Zach Donovan ended Flight A with the chip lead, having bagged 344,500. His closest competitor from the Flight A field is Ralph Macri who ended with 266,000. Other notables to make it through include Johanssy Joseph (247,500), and Bob Ricciuti (36,500).
Today's survivors will join with any players that bag in the final three flights A, B, and C, and will return to play Day 2 on Sunday August 19, 2017 at 1pm.
Complete Flight A Chip Counts
| Donovan, Zach | 344,500 |
| Macri, Ralph | 266,000 |
| Morgovsky, Alexander | 261,500 |
| Joseph, Johanssy | 247,500 |
| Beaudoin, Dale | 180,300 |
| North, Paul | 165,500 |
| Kannon, Rod | 147,500 |
| Thom, Michael | 145,000 |
| Pham, Tony | 130,000 |
| Clarke, Brian | 125,000 |
| Renaudette, Chris | 121,500 |
| Solitro, Matt | 109,000 |
| Parrott, James | 104,000 |
| Piscitelli, Vincent | 98,500 |
| Brunell, Stephen | 91,500 |
| Ross, Robert | 78,500 |
| O'Brien, Warren | 74,500 |
| Owusu, Isaac | 52,500 |
| Merron, Kyle | 50,000 |
| Singer, David | 42,000 |
| Hancock, Chris | 37,000 |
| Ricciuti, Bob | 36,500 |
| Lymsuan, Panja | 36,000 |
| McGrath, Michael | 35,000 |
| Krach, Adam | 30,500 |
| Amarapu, Vasu | 29,500 |
| Cervone, Pike | 23,000 |
| Penhall, Kevin | 21,000 |
