- 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