The opening flight of the $1,111 Little One for One Drop drew 702 entries and just over third of them bagged advancing stacks. With unlimited re-entries allowed not only through the starting flights but also during the first two levels on Day 2, the field can be expected to rise and rise as has been the trend in the low-stake events at 2019 WSOP.
Terry Fleischer was among those players who arrived for the first set of hands, waking up early to be in his seat when the clock hit 12 p.m. for the start.
Fleischer spent a nearly ideal day at the table, with his stack continuously trending up. Fleischer was among the leaders through a significant portion of the day, and his reported stack of 319,300 ranks him among the top chip counts on the leaderboard.
Valentin Vornicu chose a slightly different path as he skipped a couple of first levels. But he quickly caught up and established himself among the driving forces of Day 1a. While he was seen to slip a little bit during the penultimate level, he managed to bounce back near the top as he vaulted to 354,800.
It appeared to be Mark Eddleman who seized the pole position when the last hands were completed, filling his bag with 464,400. Another player who increased their initial stack tenfold was Mark Agarunov who has 403,600.
Other notable players who are already guaranteed to come back on July 9 for Day 2 are Victor Ramdin, Mike Leah, John Hesp, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Linglin Zeng, David "ODB" Baker, and Andrew Kelsall.
While some stars can take a break for a couple of days, there are plenty of those who will be in action in the subsequent flights. Day 1b starts on Sunday, July 7, at 12 noon PDT and PokerNews will once again provide live updates from start to finish.
river by the time the action was picked up and the pot had grown to around 50,000. 
and Zeng tabled 
to claim the big pot and vault to the neighborhood of 250,000.
lied on the felt with around 22,000 inside the pot. 
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, which bricked her opponent's club outs as well as chop outs. Margets dragged the 200-big blind pot and continued with around 105,000.
board by the time the action was picked up. 
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