Friday, March 3rd: After Strong Opening Day, "Battles" Main Event Continues On

The opening day of a multi-flight tournament is usually going to be the "slowest," especially for larger buy-in events such as the Battles At The Beach Main Event.  That was not the case yesterday though, as Day 1A of the Main Event saw a total of (106) entries, with over $143,000 going towards the prize pool (which is guaranteed to be at least $500,000).  There were many familiar faces in the opening flight's field, many of which were able to bag chips for Day 2, including Darryl Fish, Ryan Van Sanford, Andrew Touchette, Peter Vitantonio, and Bruce Yamron.  Of the (34) players to bag chips for Sunday's Day 2, Howard Charyn (East Meadow, NY) bagged the Day 1A chip lead with 252,400 (the only player to eclipse the 200,000 mark).

Cards will get in the air at 12:00pm for Day 1B of the Battles At The Beach $1,500 Main Event, with the final "Super Satellite" into the event this evening (6:00pm).  Live blogged coverage of Day 1B will begin the moment the cards get in the air, and continue through the bagging process (around 11:50pm).

12:00pm - Event 14 (Battles At The Beach) Day 1A $1,500 No Limit Hold'em $500,000 GTD

- Players receive 30,000 in tournament chips
- All late registrants and re-entries receive a full stack
- Levels 1-12 will be (50) minutes, Levels 13+ will be (60) minutes
- Late registration and re-entries for the first (12) levels, to include before the first card on Day 2

6:00pm - (Battles At The Beach) $175 No Limit Hold'em Main Event "Super Satellite" (10 Guaranteed Seats)

- Players receive 12,000 in tournament chips
- Level are (20) minutes in length
- We will award as many seats as the prize fund allows.  Any additional prize money will go to the player on the bubble in the form of cash.  The most cash that can be awarded in any satellite is $1,499.