Day 1a of the £500 Main Event attracted 59 entries. For all four starting flights, play will conclude when 25 % of the players remain. That meant that 15 players managed to bag their chips for Day 2. Below are the full chip counts from Day 1a.
| Position | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhen Zhen | 375,000 |
| 2 | Dean Lyall | 353,000 |
| 3 | John Clements | 275,000 |
| 4 | James Grogan | 262,000 |
| 5 | Carl Cotton | 205,000 |
| 6 | Roderick Macneil | 205,000 |
| 7 | James McAulay | 174,000 |
| 8 | Ross Haffie | 163,000 |
| 9 | Ryan Allan | 155,000 |
| 10 | Patrick Murphy | 146,000 |
| 11 | Ben Crichton | 141,000 |
| 12 | David Morris | 136,000 |
| 13 | William Haughey | 132,000 |
| 14 | John Dick | 124,000 |
| 15 | Joe Dixon | 109,000 |
