$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  8 of 59

It took a grind to get there but Flight A of the PPO Championship reached eight players to put them in the money.

Last year, Rafael Reis bagged the first flight chip lead and went on to win the title. Once again, he has the biggest stack at the end of the first flight with a chance to go back-to-back.

Rafael Reis – 330,000 (55 bb)
Robert Aseter – 282,000 (47 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 279,000 (47 bb)
Dominick Minaya – 265,000 (44 bb)
Huicun Qiao – 195,000 (33 bb)
Khanh Truong – 184,000 (31 bb)
Curtis King – 119,000 (20 bb)
Luis Medina – 117,000 (20 bb)