- Don't you wish there was a bad beat insurance in poker?
- Ha ha, yes the thought has crossed my mind.
- That was an ugly beat out there today.
- Yes, sure. But hey, that's how it goes. Most of the time you're on the right end of it and once in a while you're not. As simple as that.
- You believe in your own good luck?
- Of course. Expecting bad things to happen is bad strategy.

60 players are sent on to Day 2 that starts the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow is the second flight of Day 1. See you then. Here's top 40 after the first day here in San José.

 
 

 
  Standings Day 1A  
 
 

Place
Player
Prize / Chips

1
Stewart Fahmy
125,100 Chips

2
Farzad Bonyadi
107,600 Chips

3
Kirk Morrison
104,600 Chips

4
Larry Elliott
100,600 Chips

5
John Smith
91,500 Chips

6
Jason Stern
89,100 Chips

7
Brad Booth
88,700 Chips

8
Todd Arnold
83,600 Chips

9
Xin Shen
81,500 Chips

10
Luong Trinh
72,100 Chips

11
David 'Chip' Reese
68,400 Chips

12
Kent Lin
67,500 Chips

13
Gus Hansen
65,100 Chips

14
Nam Le
64,900 Chips

15
John Ku
59,900 Chips

16
Allen Kessler
57,900 Chips

17
Ralph Macri
52,900 Chips

18
Steve Kwak
52,400 Chips

19
Samir Zoudo
51,100 Chips

20
Gabriel Thaler
49,000 Chips

21
Allen Cunningham
47,500 Chips

22
Jason Norris
47,100 Chips

23
Amnon Filippi
43,700 Chips

24
Chad Brown
42,700 Chips

25
Joanne "J.J." Liu
41,800 Chips

26
T.R. Congas
40,700 Chips

27
Mickey Seagle
38,200 Chips

28
Dan Maloney
37,300 Chips

29
Bernard Ko
34,800 Chips

30
Harry Thomas
33,500 Chips

31
Bill DeRego
33,100 Chips

32
Ron Ware
32,600 Chips

33
Doyle Brunson
30,500 Chips

34
Sam Von Duhn
30,200 Chips

35
Christian Kruel
29,300 Chips

36
Roy Obriecht
27,100 Chips

37
Stephan Ovepyan
25,300 Chips

38
Tony Nguyen
25,300 Chips

39
Hoa Nguyen
25,100 Chips

40
Alan Cummins
24,200 Chips