David Doherty (Photo: Nunzia Esposito)
| Level 14: | 2,000/5,000 (5,000) |
| Entries: | 105/701 |
| Prizes: | £87,625 |
Day 1b chip leader David Doherty maintains the chip lead at the start of play, with the full seating draw below:-
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Blinds |
| 1 | 1 | Marc Brown | United Kingdom | 117,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 2 | Derek Maxwell | United Kingdom | 301,000 | 60 |
| 1 | 3 | Jack McMullan | United Kingdom | 369,000 | 74 |
| 1 | 4 | Jobin George | United Kingdom | 155,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 5 | Edreece Aziz | United Kingdom | 177,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 6 | Sam Acheampong | United Kingdom | 102,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 7 | Thomas McCallion | United Kingdom | 410,000 | 82 |
| 1 | 8 | John Clements | United Kingdom | 182,000 | 36 |
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| 2 | 1 | Lisa Ferris | United Kingdom | 300,000 | 60 |
| 2 | 2 | Kevin Whelan | United Kingdom | 372,000 | 74 |
| 2 | 3 | Luke Bird | United Kingdom | 89,000 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 | Rebecca Hardisty | United Kingdom | 482,000 | 96 |
| 2 | 5 | Andrew Hawksby | United Kingdom | 543,000 | 109 |
| 2 | 6 | Brian Etheridge | United Kingdom | 717,000 | 143 |
| 2 | 7 | Ryan Coburn | United Kingdom | 133,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 8 | Ian Swan | United Kingdom | 125,000 | 25 |
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| 3 | 1 | Lewis Henderson | United Kingdom | 128,000 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | John McCauley | United Kingdom | 124,000 | 25 |
| 3 | 3 | Terry Healy | United Kingdom | 198,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 4 | Laurynas Jakutis | Lithuania | 221,000 | 44 |
| 3 | 5 | Cameron Williamson | United Kingdom | 146,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 6 | Gary Stokes | United Kingdom | 251,000 | 50 |
| 3 | 7 | Liam McMurray | United Kingdom | 399,000 | 80 |
| 3 | 8 | Daniel Curry | United Kingdom | 418,000 | 84 |
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| 4 | 1 | Alan Bryant | United Kingdom | 137,000 | 27 |
| 4 | 2 | Ian McNeillie | United Kingdom | 143,000 | 29 |
| 4 | 3 | Ross Haffie | United Kingdom | 286,000 | 57 |
| 4 | 4 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | 227,000 | 45 |
| 4 | 5 | Haoliang Han | United Kingdom | 180,000 | 36 |
| 4 | 6 | Christopher Khabir | United Kingdom | 248,000 | 50 |
| 4 | 7 | Mark Clancy | United Kingdom | 317,000 | 63 |
| 4 | 8 | Craig McCairns | United Kingdom | 656,000 | 131 |
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| 5 | 1 | Milorad Dobrijevic | United Kingdom | 398,000 | 80 |
| 5 | 2 | Ramlal Basdeo | United Kingdom | 75,000 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Clement | United Kingdom | 382,000 | 76 |
| 5 | 4 | John Woods | United Kingdom | 168,000 | 34 |
| 5 | 5 | empty | | | |
| 5 | 6 | Vladyslav Mudryk | Ukraine | 60,000 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Abbas Ahmed | United Kingdom | 124,000 | 25 |
| 5 | 8 | Alan Hadden | United Kingdom | 313,000 | 63 |
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| 6 | 1 | Steven Queen | United Kingdom | 149,000 | 30 |
| 6 | 2 | Ross Radford | United Kingdom | 333,000 | 67 |
| 6 | 3 | David Carson | United Kingdom | 105,000 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | Lochlan Miller | United Kingdom | 231,000 | 46 |
| 6 | 5 | Gerrard McGeachan | United Kingdom | 150,000 | 30 |
| 6 | 6 | Trevor Mills | United Kingdom | 564,000 | 113 |
| 6 | 7 | Mark Johnston | United Kingdom | 787,000 | 157 |
| 6 | 8 | Callum Reid | United Kingdom | 689,000 | 138 |
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| 7 | 1 | Mark Swift | United Kingdom | 319,000 | 64 |
