Day 1a is over with 13 players left and Alex Polkovsky was the player with the biggest bag at the end of the night. He bagged up more than 500k, about 150k ahead of 2nd place Mo Alamelhuda. Brad German rounds out the top three, all of whom have at least 300k in their bags.
Full stacks are below, and listed under the Chip Counts tab.
| Player | Chips |
| Alex Polkovsky | 542,000 |
| Mo Alamelhuda | 392,000 |
| Brad German | 322,000 |
| Sean O’Reilly | 197,000 |
| Daniel O’Leary | 185,000 |
| Rafael Nitafan | 169,000 |
| Benjamin Bolton | 158,000 |
| Gary Sandhu | 144,000 |
| Keith Stick | 119,000 |
| Mike X | 86,000 |
| Benny Sarnelli | 70,000 |
| Mario Gauthier | 67,000 |
| Harvey Jimenez | 50,000 |
