On-board the ms Westerdam, the first day’s action has just finished. 102 of the 265 who started this morning remain. Ali Elsami from USA is leading the race with a stack of $78,000. The leading online qualifier is Richard Predham from Canada who is currently in second place with $64,000. I’m off to the Piano Bar to relive the bad beats over a few well earned drinks. See you in the morning!
The full results are below:
| Position | Last Name | First Name | Country | Entry Via | Chip Count |
| 1 | Eslami | Ali | USA | Buy-In | $78,000 |
| 2 | Predham | Richard | Canada | Online Qualifier | $64,000 |
| 3 | Ramdin | Victor | USA | Buy-In | $61,500 |
| 4 | Vainio | Ville | Sweden | Online Qualifier | $59,000 |
| 5 | Godwin | Steve | USA | Online Qualifier | $54,000 |
| 6 | Menechella | Carmen | Canada | Online Qualifier | $53,500 |
| 7 | Rudd | Ralph | USA | Buy-In | $53,500 |
| 8 | Buller | Scott | USA | Buy-In | $52,000 |
| 9 | Petronack | Dennis | USA | Online Qualifier | $51,500 |
| 10 | Simon | Mark | USA | Online Qualifier | $51,500 |
| 11 | Miller | Devon | USA | Buy-In | $50,500 |
| 12 | Kalocsai | Bill | Canada | Online Qualifier | $47,500 |
| 13 | Silverman | Michael | USA | Online Qualifier | $47,500 |
| 14 | Taylor | Todd | USA | Buy-In | $47,500 |
| 15 | Baker | David | USA | Online Qualifier | $46,500 |
| 16 | Harrington | Billy | USA | Online Qualifier | $46,500 |
| 17 | Plotkin | Neil | USA | Online Qualifier | $46,500 |
| 18 | Woolf | Dustin | USA | Buy-In | $46,500 |
| 19 | Campo | Peter | USA | Online Qualifier | $46,000 |
| 20 | Younis | Adam | USA | Online Qualifier | $46,000 |
| 21 | Berman | Michael | USA | Online Qualifier | $44,500 |
| 22 | Kim | Steve | USA | Buy-In | $44,000 |
| 23 | Augarten | Igal | Australia | Online Qualifier | $42,500 |
| 24 | Richey | Brett | USA | Online Qualifier | $42,500 |
| 25 | Dimartino | Joseph | USA | Online Qualifier | $39,500 |
| 26 | Manley | Clay | USA | Online Qualifier | $39,500 |
| 27 | James | Kenna | USA | Buy-In | $38,500 |
| 28 | Kaplan | Stewart | USA | Online Qualifier | $38,500 |
| 29 | Prevost | Ian | USA | Online Qualifier | $36,500 |
| 30 | Rivera | Anthony | USA | Buy-In | $35,000 |
| 31 | Porter | Ralph | USA | Online Qualifier | $34,000 |
| 32 | McCowan | Randall | USA | Online Qualifier | $32,500 |
| 33 | Viox | Chris | USA | Online Qualifier | $32,500 |
| 34 | Getzoyan | Saro | USA | Online Qualifier | $32,000 |
| 35 | Clegg | Danial | USA | Buy-In | $31,500 |
| 36 | Rudberg | Johan | Sweden | Online Qualifier | $31,500 |
| 37 | Alston | Greg | USA | Online Qualifier | $30,500 |
| 38 | Batzing | Scot | USA | Online Qualifier | $30,000 |
| 39 | Cox | Brad | USA | Online Qualifier | $29,000 |
| 40 | Hinchcliffe | Chris | USA | Online Qualifier | $28,000 |
| 41 | Little | Jonathan | USA | Online Qualifier | $28,000 |
| 42 | Chesney | Thomas D | USA | Online Qualifier | $26,500 |
| 43 | Naslund | Johan | Sweden | Online Qualifier | $25,500 |
| 44 | Carson | Michael | USA | Online Qualifier | $25,000 |
| 45 | Kokonian | Minas | USA | Online Qualifier | $25,000 |
| 46 | Takeyama | Mark | USA | Online Qualifier | $24,500 |
| 47 | Lewis | Trent | USA | Online Qualifier | $22,500 |
