Ygor Yaroshevskyy finished as chip leader of Day 1A at the PokerStars Championship Panama Main Event. The Ukranian pro bagged 219,600 chips, leading the 43 players that made it to the end of the day. Second in chips is former UFC champion Tito Ortiz who bagged 182,000 chips.

Big names such as Jason Koon (175,500), Steve O’Dwyer (117,000), Ryan Reiss ( 77,300), Byron Kaverman (72,200), Daniel Dvoress (59,800), Sergio Aido (54,200) and WSOP bracelet winner, Davidi Kitai (10,900) made it to Day 2.

Top 5:

 Ygor Yaroshevskyy 219,600
Tito Ortiz 182,000
Jason Koon 175,500
Martin Kus 146,800
Luke Graham 140.300

Today a new group of players will try to win his seat into Day 2. They will play eigh 75-minute levels before bagging and tagging.