Robert Mitchell was the first player to amass a big stack today, and by the end of the night he was the one to bag the top mark in Day 1A of the $500,000 Guaranteed HPT St. Louis $1,650 Main Event.
Mitchell made a big late surge to reach 418,000 and hold the No. 1 spot among the seven players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday.
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