It was a rough go for Pierre Neuville on Day 1d as he just registered the tournament prior to the first break. However, he was quickly forced to use his one re-entry and that one didn't go so well either.

On a flop of , he got his chips in the middle against Robert Campbell. Unfortunately for Neuville, Campbell flopped a set of fives with . Neuville's cards were already in the muck on the , runout and Campbell scooped the pot. Neuville will have to wait for the night flight for another shot at running up a stack.