Brett Worton bagged the chip lead at the end of Day 1a, in large part thanks to a huge late-day cooler against Taran Parmar. Parmar had kings into aces for Worton, and while Parmar spiked a king on the flop and looked to be sending Worton home on the bubble, the ace of spades hit the river to double Worton up to the lead. Garry Sandhu bagged the second stack tonight, with Jimmy Lee, Varan Sidhu (who was runner-up in the PLO last night), and Matt Ouellette rounding out the top five counts.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Brett Worton | 550,000 |
| Garry Sandhu | 413,000 |
| Jimmy Lee | 337,500 |
| Varan Sidhu | 302,000 |
| Matthew Ouellette | 285,500 |
| Ali Razzaq | 238,000 |
| Andrew Goertz | 199,000 |
| Shawn Taghavi | 175,500 |
| Greg Maddux | 125,000 |
| Thomas Taylor | 113,500 |
| Taran Parmar | 104,000 |
| Jenna Murray | 82,000 |
| Michael Bernstein | 81,000 |
