a	108,500
28	2	Mack	Hill	Chicago, IL	81,500
33	8	Jeremy	Smith	Crown Point, IN	69,000

-- Dan Ross