Having flown under the radar up right up until the last hand of the night, Ben Turner has finished on top of the leader board after the completion of Day 1B of the WPT Prime Gold Coast Opening Event.
The unassuming Queensland crusher, most famous for his breakout performance in last year’s APL Million Centurion, finished the second and final flight with 543,000 in chips.
Not far behind is Zheming Zhu, who bagged up 468,000, while Meerwais Hussaini (381,000), Kenny Wang (372,000) and Wayne Clinch (370,000) completed the top five.
There were plenty of notables also inside the top 10, including Charles Tsai and Adam Thaggard, who featured prominently throughout the course of the day, along with reigning Star Gold Coast Champs Main Event winner Jennifer Cassell, Luke ‘Psyduck’ McCredie and Aroha Ngata.
WPT PRIME GOLD COAST OPENING EVENT – DAY 1B QUALIFIERS
| Name | Chips |
| Ben Turner | 543,000 |
| Zheming Zhu | 468,000 |
| Meer Hussaini | 381,000 |
| Guangyu Wang | 372,000 |
| Wayne Clinch | 370,000 |
| Charles Tsai | 366,000 |
| Adam Thaggard | 344,000 |
| Jennifer Cassell | 336,000 |
| Luke McCredie | 328,000 |
| Aroha Ngata | 324,000 |
| Ashish Gupta | 318,000 |
| Tom O’Brien | 296,000 |
| Lucy Sheppard | 272,000 |
| Majid Saab | 269,000 |
| Jim Giannoukos | 256,000 |
| Dean Stevenson | 252,000 |
| Jason Sampson | 250,000 |
| John Perry | 249,000 |
| Zhifan Ye | 247,000 |
| Phil Stamler | 226,000 |
| Anthony Harach | 223,000 |
| Richard Tang | 209,000 |
| Marinka Vulic | 201,000 |
| Alan Wilson | 199,000 |
| Steven Smith | 170,000 |
| Kevin Lee | 152,000 |
| Jesper Henrich | 151,000 |
| Lauren Bonte | 149,000 |
| Anthony Cierco | 148,000 |
| Khal Fayad | 143,000 |
| Chi Chu | 143,000 |
| David Croucher | 136,000 |
| Mose Jang | 134,000 |
| David Luong | 131,000 |
| Nil Esteve | 127,000 |
| Andrew Menzies | 126,000 |
| Tu Le | 125,000 |
| Ruiyang Wang | 124,000 |
| Jon Rounce | 119,000 |
| Jong Jung | 118,000 |
| Shane Dickfos | 116,000 |
| Mick Gavrilovic | 112,000 |
| Vasilios Argyros | 111,000 |
| Jack Drake | 110,000 |
| Steven Gluyas | 90,000 |
| Nigel Kwok | 68,000 |
| Robert Damelian | 43,000 |
| Michael Kalin | 40,000 |
A total of 77 players will be returning today (Saturday) for Day 2, commencing at 11:30am AEST. The top. The full seat draw is now available on the Star Poker Gold Coast Facebook page and on our Live Reporting blog.
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