So far, 22 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 26 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, January 5th 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 |
Carson Richards |
817,000 |
| 2 |
Ryan Leng |
578,000 |
| 3 |
Francis Anderson |
488,000 |
| 4 |
Aaron Massey |
477,000 |
| 5 |
Dustin Tragethon |
309,000 |
| 6 |
Bojan Gledovic |
289,000 |
| 7 |
Ben Palmer |
239,000 |
| 8 |
Vanessa Kade |
230,000 |
| 9 |
Louis Haeick |
219,000 |
| 10 |
Shachar Haran |
212,000 |
| 11 |
Michael Arellano |
178,000 |
| 12 |
Iaron Lightbourne |
160,000 |
| 13 |
Kai Yang (NV) |
131,000 |
| 14 |
Rodger Johnson |
122,000 |
| 15 |
Robenito Roxas |
116,000 |
| 16 |
Matthew Schulte |
114,000 |
| 17 |
Hal Marcus |
82,000 |
| 18 |
David Sommer |
80,000 |
| 19 |
Anthony Rocco |
59,000 |
| 20 |
David Thomas |
58,000 |
| 21 |
Jon Michael Gisler |
42,000 |
| 22 |
Steven Merwin |
18,000 |