Day 1B has come to close at the NL Hold’em $550 Main Event. Pradip Singh leads 21 survivors from 69 entries with a stack of 225,000. Check out the final chip counts below. Day 1C will begin at 11 am on Saturday at the Turlock Poker Room Semi-Annual Championship. Registration will remain open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10 at 5:20 pm.
| Player | Chips |
| Pradip Singh | 225,000 |
| Miguel Zamudio | 165,000 |
| Armando Perez | 154,500 |
| Sue Batey | 153,000 |
| Rick Peterson | 137,000 |
| Lawrence Jones | 118,500 |
| Shayne Heine | 117,000 |
| David Covarrubias | 73,000 |
| Charles Arcello | 72,000 |
| Ed Sautloui | 66,500 |
| Jon Ly | 59,000 |
| Kyle Sanios | 56,500 |
| Jerome Williams | 51,000 |
| Abraham Andres | 49,500 |
| Brent Lopez | 45,000 |
| Joe Decker | 42,000 |
| Deven Cannon | 38,000 |
| Jeff Roy | 35,000 |
| Malena Reth | 24,000 |
| Kevin McNeill | 18,000 |
| Jesse Contreras | 14,000 |
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