Day 1a in the Books!
And that does it for Day 1a here at Caesars Atlantic City! After nine action packed levels, Benedetto Bianco, leads the pack. He amassed a gigantic stack of 174,600. He is clear of the field by 60,000, as Leo Walker is the next closest player 113,500.
We have a few familiar faces who be moving on to Day 2. This list includes Gary Bolden (107,100) Alex Queen (22,000), Micah Raskin (106,000), bracelet winner Mitch Schock (59,600), five time ring winner Mark "Pegasus" Smith (33,000) and Christopher Leong, who has already won two rings here at Atlantic City. He will have a tall mountain to climb to get his third, as he has just 12,000.
Not everyone was so lucky to survive the day though. We lost current points leader Rex Clinkscales early, as well as Ting Ho, Chris Reslock, Kyle Bowker, Roland Israelashvilli, and Matt Glantz, who busted in the last level of the flight. All of these players have the option to either come back tonight at 7 to play Day 1b, or come back tomorrow morning and register at the start of Day 2. They can only do one of those.
We are now taking a break for dinner, before cards are once again in the air at 7 PM local time, which is in just over a hour. We will see you then!