Play has officially ended for the first flight of the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Chester. Leading the way after nine levels of play is Cory Mascagni with a stack of 123,000. Right on Mascagni's heels is Tuan Phan who finished play today with 121,800. Rounding out the top three is Rachel Kranz who bagged up 94,000.
We saw several notables enter play today only to hit the rail before the ninth level came to an end. Among the notables who did not make it through are Ari Engel, Amanda Musumeci, Dennis Phillips, Jamie Kerstetter, Kenny Milam and 2012 WSOP Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Main Event champion Tripp Kirk.
While some notables hit the rail, others survived and thrived. Among those still alive are Kyle Cartwright (89,600), Bryan Devonshire (49,000), Todd Terry (43,100), Everett Carlton (30,000) and Andy Frankenberger (26,000).
Play will resume for the surviving 86 players tomorrow at 1pm. The second flight of day 1 play will begin at 7pm tonight. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates. Until then, we eat!
turned up in front of her. Her opponent had her dominated, holding 
and Musumeci was sent packing ten minutes before the end of play.
that was all in against an opponent's 
while another opponent had them both covered and held 
and when the king fell on the river, Borrero erupted into celebratory yells. He even slapped a disclaimer on the celebration of his tournament life not being over by saying, "I don't mean disrespect, it's just emotion!'
. Unfortunately, the turn and river brought no help, and one player was sent to the rail, while Darland's stack has now been reduced to 7,200.
