So far, 22 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 21 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.
All who make it through until the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, December 9th at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, where the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.
| Rank |
Player Name |
Chip Count |
| 1 |
Brett Reichard |
671,000 |
| 2 |
Matt Genebacher |
561,000 |
| 3 |
Brad Heitmeyer |
513,000 |
| 4 |
Timothy Thorp |
453,000 |
| 5 |
Mark Lafata |
417,000 |
| 6 |
Josh Wisdom |
341,000 |
| 7 |
Mark Koeln |
327,000 |
| 8 |
Brian Ellebracht |
294,000 |
| 9 |
Dalton Jones |
287,000 |
| 10 |
Brad Sailor |
277,000 |
| 11 |
Andros Ioakimides |
274,000 |
| 12 |
Jeffrey Riebeling |
271,000 |
| 13 |
Hyun Lee |
249,000 |
| 14 |
Keith Heine |
219,000 |
| 15 |
Umut Ozturk |
212,000 |
| 16 |
Jeffrey Copeland |
205,000 |
| 17 |
Jeff Grimes |
205,000 |
| 18 |
Lionel Jiang |
182,000 |
| 19 |
Chris Audrain |
106,000 |
| 20 |
Aaron Johnson |
92,000 |
| 21 |
Josh Guthrie |
64,000 |
| 22 |
Robert Shallenberger |
30,000 |