Jacques "Buzz" Guerrier was seen collecting the pot on a completed board of , having the tabled face up for a royal flush as the dealer shipped him the pot.

After just shy of 10 hours of play, only 26 players of the 531 remain in Day 1a. The 531 players created a prize pool of $98,235 to be added with the following flights.

All 26 have made the money and are allowed to try for another bag tomorrow. If they bag again they will surrender the shortest stack and receive $1,500.

Josh Mordenti found himself at the top of the board, with a total of 1,665,000. Followed by Carlous Collins with 1,180,000 and Ruben Vancelette with 1,055,000 to round the top three.

Flight 1b is underway with 216 entries thus far.

Josh Mordenti	1,665,000	548,000
Carlous Collins	1,180,000	710,000
Ruben Vancelette	1,055,000	195,000
Ronny Perrin	895,000	485,000
Shannon Bryant	855,000	855,000
Wendy Murphy	810,000	810,000
Patrick Terek	790,000
Adam Iaccarino	575,000	10,000
Matt Bubelnik	540,000	370,000
Nancy Peterman	510,000	-60,000
William Miranda	490,000	490,000
Phil Hovey	480,000	444,500
Stafano Bario	445,000	445,000
John Kelly	425,000	425,000
Gary Rosenthal	385,000	-45,000
Charles Moses	325,000	325,000
Gerry Gulick	300,000	300,000
Stephen Rose	275,000	275,000
Ronnie Smith	270,000	270,000
Ed Lockwood	265,000	-127,000
Yette Lynn Silverman	170,000	170,000
Ellen Schimer	155,000	155,000
Zach Preta	150,000	68,000
Steve Morey	145,000	60,000
Johnny Driggans	100,000	100,000
Rafael Jimenez	100,000	0

On a flop of , all the chips went into the middle and Lester Cates was at risk against Adam Iaccarino.

Cates had flopped a pair of fives and an open-ended straight draw but ran into the flopped straight of Iaccarino, showing .

Cates was unable to catch up as the board completed with the on the turn and the on the river. With his elimination, only 27 players remain and are currently bagging for Day 2.

Adam Iaccarino	565,000	565,000
Lester Cates	0	0

Carlous Collins raised under the gun to 75,000, Glen Brink called from a couple of spots to his left before Nancy Peterman jammed for her whole stack of 195,000. Collins tossed in one chip to signal a call and after a few moments Brink announced he was all-in for 505,000. Collins asked for a count and eventually tossed his hand into the muck.

Nancy Peterman:
Glen Brink:

It was a coinflip situation and the board ran out for Peterman's tens to hold and triple up.

Nancy Peterman	570,000	570,000
Carlous Collins	470,000	-320,000
Glen Brink	300,000	211,000

With 37 players remaining, they are on a 15-minute break.

Three players had got their chips in the middle before the flop and John Hinney was the shortest stack with a little over 100,000. Gary Rosenthal had the second-highest stack with 165,000.

John Hiney:
Gary Rosenthal:
Button:

The dealer fanned a flop of , giving Rosenthal the lead with a pair of kings. The fell on the turn and the completed the board, sending Hiney to the payout desk and Rosenthal doubled through the third player.

"Yes!" Rosenthal celebrated as he collected the chips.

Gary Rosenthal	430,000
John Hiney	0	-98,000

Dimitrius Davis had been trying to hang on but on the stone bubble, he was forced in with eight-six and couldn't get there against the ace-five of his opponent.

Davis finished 55th place and still had a smile on his face as he walked away from the table.

The remaining 54 players have locked up a min-cash of $500 and will play down until just 27 remain.

Dimitrius Davis

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With 55 players remaining the tournament is officially hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts.

On a flop of , Zach Preta led out for 23,000 and Matt Bubelnik jammed for 92,000. Preta went deep into the tank and eventually tossed his hand into the muck.

"If there were 54 players left, I would have called." Said Preta from Pikes Peak poker of Colorado.

Bubelnik showed the before giving his hand back to the dealer.

Matt Bubelnik	168,000	108,000
Zach Preta	145,000	145,000

In a heads-up pot, the flop read and the action checked to Ed Lockwood before he fired in a bet of 60,000. His opponent thought about it for a few seconds before pushing her hand into the muck.

"You could if you wanted to," Lockwood said as he tabled for top pair, top kicker.

Doug Morris raised to 30,000 in the cutoff and only the small blind made the call.

Both players checked to the river on the board where the small blind quickly check-folded to Morris' bet of 40,000.

The under-the-gun player jammed for his last 80,000 and the action folded to Josh Mordenti in the cutoff and he made the call.

Under-the-Gun Player:
Josh Mordenti:

It was your standard coinflip as the dealer ran out the board and Mordenti's pair of deuces held to bring him over 900,000 in chips.