Sunday, July 16th: Event 7 Players Return For Day 2, Playing Down To A Winner

ICYMI: Big numbers were the story of the day yesterday, as the final pair of Event 7 starting flights were on the schedule.  It was clear that Flight 1E was going to be different, when it became the largest flight of the group, only a few levels into the day.  Once registration closed, Flight 1E would have a total of (297) entries, which was more than double the largest flight before it (Flight 1D had 147 entries).  A total of (41) players reached the flight's bagging process, with the "race" for the chip lead coming down to the very final hand.  While it looked like Sebastian Kos grabbed the lead on the last hand, he'd fall just 2,000 chips short of Dolline Willis (Plantation, FL), who bagged 360,000.  Other players to bag in the flight included Jose Parra, Elias Nassif, Charlemagne Benjamin, Errol Massey, and Shannon Stash.

Flight 1F was the last chance for players to try and bag chips for Day 2, with (284) entries making up the field.  Once registration closed for the flight, the official numbers for Event #7 would be released, and they would be staggering.  The event would have 1,144 entries, and an official prize pool of $348,920!!  Things got very real for the players that were still trying to bag chips, with (45) successfully booking their ticket for today's Day 2 action.  David Goldfischer (Hollywood, FL) would bag the Flight 1F chip lead (259,000), and join the likes of Diane Linke, Erik Nomberg, Daniel Cruz, and John Palace, in reaching Day 2.

The action resumes this afternoon at 12:00pm, with (177) players returning to battle it out for the $57,564 first place prize.  Six of the ten final table payouts are for more than $11,000, making this one of the "richest" tournaments of the series.  Live coverage of Day 2 action will begin the moment the cards are in the air, and will continue through the event's conclusion.

Tournaments: As mentioned above, today's tournament schedule starts with Day 2 of Event #7, as (177) players return to action.  There is another FSPC event on the schedule this evening, as Event #8 ($100 No Limit Hold'em "Deep Stack Turbo Bounty" $5,000 GTD) gets underway at 6:00pm.  This is the same tournament that was run last Sunday, which attracted a field of close to (100) entries, and surpassed the posted guarantee.

Promotions: The weekend continues today with "turbo high hands" from 8:00am-9:00pm.  The promotion is broken down into two periods, with $100 awarded every (10) minutes from the hours of 8:00am-2:00pm, followed by $300 awarded every (15) minutes from 2:00pm-9:00pm.

12:00pm - FSPC Event #7 (Day 2) -  $360 No Limit Hold'em ($200,000 GTD) 

6:00pm - FSPC Event #8 - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD):

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels

- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 10 ($25 for 10,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 

- Levels are (15) minutes in length