Flight A of the $50,000 GTD Contenders Weekend Poker Event at Hard Rock Tulsa has been dwindled down from 135 entrants to 16 players after a double knock out during hand for hand. The remaining players are now in the money. Chips are in the bag with Glenn Vermillion from Muskogee, OK taking the title of Day 1A chip leader with 370,000 in chips.
Flight B will have cards in the air at 12PM CT with registration opening up at 11AM CT. Chip counts can be found here:
| Name | Chip Ct. | Table | Seat | |||
| Glenn Vermillion | 518,000 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Seaton | 370,000 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Lance Packard | 338,000 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Matthew Sherwood | 281,500 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Dave Dycus | 242,500 | 15 | 1 | |||
| John Pierson | 228,000 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Frank Howell Jr. | 223,000 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Leon Hamrick | 205,500 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Yahya Aamer | 204,500 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Dave Schuman | 150,500 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Kyle Chance | 135,500 | 15 | 2 | |||
| Will McGee | 133,500 | 8 | 2 | |||
| John Kurtman | 107,500 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Kenny Baggett | 90,000 | 14 | 3 | |||
| John Kopelman | 87,000 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Mark Werre | 66,500 | 12 | 1 | |||