$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
A total of 46 players made it through the day with Tim Miles leading the way with 215,500 in chips making him the overall chip leader heading into Day 2 play. He was followed closely by Preecha Taepakdee who ended with 202,100 chips. The top three was rounded out by Andrew Blake who finished with 177,400.
Notables to make it through included Dan Suied (137,900), Matt Waxman (97,200), and Chris Bolek (50,000). Full chip counts for those that survived are below:
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy | Miles | 215,500 |
| Preecha | Taepakdee | 202,100 |
| Andrew | Blake | 177,400 |
| Daniel | Suied | 137,900 |
| Jason | Weber | 135,200 |
| Erik | Christensen | 126,200 |
| Frank | Lerczak | 121,500 |
| Matt | Elsby | 116,900 |
| Roger | Goindoo | 111,200 |
| David | Hass | 103,100 |
| Matthew | Waxman | 97,200 |
| Chase | Steely | 93,300 |
| Michael | Goldfarb | 87,600 |
| Henry | Rondon | 85,500 |
| David | Felger | 84,600 |
| Fernando | Diaz | 78,700 |
| Farhan | Madhani | 75,800 |
| Tom | Thomas | 73,500 |
| Elliott | Zaydman | 71,900 |
| Quinn | Bruno | 70,400 |
| Roberto | Alberro | 70,100 |
| Rajeev | Nasta | 65,200 |
| Michael | Lewin | 64,500 |
| Emmanuel | Santos | 63,800 |
| Glen | Cressman | 63,400 |
| Ramon | Watson | 61,600 |
| Kevin | Smith | 53,000 |
| Michael | Vo | 50,200 |
| Christopher | Bolek | 50,000 |
| Tuan | Vu | 48,800 |
| Mike | Beasley | 44,500 |
| Mohammed | Jaafar | 42,500 |
| Derrick | Simon | 40,800 |
| Kevin | Spires | 38,300 |
| James | Sutherland | 33,900 |
| Francis | Margaglione | 33,600 |
| John | Gordon | 33,300 |
| Kim | Scoratow | 29,000 |
| Jarod | Ludemann | 26,300 |
| David | Bell | 25,100 |
| Yue | Wang | 23,800 |
| Margaret | Mitchell | 23,000 |
| Andres | Morales | 19,800 |
| Joseph | Llingworth | 19,400 |
| Arthur | Boatman | 19,000 |
| Gregory | Marcus | 12,700 |