After a long day of play, Thai Ha bags 867,000 for the chip lead of the $1M GTD Title Event's first flight.
As players approached the Day Two bubble, Michael Stringer rushed back to the table in time to open UTG to 20,000 on blinds of 5,000/10,000/10,000. Thai Ha was UTG+2 and three-bet to 60,000.
Action folded back around to Stringer and he moved all-in as the effective stack. Ha snap-called.
Stringer: A♥J♠
Ha: A♣Ks
Board: A♠9♦6♦3♦5♦
Stringer was dominated the whole way down. Neither player held diamonds as the board ran out four to a flush. Ha eliminated Stringer in ninth place for $2,200.
The next player eliminated will also collect $2,200 as a Day One payout. Seven players will bag up and move on to Monday's Day Two Restart!
There will be seven more starting flights through Sunday, October 12th and there is also a $5,000 multi-bag bonus. Earn $5,000 for each additional bag!
Chip Counts Flight 1/8
| Thai Ha | 867,000 |
| Eric Chang | 833,000 |
| Harvey Castro | 735,000 |
| Babak Behgam | 623,000 |
| Ryan Findley | 300,000 |
| Pablo Aldaco | 208,000 |
| Mariona Canals Riba | 154,000 |
Flight 1/8 Payouts
1st-7th: Day Two
8th-9th: $2,200
10th-12th: $2,000