Molti altri erano in lizza per la chip lead prima che Pan superasse il field tra cui Scott Seiver (261.000), Andrew Yeh (229.500), Randy Ohel (219.500), David Benyamine (219.000) e Brett Richey (215.000).
Pan ha iniziato la sua corsa verso la vetta all'inizio della giornata eliminando Daniel Negreanu in una mano di Razz. Cercherà di migliorare il suo recente 7° posto nella versione da $3.000 di questa disciplina nell'Event #32.
L'evento, intanto, ha attirato 139 iscrizioni attraverso i primi 10 livelli di gioco, con 71 sopravvissuti e la registrazione tardiva ancora aperta fino al Day 2.
Il field già bello pregno potrebbe essere impreziosito da Adam Friedman e Phil Hellmuth che hanno visto prolungarsi la super sfida in heads up per la conquista dell'Event #36 $10,000 Dealer's Choice, con la tripletta del primo che ha sconfitto il secondo fermato sul più bello mentre cercava di mettersi al polso il 17esimo braccialetto in carriera.
Il count e il redraw ufficiale:
RANK PLAYER CITY / STATE / COUNTRY CHIP COUNT ROOM / TABLE / SEAT
1 Qinghai Pan Diamond Bar, CA, US 373,000 Amazon / 430 / 2
2 Scott Seiver LAS VEGAS, NV, US 261,000 Amazon / 436 / 5
3 Andrew Yeh LAS VEGAS, NV, US 229,500 Amazon / 445 / 3
4 Randy Ohel Henderson, NV, US 219,500 Amazon / 427 / 6
5 David Benyamine FR 219,000 Amazon / 446 / 2
6 Marco Johnson WALNUT CREEK, CA, US 218,000 Amazon / 427 / 8
7 Jerry Wong Davie, FL, US 217,500 Amazon / 427 / 5
8 Brett Richey NEW YORK, NY, US 215,500 Amazon / 439 / 7
9 Jesse Klein PHILADELPHIA, PA, US 199,500 Amazon / 429 / 7
10 Nate Silver BROOKLYN, NY, US 197,000 Amazon / 437 / 3
11 Richard Sklar LAS VEGAS, NV, US 196,500 Amazon / 429 / 4
12 Raymond Henson Spring, TX, US 192,000 Amazon / 430 / 3
13 James Woods Los Angeles, CA, US 189,000 Amazon / 430 / 1
14 Peiwen Wang Irvine, CA, US 189,000 Amazon / 427 / 2
15 Chad Campbell Seattle, WA, US 189,000 Amazon / 438 / 3
16 Benny Glaser Southampton, , GB 184,500 Amazon / 427 / 4
17 Robert Campbell Melbourne, AU 181,500 Amazon / 439 / 4
18 Thomas Hammers SHAKOPEE, MN, US 180,500 Amazon / 437 / 8
19 Scott Bohlman Lemont, IL, US 180,000 Amazon / 437 / 7
20 Brandon Shack-Harris Las Vegas, NV, US 177,500 Amazon / 429 / 1
21 Dario Sammartino IT 173,500 Amazon / 437 / 5
22 Tommy Hang NEWCASTLE, WA, US 168,500 Amazon / 428 / 6
23 Christopher Chung IRVINE, CA, US 165,000 Amazon / 436 / 8
24 Todd Ivens Chicago, IL, US 160,000 Amazon / 445 / 5
25 Bryce Yockey Los Angeles, CA, US 156,000 Amazon / 446 / 7
26 Christopher Vitch Phoenix, AZ, US 155,000 Amazon / 427 / 7
27 Michael Trivett Las Vegas, NV, US 155,000 Amazon / 445 / 7
28 Dan Shak Las Vegas, NV, US 154,500 Amazon / 447 / 1
29 Eric Rodawig Omaha, NE, US 151,500 Amazon / 445 / 6
30 Yehuda Buchalter FOREST HILLS, NY, US 149,500 Amazon / 429 / 2
31 Max Pescatori Milan, , IT 125,500 Amazon / 438 / 6
32 Wendy Freedman Las Vegas, NV, US 116,000 Amazon / 438 / 8
33 Matt Grapenthien CHICAGO, IL, US 113,000 Amazon / 430 / 7
34 Kevin Song Brea, CA, US 111,000 Amazon / 436 / 7
35 Kevin Gerhart Las Vegas, NV, US 110,000 Amazon / 429 / 5
36 Renan Bruschi BR 104,500 Amazon / 439 / 2
37 Yuri Dzivielevski Florianopolis, , BR 100,000 Amazon / 447 / 3
38 Craig Chait Newport Beach, CA, US 95,500 Amazon / 447 / 7
39 Johannes Becker Koln, , DE 95,500 Amazon / 436 / 4
40 Andrew Kelsall Tampa, FL, US 91,000 Amazon / 438 / 5
41 Perry Friedman Henderson, NV, US 87,500 Amazon / 430 / 8
42 Yuebin Guo Brooklyn, NY, US 78,000 Amazon / 445 / 1
43 Gary Benson Sylvania Southgate Nsw, , AU 76,000 Amazon / 439 / 1
44 Shaun Deeb LAS VEGAS, NV, US 71,000 Amazon / 427 / 3
45 Alexander Harris GLEN ROCK, NJ, US 71,000 Amazon / 438 / 1
46 Cary Katz Las Vegas, NV, US 70,500 Amazon / 439 / 8
47 David Singer LAS VEGAS, NV, US 69,500 Amazon / 446 / 5
48 Jesse Hampton Seattle, WA, US 68,500 Amazon / 446 / 3
49 Eddie Blumenthal Stoughton, WI, US 65,500 Amazon / 436 / 6
50 Nick Schulman New York, NY, US 60,000 Amazon / 439 / 5
51 Bertrand Grospellier Melun, , FR 58,000 Amazon / 436 / 1
52 Kyle Montgomery FISHERS, IN, US 51,000 Amazon / 428 / 1
53 Frankie O'Dell Denver, CO, US 47,500 Amazon / 447 / 6
54 Hansu Chu MCLEAN, VA, US 46,000 Amazon / 430 / 5
55 Mark Gallo ATLANTIS, FL, US 46,000 Amazon / 446 / 8
56 William Klevitz New York, NY, US 45,500 Amazon / 428 / 4
57 Chris Bell RALEIGH, NC, US 40,000 Amazon / 438 / 4
58 Ryan Laplante Las Vegas, NV, US 39,000 Amazon / 428 / 5
59 Ryan Boyle CHICAGO, IL, US 36,000 Amazon / 429 / 8
60 John Monnette PALMDALE, CA, US 35,500 Amazon / 445 / 8
61 Ismael Bojang VIENNA, , AT 34,500 Amazon / 446 / 4
62 Andre Akkari SAO PAULO, , BR 31,000 Amazon / 447 / 8
63 Greg Mueller VANCOUVER, BC, CA 30,500 Amazon / 437 / 2
64 John Hennigan LAS VEGAS, NV, US 30,000 Amazon / 447 / 5
65 John Racener Tampa, FL, US 29,000 Amazon / 428 / 3
66 Felipe Ramos BR 28,500 Amazon / 430 / 4
67 Aaron Kupin Boca Raton, FL, US 28,000 Amazon / 436 / 2
68 Brock Parker SILVER SPRING, MD, US 24,500 Amazon / 437 / 4
69 Allen Kessler Las Vegas, NV, US 19,000 Amazon / 429 / 3
70 Tom McCormick FARGO, ND, US 19,000 Amazon / 428 / 8
71 Derek McMaster Richfield, MN, US 6,500 Amazon / 428 / 7