Day 1A of the Playground 200 has come to a close with 22 of the 112 players registering having booked their spot in Day 2 in the event. When the chips were bagged, Michael Khan was still in the lead with 417,000 in chips about 90,000 more chips than his nearest rival.

To see the results of the Online Day 1, plus each of the other Day 1s as they occur, please visit the Playground 200 Combined Day 1 Results page.

The players in this first of three starting flights in the Playground 200 are taking their final break of the day. There are just 37 players remaining going into the final stint of 3 levels to go before players bag up at the end of the evening.

The chip leader remains Michael Khan, and he has already managed to put together a dominant stack of just under 275K. The next players on the leaderboard are around 125K behind… so only a double by either one of them would be enough to take the lead.

Here are a few more shots taken during level 9 of Day 1A in the Playground 200. Since these were taken, play has moved into level 10 and there are 47 players remaining in the bid to qualify for Day 2. Including this level, there are 5 more levels to play before play wraps up for the evening at the end of level 14.

Michael Khan is a familiar face in big events, but he also a familiar name on leaderboards in tournaments here at Playground as well. After 8 levels of play today, he has taken the lead in the tournament, playing a stack of over 140K – almost 3x the chip average! Albert Nguyen – another player who has enjoyed success here over the years – is also in the mix with 130K.