The first day of the National Championship kicked off on Wednesday at Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina. At the end of registration, 122 players had entered the tournament, including defending champion Dominik Nitsche, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, and 14-time WSOP winner Phil Hellmuth.
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