Overall, 327 players stumped up $3.7k to play the event and created a prize pool of over $1.1m. After the day, 64 remained with 36 to be paid. The first-place prize will be $283,500.
Greg Raymer, Dennis Phillips, J.C. Alvarado, Paul Magriel, Humberto Brenes, Victor Ramdin, and Andre Akkari all made an appearance but unfortunately for the pros none of them survived to see Day 2.
The top ten chip counts are as follows:
Oliver Rowe — 136,000
Alberto Andres Font Rytzner — 135,125
Angel Guillén — 111,200
Ibuki Fukui — 105,900
Mario Salvagno — 102,800
Lisandro Pablo Gallo — 94,300
Samo Muhia — 90,400
Andre Ventura — 85,800
Maximilian Heinzelmann — 83,600
Vialaret Ezequiel — 78,100