Level 12 (1500/2500/2500)
Total Entrants: 137
Day 1B players remaining: 33
Day 1B has come to an end with 33 players punching their tickets to Day 2 on Saturday. Among the players to advance are Scott Blumstein (pictured above, left) (46,000), Ryan Phan (pictured above, right) (95,000), Jamie Kerstetter (71,500), and Seth Evans (46,500).
The complete leaderboard at the close of Day 1B is shown below:
| NAME | CHIP COUNT |
| Corey Blevins | 201,500 |
| Darol Rodrock | 196,500 |
| Beau Wilshire | 172,000 |
| Jeff Tebben | 152,000 |
| Nicholas Murdock | 151,500 |
| Thomas Diehsner | 128,500 |
| Michael Parker | 125,000 |
| Scotter Clark | 118,000 |
| Michael Adams (Sleepy) | 99,500 |
| Alex Marler | 99,000 |
| Greg Jennings | 97,500 |
| Ryan (Minh) Phan | 95,000 |
| Nihad Kovac | 88,000 |
| Larry Phelps | 87,000 |
| Jamie Kerstetter | 71,500 |
| Mike White | 71,500 |
| Garnet Ferron | 71,500 |
| Mark Van Keirsbilck | 70,000 |
| Michael Nico | 69,000 |
| John Denny | 67,000 |
| Andy Ziskin | 61,000 |
| Angel Escobar | 56,000 |
| Michael Lech | 50,000 |
| Seth Evans | 46,500 |
| Scott Blumstein | 46,000 |
| Craig Dick | 42,500 |
| Julian Black | 40,000 |
| Rajko Radovic | 38,500 |
| Chad Kyle | 34,000 |
| Michael Meng | 26,500 |
| Shem Yusuf | 25,000 |
| F. Scott Dattel | 24,500 |
| Brian Dewey | 21,000 |
The RGPS NKC Main Event has achieved it's $100,000 prize pool guarantee, with Flight C scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday. Come back to the blog Friday night for all the updates from the final flight, including the Day 2 leaderboard and seat assignments.