"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): Cards In The Air As We Play Down To A Winner

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Players Remaining: 226/1,725

The picture above shows only a small portion of the (226) bags that are going to be spread out across (23) tournament tables.  Day 2 will resume with 20:00 on the clock in Level 15, with blinds starting at 1,500/3,000/400.  It's a little bit of a "relief," so to say, for a field that was scheduled to return at blinds of 5,000/10,000/1,000.  Players come back to an average stack of (35) big blinds...opposed to (10).  While the back-up in the structure helps those below average to begin the day, within two hours, the stacks will be much shallower.  The field starts the day only (10) eliminations from the money, and with the number of super short stacks coming back, the bubble could potentially burst this first level of the day.

Cards will be in the air just past 11:00am, as Tournament Director Ralph Brandt goes over the rules for the day, as well as the payout procedure here at the Isle Poker Room.