So far, just 15 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and another group of 25 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.
The surviving players from the three starting flights will then return for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 7th, and will play until a winner is crowned.
| Rank |
Player |
Chip Count |
| 1 |
Zilong Zhang |
834,000 |
| 2 |
Matthew McEwan |
688,000 |
| 3 |
John Riordan |
675,000 |
| 4 |
Jessica Vierling |
522,000 |
| 5 |
Andrew Rosen |
371,000 |
| 6 |
Jeremy Becker |
329,000 |
| 7 |
Eric Smidinger |
302,000 |
| 8 |
Scott Downey |
273,000 |
| 9 |
Michael Wilson (TX) |
232,000 |
| 10 |
Ken Bidinger |
223,000 |
| 11 |
Ben Palmer |
205,000 |
| 12 |
Zachary McDiarmid |
184,000 |
| 13 |
Tristan Wade |
168,000 |
| 14 |
Thomas Black |
137,000 |
| 15 |
Sergey Brit |
135,000 |