Day 1A of the WSOP-C Playground Main Event brought out a field of 274 entries that battled it out for ten hour-long levels. Of those entries, 117 players survived to the end of the flight and bagged chips for Day 2.

This flight kept up a steady pace, both in terms of the speed of the action and the flow of new players, throughout the day until the very late stages. When play began at noon there were roughly a hundred players ready and waiting, but they were soon joined by a continuous influx of new players right up until the last break of the day. Following the final break, the action slowed and the flow of new entries stopped as everyone was anticipating the end of the flight.

When the dust settled after the tenth level of play, Armand King, a highly experienced tournament grinder better known as the “Oyster King,” emerged as the chip leader with 389,000 in chips in the bag.

To see the combined Day 1 results, click here.