We saw heaps of notables throughout the day yesterday, including Daniel Genachte (Deerfield Beach, FL), who was coming off of a dream run in the WSOP Circuit $1,675 Main Event. After Genacthe's first attempt in Flight 1A fell short, he re-entered the flight, and ended up bagging (110,500). Some other familiar names to book tickets (from both flights) into Sunday's Day 2 included Richard Wetter (216,500), James Newcomb (205,500), Scott Levitt (200,000), Patricia Conrad (182,000), Frederico Dabus (166,000), Thomas Gari (100,000), Stanton Drazen (77,500), and Nancy Thomas (31,000).
Sean Jones (303,000) would bag the largest stack from the opening day, earning the Flight 1B chip lead bonus, and entry into Event #15 of the Isle Open. Darcy Deconza (234,500) was the first player to grab a seat into that prestigious event, after bagging the Flight 1A chip lead, and finishing in the top five for the day:
| Sean | JonesB | 303,000 |
| Robert | Schafer | 274,500 |
| Ian | Cohen | 259,500 |
| Darcy | DeconzaA | 234,500 |
| Eric | Piderit | 222,000 |
Tournaments: After such a strong start to the tournament, it will be interesting to see the trends that take shape over the next three days. The numbers in a multi-flight tournament such as Event 1 usually grow as the weekend is reached, meaning that we could be looking at one of the largest opening event fields in the history of the Isle Open. There are six flights over the next three days, with the players that have bagged chips returning for Day 2 on Sunday. Each of the starting flights have the same structure, with entrants sitting down to starting stacks of 20,000 units, and playing levels that last (25) minutes over the course of the event. Registration for each flight is open through Level 8 (approx. 2:40pm), and is scheduled to conclude after Level 16 (approx. 6:10pm). The chip lead bonus is back, as the player to bag the largest stack from each flight will earn a seat into Event #15 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em | $150,000 GTD).
Promotions: When the doors open for the day, the first hour (9:00am-10:00am) will award $150 every (30) minutes. The high hands will then transition from 10:00am-12:00am (midnight), with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes. During that period, the promotion sees tournament players eligible each half-hour for $100 high hands, 2/2 limit hold'em players eligible for $200 high hands, 2/4 limit hold'em players eligible for $300 high hands, and all other raked games (1/2-5/10 NLH, 4/8 Omaha 8B, 6/12 O.E., etc.) eligible for $400 high hands. From 12:00am-3:00am, players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.
11:00am - 2017 Isle Open Event #1 (Flight 1C): $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
- Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Level will last (25) minutes throughout the event
- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)
- The chip leader from each flight will earn a seat into Event 15 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em)
6:00pm - 2017 Isle Open Event #1 (Flight 1D): $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
- Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Level will last (25) minutes throughout the event
- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)
- The chip leader from each flight will earn a seat into Event 15 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em)
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