Flight A of the RGPS Main Event at Harrah's North Kansas City drew in 104 players Friday night, with 16 moving on to Day 2 on Sunday. After twelve levels of play, Jonathan Nye has emerged as the Flight A chip leader. Nye also cashed in the Deepstack on Thursday, but is looking to improve on his 34th-place finish there.
Official chip counts from Flight A:
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
| Jonathan | Nye | 261,500 |
| Jay | McVeigh | 235,500 |
| Justin | Young | 229,500 |
| Tim | Woodson | 214,000 |
| Rick | McGown | 201,000 |
| Ali | Zakeri | 160,500 |
| Mark | Fink | 116,500 |
| Carter | Clond | 97,000 |
| Alex | Marler | 87,500 |
| Frank | Mondello | 84,000 |
| Jeff | Foust | 82,000 |
| Doug | Glasscock | 65,500 |
| Bill | Cole | 53,500 |
| Mark Von | Schlemmer | 49,500 |
| Patrick | Hanson | 44,500 |
| Sean | Lindsey | 34,500 |
The photo album from Flight A can be found here.
Two more flights are scheduled to take place Saturday: Flight B at noon and Flight C at 7 p.m. For those who would like to satellite their way into the Main Event, a $160 turbo satellite is scheduled for 4 p.m. and is guaranteed to award at least 5 seats to the $675 Main Event.
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