As tables keep finishing, tomorrow's starting field keeps filling up.
On Table 3, William Vechnak earned his return when his opponent shoved preflop with and he called with . A board filled with picture cards didn't hurt Vechnak's hand, and he moved on.
Also advancing to Day 2 are:
Jason Somerville - Table 15
Jared Hamby - Table 83
Gary Frierson - Table 79
Matt Stout - Table 168
Nick Binger - Table 175
Antoine Amorette - Table 182
Tim Kahlmeyer - Table 183
Nathan Tuthill - Table 158
John Michael - Table 91
Jared Davis - Table 17
Quinn Do - Table 27
In two more heads-up battles around the room, Gary Tang is sitting on a 6-1 chip lead at Table 44 while Jason Somerville is sitting on 3-1 over his opponent at Table 15.
While many tables are now heads up, there are plenty of others around the room with three or more players remaining.
At Table 170, Mike Sowers is somewhat short stacked at 9,500 in three-handed play while Victor Ramdin is sitting comfortably with 18,200 at a four-handed table. Also comfortable is David Pham with a stack of 14,300 in three-handed play.
Three of the current heads-up battles going on around the room involve some better known players.
At Table 176, Dennis Phillips and his opponent are both about equally stacked, with approximately 20,000 chips each. In more comfortable situations are Theo Tran, who has a 3-1 chip lead over his opponent at Table 23 and Jared Hamby has a 5-1 chip lead over his opponent at Table 83.
Alan Smurfit has also just gotten to heads-up play with a stack of about 17,000.