Level 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500)
Day 1C Entrants: 185
Day 1C Players Remaining: ~50
Total Entrants: 536
The final level of Day 1C put a new chip leader into play heading into Day 2. Eric Johnson hit a late surge to bag 289,000, narrowly edging out Jesse Jones for the overall lead.
Johnson is joined from the flight by RunGood's Michael Sanders and Dan 'Wretchy' Martin. There will be a new RG Main Event champion in Tunica as Harris Smith busted in the second-to-last hand of the night.
Approximately 120 players advanced from the three starting flights to tomorrow's Day 2. The seat draw, as well as the official payouts, are to be posted when they are available.
A look at the chip leaders and notable chip stacks is below.
Eric Johnson - 289,000
Jeter Brock - 218,000
T.L. Dean - 211,500
Michael Sanders - 95,000
Wretchy - 87,000
Robert Shuptrine - 81,000
Kyle Cartwright - 77,000
William Stanford - 71,000