| Level: | 15 (2500/5000/5000) |
| Entries: | 17/137 |
| Prizes: | $128,849 |
Day 1a ended on the final hand of Level 15. The clock was paused for hand-for-hand play for a couple of hands at the end of the level, and the final player busted just before the break was about to start.
Senthuran Vijayaratnam bagged a massive stack of almost 1 million chips, more than 500k more than second place Jeff Forester. Forester bagged 393k for second while Jimmy Lee was close behind him with 380k.
Day 1a Chips
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Sen Vijayaratnam | 931,000 |
| Jeff Forester | 393,000 |
| Jimmy Lee | 380,000 |
| John Huynh | 273,000 |
| Trevor Patrick | 246,000 |
| Ben Cooper | 220,000 |
| Geordi Lobe | 215,000 |
| Ali Khani | 203,000 |
| Jerry Tria | 182,000 |
| Alemu Makonen | 176,000 |
| Skyler York | 169,000 |
| Marc Lavergne | 155,000 |
| Kyle Bonazzo | 140,000 |
| Yaofei Feng | 140,000 |
| Bash Ramahi | 128,000 |
| Thomas Taylor | 89,000 |
| Chad Horseman | 71,000 |
