Event 1 (Day 1A): Early Chip Leader

Level 12:  Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
Total Event 1 Entries: 788

Flight A is thinning out quickly.  The floor staff are breaking tables as quickly as they can collect the open seat cards.  Only 25 tables remain.  With 250 players in action, the average stack would be almost 60,000 (37 big blinds).

Jeff Rogers (Ithaca, NY)

Jeff Rogers has pulled into the lead — he’s currently stacking about 180,000.  With three times the average stack and more than 112 big blinds, this professional poker player is setting himself up for a strong finish in Flight A.