March 23nd, 2018
Yesterday's $1675 Main Event FLT A of the $1,000,000 guarantee at Hard Rock Tulsa saw 91 players enter and 13 advance into Sunday's Day 2 action. Today's action has kicked off with nearly 200 entrants for FLT B, well above pace from last year's Friday FLT. Live updates can be found on the WSOP page here.
The thirteen players moving on include RG Ambassador Justin Gardenhire, who will be unbagging 57,000 chips for Sunday. Jonathan Poche bagged the chip lead with 379,000 chips putting him in good shape to go deep on Day 2. Here are chip counts from FLT A:
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
| Jonathan | Poche | 379,000 |
| Charlie | Nguyen | 314,000 |
| Marlon | Gabriel | 281,000 |
| Joshua | Turner | 239,500 |
| Sergio | Ramirez | 104,500 |
| Lonny | Weitzel | 98,500 |
| Richard | Gordon | 90,500 |
| Jake | Daniels | 86,500 |
| Justin | Gardenhire | 57,000 |
| Colin | Perry | 47,500 |
| Christopher | Neal | 45,500 |
| Brandon | Wilt | 42,000 |
| Jerry | Hunter | 36,000 |
Along with the Main Event FLT B today, at 4PM there will be a ladies event starting:
4:00 PM - $135 Ladies Event
- Players start with 8,000 in tournament chips
- 30 minute levels
- Unlimited re-entry until the start of Level 9 (roughly 8:30 p.m.)
- This is a one-day tournament
- Structure
There are plenty of more chances to satellite in for tomorrow's flight:
7:00 PM - $250 Mega Satellite into the Main Event ($1,675)
10:00 PM - $135 Turbo satellite into Main Event ($1,675)