After a long night of bagging chips and inputting counts into the computer, the final numbers on day 1 play at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Challenge are out. 376 players out of the original 496 made it to day 2 play, with Paul Niemela holding a considerable chip lead over second place Evan McNiff and third place Phil Hellmuth. Niemela has a whopping 260,775 while McNiff will start day 2 with 190,375 and Hellmuth with 188,150.

Here are some other selected counts from day 1B action:

• December 14, 2008 -- Stacking Up, Falling Out
• December 14, 2009 -- Inching Up, Winding Down
• October 23, 2009 -- Mackey Busts The Bear, Scarface Also Out
• September 26, 2009 -- Aguiar On Top