So far, 30 players have punched their ticket into Day 2, and the final group of 31 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, August 30th, 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 |
Shimon Braun |
685,000 |
| 2 |
Luyt Tran |
554,000 |
| 3 |
Imran Sajwani |
475,000 |
| 4 |
Brett Reichard |
474,000 |
| 5 |
Tom Koral |
414,000 |
| 6 |
Tyler Schmidt |
390,000 |
| 7 |
Jorge Galarza |
383,000 |
| 8 |
Xi Nguyen |
380,000 |
| 9 |
David Speicher |
351,000 |
| 10 |
Scott Bohlman |
336,000 |
| 11 |
Matthew Schurter |
330,000 |
| 12 |
Jean (Prince) Gaspard |
300,000 |
| 13 |
Maher Syed |
280,000 |
| 14 |
Garrett Dwire |
264,000 |
| 15 |
Brandan Miester |
233,000 |
| 16 |
Chris Clark |
210,000 |
| 17 |
Darren Sorensen |
210,000 |
| 18 |
Aaron Johnson |
196,000 |
| 19 |
Thai Dinh |
185,000 |
| 20 |
Peter Fox |
180,000 |
| 21 |
Ryan Cooper |
166,000 |
| 22 |
Michael Maher |
163,000 |
| 23 |
Michael VanderWoude |
145,000 |
| 24 |
Richard Crooks |
142,000 |
| 25 |
Thomas Grutsch |
135,000 |
| 26 |
Nino Papava |
75,000 |
| 27 |
Jesse Cohen |
73,000 |
| 28 |
Daniel Yoshiba |
69,000 |
| 29 |
Matthew Shepsky |
66,000 |
| 30 |
Kirstin Ives |
63,000 |