Action is complete on Day 1 of Flight 2A. 12 players from this first of four starting flights will return to Sunday's combined-flight Day 2. The top spot when the chips were bagged is shared by Eric Sutton of Dechard, TN and Stephen Ralph of Franklin, TN, each with 367,000 in chips.
Here are the chip counts for the flight's 12 survivors:
1. Eric Sutton - 367,000
2. Stephen Ralph - 367,000
3. Tuan Nguyen - 312,000
4. Jonathan Guess - 273,000
5. Derek Norton - 245,000
6. David Folmer - 198,000
7. Dorothy Adams - 189,000
8. Steven Snyder - 180,000
9. Jack Nelson Rose - 87,000
10. Christopher Wilson - 63,000
11. Derek Alley - 52,000
12. Steve K. Kendrick - 47,000
Those 12 players will return on Sunday, when Event 2 combines flights and plays down to a winner.
In addition to those who advanced, 12 more players earned payouts this evening:
13th: Stephen Merritt - $1,097
14th: Tyler Nelson - $1,097
15th: Cory Brockett - $1,097
16th: David Evans - $913
17th: Jeffery Warren - $913
18th: Matthew Joyner - $913
19th: Nelson Bigles - $770
20th: Bradley Kimbrell - $770
21st: Robert Gardner - $770
22nd: Kevin Parker - $659
23rd: Scott Roberts - $659
24th: Ralph McDesmond - $671