A stunning flash of five eliminations brought Day 1A to an early end and former MSPT Main Event winner Ken Baime of Glenview, IL survived the mayhem to finish with the top stack at Majestic Star Casino.

Baime put away 312,000 chips to edge out former MSPT Main Event winner Brian Hou who bagged a healthy 307,000. Jordan Jayne finished with 278,000 followed by Ting Luo at 239,000. Alan Cutler rounded out the top five with 212,000. Other notables who advanced included DJ Buckley (188,000), Nicholas Pupillo (164,000) and HPT’s Jeremy Smith (53,000).

Other notables who missed out today include MSPT Hall of Famer Aaron Johnson and past MSPT Main Event Champions Daniel Bekavac, TJ Ryan, Aaron Massey, Benjamin Wiora, Mike Shin and John Sun. Also coming up short in their efforts today were WSOP Circuit Ring winner Cody Brinn, Yanni Orfanos, Ralph Massey, Ravi Raghavan, Lynn “LT” Rainey and John Schroeder.

16 players advanced from Day 1A of 139 entries. There is one more starting flight on Saturday beginning at 3 P.M. Everyone who advances to Day 2 will return to action at 11 A.M. Sunday.

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2 and we’ll see you all back here tomorrow for coverage of Day 1B!