PICKUP BAGS TOP DAY 1A STACK

 Jason Pickup hauls off the top stack for Day 1A in the $250,000 Guaranteed @HPTpoker $1,100 Main Event @MeadowsCasino.

Pickup eliminated both John Yocca and Lauren Schroeder near the end of Level 15, bagging a 387,500 stack., 135,000 clear of Chuck Scaglione and the other six players who found a Day2Bag.

Among those who came out for Day 1A and did not come away with a Day2Bag was Yocca, Schroeder, HPT Lawrenceburg winner Greg Wood, 2018 WSOP $10,000 Dealer's Choice Champ - and 2013 HPT Belterra Champ - Adam Friedman, Lydia Waltonbaugh, Keith Callahan, and Kevin Bartholomew.

Here's the eight players - from a starting field of 53 - moving on to Sunday's 11am Day 2 Restart in the poker room on the casino floor.

NAME		CHIPS
Jason	Pocket	387,500
Charles	Scaglione	252,000
Doug	Krency	234,500
James	Trott	191,500
Griffin	Abel	180,000
Michael	Iannace	161,500
Carl	Householder	125,500
Kyle	Stapleton	68,000

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Media Live