Chris Johnson and Aymon Hata have moved on to Day 2 after winning their tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,500
118,500
|
118,500 |
|
104,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
The board read 
and Kyle Bowker had a bet of 9,500 in front of him. Tim Reilly was all in for 38,100 total and Bowker went into the tank. After several minutes, Bowker called.
Reilly: 
Bowker: 
Bowker's aces up were best and he advanced to tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,700
55,700
|
55,700 |
|
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Busted | |
After some lengthy heads up battles, Jake Schwartz and Nghi Van Tran have both advanced to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,400
32,400
|
32,400 |
|
104,600 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
All 50 players advancing to tomorrow will be guaranteed a payout of at least $6,407. The 10 players who make the final table will be taking home more than that, with first place paying $229,923.
Olivier Busquet had a key double up with 
when his full house bested his opponent's trip eights to take control of their heads-up match. Shortly after, Busquet finished off his opponent to win the match.
Joseph Pergola has also advanced to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,800
79,800
|
79,800 |
|
104,600
104,600
|
104,600 |
Linglin Zeng finally won her table after the longest heads-up match of the day so far. Finally, she got all in with pocket tens and held against the 
of her opponent to bag for Day 2.
He joins Dimitar Danchev, Rellie Sigua, Oliver Fink, Lee Wai Kait in the Day 2 field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,300 | |
|
116,600 | |
|
|
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|
104,600 | |
|
104,200 | |
|
103,500 | |
Andy Philachack started off his shootout table by almost immediately doubling his chip stack. He managed to get heads-up with John Andrus and, eventually, win the heads-up match to earn a spot in Day 2.
Aaron Mermelstein won his table and John Richards bested Joe Kuether heads-up to move on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,600
69,600
|
69,600 |
|
104,300
40,300
|
40,300 |
|
103,200
103,200
|
103,200 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Kyle Montgomery will not be repeating his second-place finish in this same event from last year. According to Matt Glantz, Montgomery played really well but Glantz got very lucky and advances to tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,100
99,100
|
99,100 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Jan Schwippert eliminated Cary Katz to move on to Day 2.
Joining Schwippert will be Blake Bohn as the field continues to dwindle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,600
118,600
|
118,600 |
|
118,400
118,400
|
118,400 |
|
Busted | |
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