| 48 | Hemmer | Daniel | USA | Online Qualifier | $22,000 |
| 49 | Schulman | Steven | USA | Online Qualifier | $22,000 |
| 50 | Strath | Henric | Sweden | Online Qualifier | $22,000 |
| 51 | Barton | Don | USA | Buy-In | $21,000 |
| 52 | Byard | Gregory | USA | Online Qualifier | $21,000 |
| 53 | Clayman | Adam | USA | Online Qualifier | $20,000 |
| 54 | Green | Russell | USA | Online Qualifier | $20,000 |
| 55 | Burke | Daniel | USA | Online Qualifier | $19,500 |
| 56 | Stolzmann | Steve | USA | Online Qualifier | $19,500 |
| 57 | Clothier | R | USA | Online Qualifier | $19,000 |
| 58 | Ghiz | David | Canada | Online Qualifier | $18,000 |
| 59 | Nyman | Thomas | USA | Online Qualifier | $18,000 |
| 60 | Doulamis | John | USA | Buy-In | $17,500 |
| 61 | Jett | Karina | USA | Buy-In | $17,000 |
| 62 | Abecassis | Michael | France | Online Qualifier | $16,500 |
| 63 | Browne | Walter | USA | Online Qualifier | $16,500 |
| 64 | Hicks | William | USA | Online Qualifier | $16,000 |
| 65 | Riekhof | Darrel | USA | Online Qualifier | $16,000 |
| 66 | Salzar | Russ | USA | Buy-In | $16,000 |
| 67 | Shreve | Scott | USA | Online Qualifier | $16,000 |
| 68 | Biehn | Devon | USA | Online Qualifier | $15,500 |
| 69 | Levy | Avi | USA | Online Qualifier | $15,000 |
| 70 | Sugg | Thomas | USA | Online Qualifier | $14,500 |
| 71 | Mangham | Matt | USA | Online Qualifier | $14,000 |
| 72 | Sexton | Tom | USA | Online Qualifier | $14,000 |
| 73 | Savion | Erez | Canada | Online Qualifier | $13,500 |
| 74 | Thong | Phong | USA | Online Qualifier | $13,000 |
| 75 | Niergarth | Nick | USA | Online Qualifier | $12,500 |
| 76 | Heneghan | Pat | USA | Online Qualifier | $12,000 |
| 77 | Shulman | Allyn | USA | Buy-In | $12,000 |
| 78 | Crouse | David | USA | Online Qualifier | $11,500 |
| 79 | Semenikhine | Alex | Canada | Online Qualifier | $11,500 |
| 80 | Tong | Chor Hung | China | Online Qualifier | $11,500 |
| 81 | Gregorich | Mark | USA | Buy-In | $11,000 |
| 82 | Potter | Robert | USA | Online Qualifier | $11,000 |
| 83 | Alexander | Ho | USA | Buy-In | $10,000 |
| 84 | Hughes | Randall | USA | Online Qualifier | $10,000 |
| 85 | Michalski | Dave | Canada | Online Qualifier | $10,000 |
| 86 | Gustafsson | Jan | Germany | Online Qualifier | $9,500 |
| 87 | Jewett | James | USA | Online Qualifier | $9,500 |
| 88 | Kaylen | Michael | USA | Online Qualifier | $9,500 |
| 89 | Mach | Hoa | USA | Online Qualifier | $9,500 |
| 90 | Alspach | Dan | USA | Buy-In | $9,000 |
| 91 | Duong | Kieu | USA | Buy-In | $9,000 |
| 92 | Vasiliev | Sergey | Russia | Online Qualifier | $9,000 |
| 93 | Washburn | Darrell | USA | Online Qualifier | $9,000 |
| 94 | Northcutt | Tom | USA | Online Qualifier | $8,500 |
| 95 | Wood | Richard | Canada | Online Qualifier | $7,500 |
| 96 | Schneider | Mike | USA | Buy-In | $5,500 |
| 97 | Cohen | Arnold | USA | Online Qualifier | $5,000 |
| 98 | Rubenstein | Lona | USA | Online Qualifier | $4,000 |
| 99 | Ingalls | Kenneth | USA | Online Qualifier | $3,500 |
| 100 | Rotruck | Bob | USA | Online Qualifier | $3,000 |
| 101 | Marsh | Samuel | USA | Online Qualifier | $2,500 |
| 102 | Jacob | Alex | USA | Buy-In | $1,000 |
