Day 1a of The Festival Series Nottingham £450 Main Event is in the books with 19 players bagging chips out of the original field of 129 entries. All 19 players will be in the money with hopes to earn much more with a deep run.
Ali Ayub, who was recently interviewed by The Festival Series, parlayed his 200,000 opening stack into an impressive chip-leading stack of 3,420,000.
Here is a look at all of the chip counts with some players opting out of using their real names.
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Ayub | 3,420,000 |
| 2 | D. D. | 2,375,000 |
| 3 | M. P. | 2,140,000 |
| 4 | Jack Kent | 2,100,000 |
| 5 | Adam Maxwell | 2,035,000 |
| 6 | Tadeas Vancura | 1,645,000 |
| 7 | Javed Jav | 1,525,000 |
| 8 | Kenneth Heinsvig | 1,435,000 |
| 9 | K. P. | 1,375,000 |
| 10 | S. W. | 1,350,000 |
| 11 | David Vesely | 1,005,000 |
| 12 | Jakub Matusiak | 910,000 |
| 13 | Jonatan Wedde | 910,000 |
| 14 | Ian Vertefeuille | 790,000 |
| 15 | E. B. | 740,000 |
| 16 | Michael Skeldon | 735,000 |
| 17 | Tuomas Kalvinmaki | 545,000 |
| 18 | James Hoyes | 480,000 |
| 19 | Carlo Solazzo | 395,000 |
