Level 13 (1,500/3,00/500)
Total Entrants: 162
Day 1A + 1B Players Remaining: 37
Chip Average: 87,500
Through two flights of the RGPS Joplin Main Event, 37 players from the 162 who entered have made it to Sunday's Day 2. In the clubhouse lead with 223,500 is Chris Staats, who is trailed by a few players also over 200,000.
Day 1C begins at 12:00pm CT on Saturday and that is the last chance for players to advance to Championship Sunday and #GetOnTheBoat. Below is a look at the combined chip counts for the first two flights with 20 advancing today and 17 from Day 1A.
| Staats | Christopher | 223,500 |
| Marn | Michael | 218,500 |
| Kennedy | Todd | 210,500 |
| Akins | JD | 210,000 |
| Roberts | Michael | 163,500 |
| Haiss | Kurt | 126,500 |
| Nico | Michael | 125,500 |
| Lowery | Daniel | 117,000 |
| Baumhoer | Chris | 114,500 |
| Gardenhire | Justin | 101,000 |
| Scarsdale | William | 99,500 |
| Panelli | Alex | 97,500 |
| Gonzalez Ramirez | Jose Yoel | 93,500 |
| Rieck | Mike | 92,000 |
| Donaldson | Marvin | 90,000 |
| White | Jason | 81,000 |
| Spriggs | Rodney | 77,000 |
| Tebben | Jeff | 76,500 |
| Lech | Michael | 76,000 |
| Bennett | Roger | 70,500 |
| Kittle | Linda | 69,500 |
| Bennett | Jon | 65,500 |
| Queen | Dave | 62,500 |
| Barlow | Lou | 57,500 |
| Alloway | Eugene | 52,000 |
| Bunch | Lauren | 51,000 |
| Holmes | Bob | 50,000 |
| Wolford | Terry | 46,000 |
| Conrad | Chris | 45,000 |
| Forshey | Ted | 44,500 |
| Hinkle | Grant | 41,000 |
| Little | Bob | 40,500 |
| Carpenter | Cash | 37,500 |
| Baggett | Kenny | 37,000 |
| Allen | Andre | 29,500 |
| Hill | Dustin | 26,000 |
| Prestholt | Luke | 18,500 |