Less than half the 123 entries survived the first of four opening flights with 55 players advancing from Day 1a in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event at Perla Casino. Check out the chip counts from the opening flight below:
| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davide Ceglia | 492,000 | 246 |
| 2 | Dragan Zarić | 415,000 | 208 |
| 3 | Luigi Schiano | 314,000 | 157 |
| 4 | Erik Olivo | 287,000 | 144 |
| 5 | Alessandro Campedelli | 270,000 | 135 |
| 6 | Elvis Kallashi | 264,000 | 132 |
| 7 | Franceso Cricelli | 261,000 | 131 |
| 8 | Toni Batinjan | 250,000 | 125 |
| 9 | Ivan Somma | 249,000 | 125 |
| 10 | Drago Rescic | 244,000 | 122 |
| 11 | Ivan Siljeborg | 237,000 | 119 |
| 12 | Alija Beširević | 209,000 | 105 |
| 13 | Silvestro Dozzo | 201,000 | 101 |
| 14 | Sejdefa Hodžič | 192,000 | 96 |
| 15 | Kestutis Januškevičius | 183,000 | 92 |
| 16 | Thais Dresch | 162,000 | 81 |
| 17 | Roman Gomboši | 142,000 | 71 |
| 18 | Mario Mošnja | 140,000 | 70 |
| 19 | Andrea Darduin | 135,000 | 68 |
| 20 | Paolo Junior Savegnago | 135,000 | 68 |
| 21 | Tomaž Vodnik | 134,000 | 67 |
| 22 | Giovanni Apicella | 131,000 | 66 |
| 23 | Lorenzo Acampora | 129,000 | 65 |
| 24 | Mauro Monfera | 128,000 | 64 |
| 25 | Giuseppe Cripta | 123,000 | 62 |
| 26 | Andrea Messina | 104,000 | 52 |
| 27 | Ivan Srezović | 98,000 | 49 |
| 42 | Jason Glatzer | 98,000 | 49 |
| 28 | Marinko Marko Papac | 97,000 | 49 |
| 29 | Alberto Follador | 90,000 | 45 |
| 30 | Matej Kolar | 88,000 | 44 |
| 31 | Davide Cojaniz | 87,000 | 44 |
| 32 | Iacopo Brandi | 83,000 | 42 |
| 33 | Enzo Cirillo | 82,000 | 41 |
| 34 | Roberto Bono | 79,000 | 40 |
| 35 | Jan Župec | 77,000 | 39 |
| 36 | Davide Marchioro | 70,000 | 35 |
| 37 | Paolo Bellocchi | 60,000 | 30 |
| 38 | Davor Bojovič | 60,000 | 30 |
| 39 | Andrea Brentan | 60,000 | 30 |
| 40 | Pietro Giuseppe Bulfon | 60,000 | 30 |
| 41 | Emilio De Angelis | 60,000 | 30 |
| 43 | Marko Jovanović | 60,000 | 30 |
| 44 | Gennaro Lomasti | 60,000 | 30 |
| 45 | Luca Maiorano | 60,000 | 30 |
| 46 | Marco Montecuollo | 60,000 | 30 |
| 47 | Nicolo Palermo | 60,000 | 30 |
| 48 | Federico Privitera | 60,000 | 30 |
| 49 | Antonio Pugliese | 60,000 | 30 |
| 50 | Dario Quattrucci | 60,000 | 30 |
| 51 | Veljko Glavičić | 52,000 | 26 |
| 52 | Pietro Piraino | 51,000 | 26 |
| 53 | Rajko Blagojević | 47,000 | 24 |
| 54 | Manuel Zaza | 44,000 | 22 |
| 55 | Žiga Babič | 24,000 | 12 |
