Saturday, July 22nd: Having Surpassed Guarantee, Event #14 Has One More Flight Today

ICYMI: The second of three Event #14 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em $150,000 GTD) flights wrapped up last night, as the tournament prize pool surpassed the $150,000 guarantee.  A total of (89) entries made up the Flight 1B field, bringing the combined total to (158).  There were a number of players returning to action after failing to bag chips on Thursday, including Ian O'Hara, Matt Smith, Michael Chiappetta and Joshua Kay.  We also saw players entering the event for the first time, like Maurice Hawkins, Stu Patterson, John Depersio, Jerry Wong, Sebastian Kos, and newly crowned WSOP bracelet winner Chris Bolek.  

There was a big pot between John Depersio and Steve Karp before dinner break, that would end up shaping the rest of the day.  Depersio couldn't find a fold with pocket kings pre-flop, knowing that with the way the action unfolded, he could be behind (which is was, as Karp held pocket aces).  "I'm just not that good to fold in that spot," Depersio said after the hand, having flopped a set to claim the lead in the hand, and the chip lead in the field.  

Depersio never looked back, and ended up comfortably bagging the flight's chip lead (372,500), earning a seat into next week's FSPC $1,500 Main Event.  A total of (19) players ended up bagging chips for Day 2, including the likes of Richard Kirsch (180,000), Maurice Hawkins (162,100), Jerry Wong (92,000), Ian O'Hara (81,300), and Chris Bolek (79,700).  After two flights, there are (32) players returning for tomorrow's Day 2, with more to join from this afternoon's Flight 1C.

Tournaments: Flight 1C of Event #14 is the only tournament/event on the schedule today, with action beginning at 11:00am.  The remaining satellite players will be in the field, along with players still looking to bag chips for Day 2.  Registration is open throughout play today, with those looking to enter sitting down to 20,000 starting stacks, and playing 40/50 minute levels over the course of action.

Promotions: The high hand promotions take another "breather" today, between yesterday's (11) hours worth of "turbo" high hands, tomorrow's (7) hours of $300 high hands (awarded every 15 minutes).  The "standard high hand" procedure is in place, awarded prizes to qualifying high hands every (30) minutes (with rollovers).

11:00am - FSPC Event #14 (Flight 1C): $1,100 No Limit Hold'em ($150,000 GTD) 

- Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels, to include before the 1st card on Day 2

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (40) minutes (Levels 1-6), transitioning to (50) minutes Levels 7+

- All Day 1's will play (12) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)