The WEEKEND IS HERE! Horseshoe Iowa debuts the RG Weekend Poker Open with 131 entrants for Flight A! The $20,000 guaranteed prizepool was quickly surpassed at Level 4 making Saturday's Flight B at 12PM even more enticing. Twenty-seven players bagged up tonight to advance onwards. Matthew Stein claims the Friday night lights taking chip leader honors of FLT A with 453,000 in chips. One more flight to go on Saturday at 12PM!
FLIGHT A CHIP COUNTS:
| NAME | CHIP COUNTS |
| Matthew Stein | 453,000 |
| Blake Walczynski | 217,000 |
| Larry Kaspar | 135,500 |
| Kenda Marler | 128,000 |
| Ray Rife | 113,000 |
| Aaron Williams | 103,000 |
| Scott Buller | 103,000 |
| Sean Rossiter | 98,000 |
| Tim Dorzweiler | 94,000 |
| Tim Anstine | 93,000 |
| Aaron Blood | 83,500 |
| Gary Peterson | 83,500 |
| Matthew Taylor | 81,000 |
| Kelly Vandemheen | 77,500 |
| Shane Burkeen | 74,500 |
| Brad Hatcher | 74,000 |
| Brian Johnson | 71,500 |
| Dustin Linblad | 70,500 |
| Beverly Parker | 66,000 |
| Sherron Thomas | 65,000 |
| David Corwin | 64,000 |
| Michael Burt | 56,500 |
| Dave Erwin | 55,500 |
| Todd Dudas | 55,000 |
| Bert Pitman | 43,500 |
| Matt Heldt | 37,500 |
| Paul Strohm | 30,000 |