Here is a look at the players advancing from Day 1:
| Table/Seat: | Name: | Chip Count: |
| 1-1 | Kim, Hyon | 119,200 |
| 1-2 | Fosbury, Eric | 49,300 |
| 1-3 | Rodriguez, Elvis | 30,000 |
| 1-4 | Frangoulidis, James | 68,400 |
| 1-5 | Wilson, Bryan | 80,300 |
| 1-6 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 1-7 | Arnold, Pearce | 56,500 |
| 1-8 | Reilly, Tim | 50,000 |
| 1-9 | Snead, Paul | 42,200 |
| 2-1 | Farber, Sidney | 87,800 |
| 2-2 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 2-3 | Lichtman, Kurt | 104,200 |
| 2-4 | Nye, Michael | 36,700 |
| 2-5 | Cai, Daniel | 27,000 |
| 2-6 | Saunders, Jeff | 63,900 |
| 2-7 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 2-8 | Jennings, Bill | 40,400 |
| 2-9 | Scianna, Louis | 40,300 |
| 3-1 | Monosson, Daniel | 45,000 |
| 3-2 | Donovan, Zachary | 160,500 |
| 3-3 | Hicks, Rocky | 97,600 |
| 3-4 | Marotta, Carlo | 86,500 |
| 3-5 | Roemischer, Eugene | 92,600 |
| 3-6 | Gilbert, Allan | 12,000 |
| 3-7 | Chin, Philip | 116,300 |
| 3-8 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 3-9 | Samet, Larry | 82,500 |
| 4-1 | Duong, Jack | 120,900 |
| 4-2 | Nowak, Paul | 13,500 |
| 4-3 | Liu, Jia | 155,500 |
| 4-4 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 4-5 | Reyes, Jose | 163,000 |
| 4-6 | Ohannessian, Harry | 126,800 |
| 4-7 | Undisclosed | 30,000 |
| 4-8 | Sacks, Julian | 185,200 |
| 4-9 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 5-1 | Kohlberg, Curt | 112,000 |
| 5-2 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 5-3 | Joseph, Johanssy | 68,800 |
| 5-4 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 5-5 | Moustakis, Dino | 75,500 |
| 5-6 | Oh, Jewook | 105,800 |
| 5-7 | Campbell, James | 26,400 |
| 5-8 | Vaillancourt, David | 34,400 |
| 5-9 | Ferraro, Michael | 24,800 |
| 6-1 | Nsier, Baseem | 57,400 |
| 6-2 | Chin, Derek | 58,500 |
| 6-3 | Hawkins, Charles | 52,900 |
| 6-4 | Paulino, Victor | 56,200 |
| 6-5 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 6-6 | Stefanski, David | 50,200 |
| 6-7 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 6-8 | Springer, Bryon | 21,000 |
| 6-9 | Chalifour, Dan | 119,800 |
| 7-1 | Sande, L.J. | 77,500 |
| 7-2 | Kernan, Kevin | 25,800 |
| 7-3 | Landesman, Brian | 76,000 |
| 7-4 | But, Erick | 54,300 |
| 7-5 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 7-6 | Tryba, Chris | 65,400 |
| 7-7 | Weinstock, Andrew | 17,500 |
| 7-8 | Boutaud, Robin | 36,400 |
| 7-9 | Aiello, Gerald | 30,000 |
| 8-1 | Porter, Stephan | 22,200 |
| 8-2 | Ruvolo, Giuseppe | 34,800 |
| 8-3 | Rawlinson, Kenneth | 88,100 |
| 8-4 | Thielman, Nicolaas | 302,700 |
| 8-5 | Israelashvili, Roland | 208,700 |
| 8-6 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 8-7 | Pelli, Dom | 17,800 |
| 8-8 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 8-9 | Smith, Guy | 45,000 |
| 9-1 | Panayiotou, Eracles | 25,400 |
| 9-2 | McKenzie, Kevin | 75,200 |
| 9-3 | Rugova, Mirsad | 177,500 |
| 9-4 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 9-5 | Wilcox, Gordon | 78,000 |
| 9-6 | Chaplin, Joseph | 132,800 |
| 9-7 | Pupillo, Nicholas | 209,100 |
| 9-8 | Monosson, Lauren | 18,700 |
| 9-9 | Drory, Joseph | 23,600 |
| 10-1 | Atkins, Jerry | 162,800 |
| 10-2 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 10-3 | Kessler, Allen | 22,600 |
| 10-4 | OPEN SEAT | n/a |
| 10-5 | Farris, Michael | 155,800 |
| 10-6 | Smith, Aaron | 44,200 |
| 10-7 | Karnaos, Alex | 36,100 |
| 10-8 | Thomas, Milton | 107,600 |
| 10-9 | Hou, Ernie | 126,500 |
