Chips have been bagged for Flight A of the Contender Weekend Poker Event at Horseshoe Casino, Council Bluffs, IA.
With a strong start, FLT A surpassed the weekend’s $50,000 guarantee with 234 entries. The 30 players in the money are set to return Sunday 10 AM CT.
Day 1A chip leader goes to David Hengen, a 2021 RunGood ProAM qualifier from Omaha, NE, with a stack of 630,000
| Name | Count | Table | Seat |
| David Hengen | 630,000 | 6 | 2 |
| Adam Bacome | 602,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Stacey Fee | 532,000 | 2 | 3 |
| Eric Barkdoll | 326,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Jeff Dye | 295,000 | 10 | 3 |
| John Harms | 290,000 | 8 | 8 |
| Gerald Payley | 283,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Eric Voglen | 269,000 | 14 | 1 |
| Barbara Stahlecker | 248,000 | 15 | 9 |
| Zachary Nickolite | 244,000 | 9 | 6 |
| Stefan Kegley | 203,000 | 9 | 4 |
| Scott Buller | 193,000 | 7 | 2 |
| Christopher Albert | 189,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Joseph Velasquez | 183,000 | 4 | 2 |
| Mark Barrientos | 149,000 | 14 | 5 |
| Nathaniel Simmerman | 139,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Lenny Hiner | 133,000 | 15 | 3 |
| Joshua Maulk | 121,000 | 15 | 4 |
| Richard A | 101,000 | 8 | 6 |
| Jose Hernandez | 93,000 | 10 | 6 |
| David Fagel | 87,000 | 3 | 6 |
| Trent Mussmann | 85,000 | 15 | 8 |
| Benny Conway | 78,000 | 6 | 4 |
| Jeremy Bjerke | 70,000 | 7 | 3 |
| Joe Fuller | 63,000 | 5 | 4 |
| Jim Balleweg | 61,000 | 8 | 1 |
| Devon Boos | 60,000 | 7 | 4 |
| Benjamin Frye | 47,000 | 5 | 9 |
| Al Provorse | 46,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Nacoties Floyd | 37,000 | 14 | 6 |