The 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event got underway on Saturday with 795 players deciding Day 1A was their time to take a shot at poker glory. Traditionally, Day 1A is the smallest starting field of the three available, but that doesn’t mean there’s not some interesting numbers worth looking at.

Most players wait until Day 1C to enter the WSOP Main Event. The two days off after bagging chips seems like it might just be too long to wait for some players.

DAY 1A FIELD SIZES

DAY 1A SURVIVORS
Increasing the starting stack size from 30,000 to 50,000 in 2016 appears to have increased the number of players making it through the five levels of Day 1A. In fact, Saturday’s 576 players represents the highest percentage of players advancing to Day 2A in WSOP history.

DAY 1A BUSTOUT RATE
Every 2 minutes and 42 seconds on Saturday, a dealer had to yell out “Seat Open” as a player busted out. That might seem like a lot, but if you got back to 2013, players were busting out of Day 1A a full one minute quicker.

DAY 1A CHIPLEADERS
Martin Jacobson really wrecks this category. In 2014, he finished Day 1A with the chip lead and went on to take down the title. Over the last four years the Day 1A chip leader has gone on to cash just as many times as they’ve gone on to bust before the money.

DAY 1A AVERAGE STACK
As the tournament progresses, players obsess over how their stack compares to the average. The record number of players who made it through Day 1A Saturday meant for slightly lower average stack than last year and didn’t really alter the percentage of players who finished with an average stack or better.

DAY 1A DOUBLE AVERAGE STACK
Ending any of the starting day with a big stack seems like a dream scenario for poker players. It’s harder than it sounds though. Saturday’s action did produce a record number of players with double the average stack though – 46 players managed to put more than 138,021 into their bag after five levels of play.