Big Stax 1100 (Day 2): 16th Place - Johnston ($4,795)

Level 24 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000)

Total Entries: 428

Players Remaining: 15

Chip Average: 1,430,000 (48 big blinds)

16th Place - Dave Johnston ($4,795)

Between Friday and Saturday, there were 420 entrants into this Big Stax 1100.

But, dear blogger, doesn't the total number of entries say 428?

You're absolutely right. 8 people took advantage of the fact that registration didn't close until the start of play today and purchased a ticket this morning.

Dave Johnston was one of those players.

Some of those eight players were ones who bought tickets into Flights 1A or 1B and failed to bag chips, but Johnston just showed up this morning for the first time, fired one late bullet and turned it into 300% profit.

We apologize profusely for cursing him. He was eliminated in 16th place literally within 60 seconds of being asked whether his first bullet was this morning. But kudos to him for ignoring the first 15 levels of play and turning his 10-big blind stack into a spot at the final two tables.

The only other remaining player who bought in this morning is Richard Seymour, who arrived with about 4 levels remaining in play last night and decided to give it one more go this morning after his brother bagged chips.