Event 1 (Flight 1G): Michelle Shah Heats Up To Bag Flight 1G Chiplead

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 1 ($175 No Limit Hold'em $125,000 GTD)

Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)

Total Flight 1G Entries: 209

Michelle Shah (Delray Beach, FL)

While one Shah took a bad beat to lead to his exit from Flight 1G, another was heating up to grab the "bonus."  Sean Shah (Delray Beach, FL) watched as his A A < Q Q for a pot worth over 300,000, only to be left with peanuts, and eventually bust.  While that was happening, his sister Michelle was winning critical pots on her way to a Flight 1G leading stack of 365,500.  That stack puts her in the fifth spot overall heading into tomorrow's Day 2, with only tonight's Flight 1H remaining.

Dealers are currently racing off the black (100 denomination) chips, and will then verify all stacks before the chips end up in their temporary home until tomorrow.  Once the bagging process has been completed, a full listing of Flight 1G chip counts will be posted.  

This will conclude "live blogged coverage" for the day, but you can look forward to full Day 2 coverage, from first card dealt...to the final hand dealt.  Day 2 action starts at 12:00pm tomorrow afternoon, with now (143) players returning.