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| Charles Welch |
It's not often that someone just runs away with the chip lead in an event like this, but Charles Welch managed just that. He was the first to reach 100,000 earlier in the day, and when he eliminated Matt Glantz, it almost seemed like his 175,000 stack would be unattainable for the rest of the field (as they hovered in the 60,000-90,000 range. Stephen Hesse began knocking on that door, and wasn't far behind as the two reached the final level at the same table.
When the two got involved at the beginning stages of Level 9, it was clear that the winner of that pot would propel themselves to the bonus. Hesse would end up bricking a diamond draw on the river, while Welch made a full house. That didn't stop Stephen from trying to take the pot with a bet on the river, but Welch would call (with Q4 on a 2 J 4 4 J board), and cement his spot on top.
Play ends in minutes, and players will have their chip counts verified by the tournament floor before bagging for Day 2. Chip counts will be verified shortly thereafter via the live updates page and Twitter.
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