Day 1a summary

9 players made it through to Sunday's final with play ending 15 minutes into level 12. The chip counts are:

Dave Garden 182,700
Zafar Aslam 172,900
Darren Naylor 106,800
Danny Morley 96,000
Will McMurray 95,600
Ky Hutchinson 68,400
John Prescott 46,700
Dave Wearing 40,000
Brian Kelly 31,300