Day 1 is in the Books with Three Players Remaining

It was a solid day of action in the $600 NLHE, and as usual it will take a little more than a single day to finish it out. Action got underway at 2 p.m. and more than 130 players were in their seats for the start of the day. With five levels of late registration, the number grew to nearly 200 entries, as the gates came down with 195 entries recorded.

That meant there was more than $100,000 in the prize pool and more than $28,000 up top for first. There were quite a few notable players who took a stab at the prizes but fell short including Kyle Hartree, Eric Wasylenko, Jiwan Emre, Leor Wasserman, Patrick "Super" Serda, and James Boyd among others.

Several notables also made it as far as a cashing spot. Once the bubble burst, James Boyd was the first player out with cash, collecting $1,367 for 20th place. Among the other notables to pull some cash out of day 1 were Ron Lauzon in 13th for $1,805 and Khai Nguyen in 11th for $2,152.

The final table convened just after midnight with three more levels to play. At the start the final table looked as follows:

1	Eddy Watt	189,000
2	Mark Charles	263,000
3	Micky Gagic	218,000
4	Codey Chief	546,000
5	Anders Prokopowich	246,000
6	Keith Sanborn	165,000
7	Zoe Chua	561,000
8	Charlie Rinn	78,000
9	Anthony Jaubert	275,000
10	Paul Esposti	400,000

Not all of those final table players survived till the end of the day. With only three players remaining, seven players have already collected their final table paychecks.

Place	Player	Prize
10	Charlie Rinn	$2,410.00
9	Keith Sanburn	$2,758.00
8	Anders Prokopowich	$3,237.00
7	Eddy Watt	$3,910.00
6	Anthony Joubert	$4,884.00
5	Codey Chief	$6,336.00
4	Paul Esposti	$8,576.00

The final three players in action stack up as follows:

Player	Count
Zoe Chua	1660000
Micky Gagic	920000
Mark Charles	395000

Player	Chips	Progress
Zoe Chua	1,660,000
Micky Gagic	920,000
Mark Charles	395,000