All Things Being Schmejkal... New Leader

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There's a new big stack on table Yuen, which has been home to a chip leader through most of this Day One. It's Moritz Schmejkal, baby-blue jumper wearing 200k stacker.

If you've made the second half of the last level with over 150k, you're in the top 5, I'd reckon, while the short stacks aren't all that short if they've got over what they started with. Good old slow structure.

Counts as Day 1a draws near a close:

Mark Teltscher - 28,000
Sida Yuen - 66,300
Arnaud Mattern - 80,000
Michael Greco - 52,000
Nick Gibson - 19,000
Luke Patten - 100,000
Alex Kravchenko - 44,000
Chris Ferguson - 40,300
Vivek Rajkumar - 145,000
Florian Langmann - 32,500
Lex Maessen - 75,000
Maridu Mayrinck - 95,000

Ms. Mayrinck, incidentally, seems to have a very good attitude towards the swings and roundabouts of poker tournaments. I heard her say to some people on the rail, "I went from 130 to like 98k but I'm not complaining - life is good!"

Tags: Maridu Mayrinck Moritz Schmejkal