| Level 13: | 2,000/4,000 (4,000) |
| Entries: | 39/155 |
| Prizes: | £130,365 |
Day 1b of the £500 Main Event is in the books, and PartyPoker Tour ambassador Daniel Garcia bagged biggest from the 39 Day 2 qualifiers, leading from Joel Baxter (400,000) and Ben Crichton (373,000).
Plenty of other big names progressed, including fellow ambassador Rebecca Hardisty (284,000), Daniel Gormley (203,000), Andrew Hawksby (136,000) and Dara O’Kearney (105,000).
Niall Farrell and Jack Hardcastle just failed to make the Day 2 cut, while PartyPoker Tour ambassadors Natalie Bromley, Sam Acheampong and Barry Carter also could not find a bag.
Day 1c is still in progress at the time of writing, while the final starting flight, Day 1d, featuring 15-minute blinds, kicks off at 11 a.m. on August 8.
The full list of qualifiers is below:-
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 |  Daniel Garcia | Spain | 490,000 |
| 2 |  Joel Baxter | United Kingdom | 400,000 |
| 3 | Ben Crichton | United Kingdom | 373,000 |
| 4 | Matt Harniman | United Kingdom | 321,000 |
| 5 | John Kelly | United Kingdom | 316,000 |
| 6 | Rebecca Hardisty | United Kingdom | 284,000 |
| 7 |  Edoardo Mancinelli | Italy | 275,000 |
| 8 | James McAulay | United Kingdom | 274,000 |
| 9 | Felice Minervini | Italy | 254,000 |
| 10 | Gary Swan | United Kingdom | 254,000 |
| 11 | Lewis Henderson | United Kingdom | 241,000 |
| 12 | Michael McGee | United Kingdom | 241,000 |
| 13 | John Woods | United Kingdom | 241,000 |
| 14 | Pamela Cairney | United Kingdom | 236,000 |
| 15 | Matthew Wharrie | United Kingdom | 210,000 |
| 16 | Andrew Mackenzie | United Kingdom | 208,000 |
| 17 | Daniel Gormley | United Kingdom | 203,000 |
| 18 | Bernard McGinlay | United Kingdom | 192,000 |
| 19 | Joey Ibanez | United Kingdom | 186,000 |
| 20 | Michael Ashton | United Kingdom | 168,000 |
| 21 | Laurence O’Kane | United Kingdom | 166,000 |
| 22 | James O’Brien | United Kingdom | 162,000 |
| 23 | Stuart McNally | United Kingdom | 155,000 |
| 24 | Jamie Geraghty | United Kingdom | 153,000 |
| 25 | Lisa Ferris | United Kingdom | 151,000 |
| 26 | Jack Reynolds | United Kingdom | 151,000 |
| 27 | Steven Sharp | United Kingdom | 148,000 |
| 28 | Nadeem Abbas | United Kingdom | 146,000 |
| 29 | Ramlal Basdeo | United Kingdom | 143,000 |
| 30 | Andrew Hawksby | United Kingdom | 136,000 |
| 31 | Barrie Greenan | United Kingdom | 128,000 |
| 32 | Craig Smith | United Kingdom | 124,000 |
| 33 | Ross Waite | United Kingdom | 117,000 |
| 34 | Evan Docherty | United Kingdom | 106,000 |
| 35 |  Dara O’Kearney | Ireland | 105,000 |
| 36 | Dean Lyall | United Kingdom | 91,000 |
| 37 | Nawaz Shahid | United Kingdom | 75,000 |
| 38 | Alan Chrzaszcz | United Kingdom | 65,000 |
| 39 | Deniz Orhan | United Kingdom | 65,000 |
That concludes our substantive coverage for today, but be sure to join poker.pro from 4 p.m. on August 8 for Day 2 of the Main Event, while a summary of the action today will be provided before that.
