Day 1a Is a Wrap
Some of the notables that began their quest today included Julian Powell, Jason Gray and Joel "StrongPlay" Dodds. All three of those failed to survive the day. On the other hand, Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt, Dennis Waterman, Casey Kastle and Jamie Pickering will be coming back for Day 2.
Team PokerStars PRO members Eric Assadourian and Lee "Final Table" Nelson were also in action today. Both of them made it to the bag-and-tag portion of the night.
The big story of the day came not from the actual play of poker. A fight broke out between Mark Ericksen, who was playing in the high roller event, and an unknown man not participating in anything. There was an unscheduled, lengthy pause while things got settled and the tournament staff resolved the issues. Shortly thereafter, play resumed back to normal.
Tony "Bond18" Dunst was able to come out on the positive end of a few big confrontations, allowing him to boast the biggest chip stack in the room at the end of the day. He finished up with 104,325 chips, well over three times the starting stack.
The second flight is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time. We'll see you right back here at PokerNews.com for all the live updates as the next round of players hits the felt.