Event #2A/B/C/D: $365 No-Limit Hold'em Re-entry

The field was trimmed down to 42 players before the clock ran out on Level 15, signaling the end of Day 1B.

Phil Knapic finished the night atop the flight's leaderboard with 248,000 chips. That's good enough to put him in the top overall spot, supplanting Day 1A leader Steve Raeman (197,000). In fact, three players moved ahead of Raeman.

Here's the top five from Day 1B:

1. Phil Knapic - 248,000
2. John Shepherd - 217,500
3. Matthew Zarcadoolas - 206,000
4. Sherry Kittay - 149,000
5. Neil Blumenfield - 148,500

Raminder Singh (127,000), Erik Christensen (80,500), Alan Percal (73,500), and Ethiel Garcia (33,500) also survived the day.

Click here for the full list of Day 1B chip counts.

A total of 88 players have advanced to Day 2 so far, but there are still two more chances for the others to do so. Days 1C and 1D will run on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., respectively.