JULIUS RUNS OVER DAY 1A

501,000 chips.

That's the bag Ryan Julius sealed up and shipped off at the end of Day 1A @HPTpoker @AmeristarSC.

Julius is the top stack for the 23 players - from a starting field of 133 - who advance to Sunday's noon-start for Day 2.

Josh Turner (269,000), Gary Herstein (240,000), Deborah Phillips (240,000) and Mike Rieck (208,000) are among the top stacks as well advancing to Day 2.

Among those who played Day 1A and did not make Day 2 ... yet (Day 1B starts Saturday at 1pm) is Ari Engel, Greg Raymer, Greg Radosh, Blair Hinkle, James Mackey, Aaron Johnson, Will Berry, Roger Campbell, Tom Morse, Nick Davidson, Mike Kamenjarin, Mike VanderWoude, David Gutfreund, Paul McCaffrey, Lisa Fleishman, Darrell Haywood, Paul Keesee, Harold Evans, John Richards, Cash Carpenter, Rick Moss, Shawn Roberts and Derek Schroeder.

Here's all the chipcounts for the 23 advancing players.

Ryan	Julius	501,000
DNR		329,000
Harry	Sablotny	272,000
Josh	Turner	269,000
Philip	Gilreath	267,000
Deborah	Phillips	240,000
Gary	Herstein	240,000
Mike	Rieck	208,000
Craig	Welko	168,000
John	Gravagna	161,000
Kirby	Breweer	147,000
Brian	Sanguinet	143,000
Dan	Kloepper	141,000
Robert	Ormont	136,000
Scott	Hall	135,000
Charles	Kuhnert	132,000
Hal	Kilgore	121,000
Greg	Wood	109,000
Jason	Simon	102,000
Alan	Perry	67,000
Jerod	Smith	53,000
Brock	McCoy	30,000
Neil	Patel	21,000

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates