| Day | Entries | Remaining | Chip Leader | Chip Count |
| 1a | 53 | 7 | Matthew Meyer | 581,500 |
| 1b | 31 | 4 | Robert Hunt | 497,500 |
| 1c | 37 | 5 | Jeremy Kenter | 581,000 |
| 1d | 34 | 5 | Gordon Granger | 414,500 |
| 1e | 76 | 10 | Elliot Smith | 756,500 |
| 1f | 86 | 11 | Michael Reisman | 717,000 |
| 1g | 192 | 24 | Daniel Allen | 1,056,500 |
| 1h | 151 | 19 | TBD | -- |
Action was picked up on the river with the board reading 
. The pot had about 75,000 in it. From the hijack, Hayden Grossman jammed all in for 80,500.
From middle position, Ian Tang had the decision on him. He thought for a long time as the shove was for close to his amount of chips. Eventually he tossed in the one chip call.
Grossman said good call and showed the 
. Tang rolled over the 
for the winner. The dealer counted it down to determine that Grossman had just a single 500 chip behind which he then lost on the next hand to bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000 | 159,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Jake Stein moved all in preflop from early position, Cody Wells called also in early position and Jason Arellano called as well for less on his immediate left. Wells accidentally exposed his cards 
with one player still left to act, who ended up folding after thinking for a bit.
The jacks of Wells were up against the 
of Arellano and the of Stein.
The flop came 
. The turn was the and the river was good to Stein as it came 
to keep him alive and take a decent chunk from Wells while Arellano was busted,
Wells was given a one-round penalty for prematurely exposing his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 48,000 |
|
78,000 | 44,500 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
283,000 | 28,000 |
|
272,000 | 146,000 |
|
270,000 | 87,000 |
|
255,000 | 15,000 |
|
180,000 | 115,000 |
|
159,000 | 114,000 |
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
125,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
110,000 | 110,000 |
|
90,000 | -20,000 |
|
70,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -35,000 |
|
45,000 | -110,000 |
|
|
37,000 | 5,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Doug Polk had Jason Hickey in a world of hurt preflop as Polk had the 
against the 
of Hickey.
The flop came 
. The turn was the and with neither player holding a diamond, there was a chop possibility but the river was the to eliminate Hickey and give a boon to Polk's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000 | 61,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The remaining 62 players are now on their third 15-minute break of Day 1h.
Benjamin Puleo held the in a prelfop all in vs the 
of Doug Polk.
There was an ace in the window as the flop came 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to give Puleo a chunk of Polk's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | 67,000 |
|
|
46,000 | -43,000 |
There was a three-way all in preflop.
Luke Shaw: 
Ian Tang: 
Jake Stein:
Tang was in best position but the flop came 
as clapped his hands and celebrated as he took the lead. The turn was the and it was Stein's turn to celebrate as he hit the straight. The river came the 
to illicit a celebration from Tang for hitting the chop as all three players cheered each street separately.
Shaw was busted while Tang and Stein chopped the main pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000 | 96,000 |
|
|
27,000 | -22,300 |
|
Busted |