| 7 | 2 | Prema Polavaram | United Kingdom | 188,000 | 38 |
| 7 | 3 | Pamela Cairney | United Kingdom | 405,000 | 81 |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Gleeson | United Kingdom | 492,000 | 98 |
| 7 | 5 | empty | | | |
| 7 | 6 | Oliver Hutchins | United Kingdom | 417,000 | 83 |
| 7 | 7 | John Aitken | United Kingdom | 223,000 | 45 |
| 7 | 8 | David Fleming | United Kingdom | 194,000 | 39 |
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| 8 | 1 | Adam Walsh-Mitchell | United Kingdom | 63,000 | 13 |
| 8 | 2 | Colin Currie | United Kingdom | 305,000 | 61 |
| 8 | 3 | Laurence Welch | United Kingdom | 225,000 | 45 |
| 8 | 4 | Stuart McNally | United Kingdom | 290,000 | 58 |
| 8 | 5 | William Sinclair | United Kingdom | 124,000 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | Anthony Mullen | United Kingdom | 348,000 | 70 |
| 8 | 7 | Jinyi Lin | United Kingdom | 114,000 | 23 |
| 8 | 8 | Alban Rrushi | United Kingdom | 123,000 | 25 |
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| 10 | 1 | Edin Hrnjic | United Kingdom | 198,000 | 40 |
| 10 | 2 | Reece Reid | United Kingdom | 190,000 | 38 |
| 10 | 3 | Callum Wallace | United Kingdom | 97,000 | 19 |
| 10 | 4 | Zhen Zhen | China | 639,000 | 128 |
| 10 | 5 | Adib Ghiasi | United Kingdom | 433,000 | 87 |
| 10 | 6 | William McClure | United Kingdom | 315,000 | 63 |
| 10 | 7 | Edoardo Mancinelli | United Kingdom | 313,000 | 63 |
| 10 | 8 | empty | | | |
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| 11 | 1 | Craig Combe | United Kingdom | 141,000 | 28 |
| 11 | 2 | empty | | | |
| 11 | 3 | Hugh Skilling | United Kingdom | 96,000 | 19 |
| 11 | 4 | Jason McDonald | United Kingdom | 124,000 | 25 |
| 11 | 5 | Killian O’Brien | United Kingdom | 86,000 | 17 |
| 11 | 6 | Steven Raeside | United Kingdom | 478,000 | 96 |
| 11 | 7 | Alexander Wickham | United Kingdom | 318,000 | 64 |
| 11 | 8 | Ka Pun | United Kingdom | 378,000 | 76 |
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| 26 | 1 | Alan Cheng | United Kingdom | 233,000 | 47 |
| 26 | 2 | Paul Lennon | United Kingdom | 245,000 | 49 |
| 26 | 3 | Lynn McMahon | United Kingdom | 117,000 | 23 |
| 26 | 4 | Kieran Fleming | United Kingdom | 72,000 | 14 |
| 26 | 5 | empty | | | |
| 26 | 6 | David Owens | United Kingdom | 134,000 | 27 |
| 26 | 7 | Jack Reynolds | United Kingdom | 458,000 | 92 |
| 26 | 8 | Chris Jennings | United Kingdom | 131,000 | 26 |
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| 27 | 1 | Lewis Macleod | United Kingdom | 430,000 | 86 |
| 27 | 2 | Neil Feenan | United Kingdom | 121,000 | 24 |
| 27 | 3 | Sacha Dadbin | United Kingdom | 247,000 | 49 |
| 27 | 4 | Scott Highfield | United Kingdom | 48,000 | 10 |
| 27 | 5 | Vegard Nygaard | Norway | 161,000 | 32 |
| 27 | 6 | Saad Bin Ayub | United Kingdom | 96,000 | 19 |
| 27 | 7 | David Mackie | United Kingdom | 425,000 | 85 |
| 27 | 8 | James McGinley | United Kingdom | 375,000 | 75 |
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| 28 | 1 | Michael Dock | United Kingdom | 201,000 | 40 |
| 28 | 2 | James Staples | Canada | 274,000 | 55 |
| 28 | 3 | Kevin McCormick | United Kingdom | 160,000 | 32 |
| 28 | 4 | Max Sinclair | United Kingdom | 656,000 | 131 |
| 28 | 5 | David Doherty | United Kingdom | 908,000 | 182 |
| 28 | 6 | Stephen Johnston | United Kingdom | 160,000 | 32 |
| 28 | 7 | Marcin Jackowski | Poland | 162,000 | 32 |
| 28 | 8 | empty | | | |
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| 29 | 1 | Nadeem Nazir | United Kingdom | 256,000 | 51 |
| 29 | 2 | Abdul Mukit | United Kingdom | 191,000 | 38 |
| 29 | 3 | Angela Rogan | United Kingdom | 362,000 | 72 |
| 29 | 4 | Jake Millar | United Kingdom | 140,000 | 28 |
| 29 | 5 | Joseph Beevers | United Kingdom | 214,000 | 43 |
| 29 | 6 | empty | | | |
| 29 | 7 | Ian Hextall | United Kingdom | 181,000 | 36 |
| 29 | 8 | Kyle Scott | United Kingdom | 339,000 | 68 |