So far, 54 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 44 hopefuls will look to add their names to that list tonight.
All who make it through to the end of play will return tomorrow, Sunday, April 19th, at 11:00 a.m. for Day 2, with 24:45 remaining in Level 14 (3,000/5,000/5,000), and the remaining players from all starting flights will combine and play until a winner is declared.
| Rank |
Player |
Chip Count |
| 1 |
Lee Rzentkowski |
668,000 |
| 2 |
Yuchen Chen |
610,000 |
| 3 |
Andre Brown |
595,000 |
| 4 |
Paul Carney |
567,000 |
| 5 |
Loki Abboud |
549,000 |
| 6 |
Mike Estes |
546,000 |
| 7 |
Bill Romer |
522,000 |
| 8 |
Jeff Petronack |
481,000 |
| 9 |
Steve W |
447,000 |
| 10 |
Taylor Maas |
407,000 |
| 11 |
Leo Pinamonti |
397,000 |
| 12 |
Jacob Long |
386,000 |
| 13 |
Wesley Cannon |
382,000 |
| 14 |
Brenden Sandy |
374,000 |
| 15 |
Jesse Green |
365,000 |
| 16 |
Gene Boyer |
363,000 |
| 17 |
Umut Ozturk |
337,000 |
| 18 |
Rory Linton |
323,000 |
| 19 |
Ali Nabizadehgangaraj |
316,000 |
| 20 |
Bruce Fagan |
316,000 |
| 21 |
Michael Nelson |
309,000 |
| 22 |
Gerald Cunniff |
295,000 |
| 23 |
Michael Dehen |
288,000 |
| 24 |
Matthew Dodd |
283,000 |
| 25 |
Jeremy Dresch |
242,000 |
| 26 |
Dennis Stevermer |
241,000 |
| 27 |
Aidan Ferguson |
240,000 |
| 28 |
Andrew Francis |
227,000 |
| 29 |
Justin Thurlow |
215,000 |
| 30 |
Tanner Pray |
194,000 |
| 31 |
Andrew Pickett |
190,000 |
| 32 |
Cory Cove |
187,000 |
| 33 |
Louis Hillman |
181,000 |
| 34 |
Shek Wong |
173,000 |
| 35 |
Jason Sell |
170,000 |
| 36 |
Josh Barstow |
161,000 |
| 37 |
Preston Willier |
152,000 |
| 38 |
Stuart Luhm |
152,000 |
| 39 |
David "Digger" Vig |
134,000 |
| 40 |
Jon Hanner |
133,000 |
| 41 |
Aaron Johnson |
124,000 |
| 42 |
Daniel Goepel |
123,000 |
| 43 |
Rodney Colson |
120,000 |
| 44 |
Kou Vang |
118,000 |
| 45 |
Ariel Pressman |
114,000 |
| 46 |
Mike O'Malley |
112,000 |
| 47 |
Peter Creese |
108,000 |
| 48 |
Zachary Beasy |
107,000 |
| 49 |
Eric Eelkema |
102,000 |
| 50 |
Shane Stegora |
100,000 |
| 51 |
Richard Alsup |
82,000 |
| 52 |
DQ Dan Hendrickson |
82,000 |
| 53 |
Adithya Pailla |
47,000 |
| 54 |
Daniel Blegen |
44,000 |