There will be 249 players from the 549 who started Day 1B who will move on to Day 2 joining Day 1A's 225 from 1A entrants at the Casino San Remo.
Notables who survived Day 1B Joe Cada, Barry Greenstein, Vanessa Selbst, Max Lykov, and Sebastian Ruthenberg.
Some notables who were off to a fast start included Victor Ramdin and Vanessa Selbst.
Notables not so lucky to make it through Day 1B were last year's winner Liv Boeree, Kevin MacPhee, Sandra Naujoks, Michael Tureniec, Johnny Lodden, Jonathan Duhamel, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Kevin Stani and Ben Wilinofsky.
Top 10 after Day 1B
1. Ruben Visser Netherlands 251500
2. Nicolas Chouity Lebanon 233400
3. Stefano A. Servalli Italy 202400
4. Jean L. Comparetto France 192000
5. Victor Ramdin USA 190500
6. Diego Bolzoni Italy 188700
7. Juri Pietroboni Italy 184600
8. Yuriy Nesterenko Mongolia 179000
9. Thomas Traboulsi Germany 170300
10. David Vamplew UK 166700
The combined field will play Day 2 on Friday.
