This year's main event kicked off on Saturday with the first of three starting flights (1a, 1b & 1c). Day 1 A gathered close to a thousand players (943). There were a few known faces that was seated during the first day such as "Joe Cada, Pius Heinz, Olivier Busquet, Brian Rast, Justin Bonomo, Elio Fox and Ivan Demidov". However, none of them finished the day in top 10:
| Player |
Chip Count |
| Evan Panesis |
190,975 |
| Nicholas Crisp |
184,075 |
| Abdulaziz Almashal |
180,575 |
| Sergio Castelluccio |
175,825 |
| Michael Wehner |
170,325 |
| Jason Manger |
158,150 |
| Yucel Eminoglu |
147,425 |
| Gal Erlichman |
146,875 |
| Jonathan Lane |
137,075 |
| Scott Wesley |
137,075 |
| Max Lehmanski |
136,850 |
The second start flight had a higher number of participants when the 1,942 players sat down around the tables on Sunday. Day 1 B had no less than five former WSOP Main Event champions: Greg Raymer, Scotty Nguyen, Doyle Brunson, Chris Moneymaker and Dan Harrington. Top 10 Chip Count:
| Player |
Chip Count |
| Clement Tripodi |
207,500 |
| Daniel Cates |
198,425 |
| Robert Russ |
176,650 |
| Rullo Gianluca |
167,800 |
| Robert Neyhorayan |
146,100 |
| Sorel Mizzi |
134,100 |
| Olivier Elissandre |
128,975 |
| John Ott |
126,375 |
| Tyler Denson |
125,000 |
| Richard Hu |
118,450 |
We will be back with chip counts once Day 1 C has been concluded.
