That's a Day 1A Wrap

The $2,500 Season XIII @HPTPoker Championship kicked off Friday afternoon at Ameristar St. Charles, drawing a 55-entry field that included the likes of Aaron Massey, Cord Garcia, Keven Stammen, Ravi Raghavan, Jeff Fielder and more.

Here are the final chipcounts for the 21 players - from a starting field of 55 - advancing to the noon start Monday for Day 2.

Andreas	Ioakimides	242,900
Cord	Garcia	141,300
Ron	Ong	135,400
Robert	Castoire	133,000
Nhut	Nguyen	124,600
Ed	Sebesta	100,200
Matt	Paten	94,900
Michael	McGarigle	70,100
Patrick	Ray	65,500
Kurt	Jewell	65,400
Shawn	McCracken	62,000
Ravi	Raghavan	60,000
Jacob	Bazeley	58,600
Sterling	Savill	52,400
Corri	Pranevich	51,700
Nick	Davidson	48,900
Jeff	Fielder	44,100
William	Gerding	31,000
Keven	Stammen	28,300
Joey	Brown	24,200
Ronald	Rains	15,300

Day 1B starts Saturday at 1pm, with Day 1C - the final starting flight - scheduled for a 1pm Sunday start. Both fights are scheduled for 10 hour-long Day 1 levels.

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