WHO IS ALREADY ON TO DAY 2?

Thursday's opening flight in the @HPTpoker @AmeristarEC Main Event drew a 131-entry field with 20 players making it through the 15 levels of play.

Here's the 20 moving on to Sunday's noon start for Day 2.

Ossama Estafanous - 5th here last January, 6th last Labor Day Weekend and 12th on Labor Day Weekend 2015 - bagged 100k more than any of his challengers. Randall Pace (pictured) bagged 310,000.

Ossama	Estafanous	434,000
Michael	Shanahan	330,000
Jason	Mangold	323,000
Randall	Pace	310,000
David	Sesso	304,000
Kevin	Saul	291,000
Shane	Slovick	256,000
TM	Williams	238,000
Richard	Bai	228,000
Ralph	Massey	219,000
Barry	Schmiess	170,000
Jacob	Bazeley	126,000
Frank	Cerminara	109,000
Tim	Simpson	104,000
Jim	Bauner	97,000
Mike	VanderWoude	95,000
Edgar	Lopez, Jr.	94,000
Bekr	Ali	85,000
Brendan	Shiller	71,000
Geoffrey	Ferrer	57,000

Level - 13
BB Ante - 2500
Blinds - 1500/2500
Remaining - 59/185

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates