Photo: Jemma Grice
| Level 1: | 20,000/40,000 (40,000) |
| Entries: | 129/943 |
| Prizes: | £200,000 |
Day 1d of the £230 Main Event attracted 189 entries. Below are the chip counts for those 28 who made it through.
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|
| 1 |  Derek Boyle | England | 3,500,000 |
| 2 | Tai Hoang | England | 3,040,000 |
| 3 | Gerard Brimmers | England | 3,020,000 |
| 4 | Suart Bell | England | 2,985,000 |
| 5 | William Henderson | England | 2,805,000 |
| 6 | Anonymous | N/A | 2,520,000 |
| 7 | Visnyuvszki Peter | England | 2,355,000 |
| 8 | Anonymous | N/A | 2,005,000 |
| 9 | Anonymous | N/A | 1,925,000 |
| 10 | Alan Haycock | England | 1,490,000 |
| 11 |  Alexandru-Mihai Talica | Romania | 1,320,000 |
| 12 | Kenzie Callaghan | England | 1,050,000 |
| 13 | Stephen Blow | England | 1,025,000 |
| 14 | Yi Gu | England | 985,000 |
| 15 | David Ho | England | 960,000 |
| 16 | Scarlett Passway | England | 835,000 |
| 17 | Michael Moore | England | 730,000 |
| 18 | Chun Ho | England | 685,000 |
| 19 | Anonymous | N/A | 670,000 |
| 20 | Anonymous | N/A | 645,000 |
| 21 | Constantin Erhan | England | 620,000 |
| 22 | Renee Xie | England | 600,000 |
| 23 | Mohammed Hussain | England | 595,000 |
| 24 | Anonymous | N/A | 575,000 |
| 25 | Isaak Han | England | 450,000 |
| 26 | Janos Toth | England | 350,000 |
| 27 | Sanjay Pattni | England | 345,000 |
| 28 | Qing Zheng | England | 260,000 |
