Sunday, July 30th: FSPC Main Event "Moving Day" Shapes What's To Come

ICYMI: As expected, yesterday's Flight 1C attracted the largest of the three starting flights, with a total of (239) entries over the course of the day.  With the event eclipsing the posted guarantee early, the word began to spread across the community, and the big names began to roll in.  The flight saw names like Daryl Fish, Nicholas Yunis, Jonathan Hilton, Raminder Singh, Shawn Nguyen, Tony Burns, and Sheddy Siddiqui all make appearances for the first time.  There were also numerous notables trying to bag after prior efforts in earlier flights, and satellite winners from the past three days.  After twelve levels of play, a total of (63) players made their to the bagging process, with Michael Wetcher packing up the flight's chip lead (334,000).  

The (239) entries from the final flight brought the combined Event #20 number to (532), and equates to a prize pool of $718,200.  Registration is still open until the cards are in the air for Day 2 (12:00pm), which means the prize pool and payouts will not be official until that point.  While play will reach the money at some point today, the tournament can not be won on Day 2.  Think of it more like "moving day" in golf, as players look to put themselves in the best position to win the tournament tomorrow.  The structure for the day is very similar to the past three, with (12) scheduled levels, but now (60) minute levels the rest of the way out.

There will be (139) players returning to the field at 12:00pm, along with anyone else who decided to utilize the "Day 2 buy-in."  Live coverage of the action will begin the moments are in the air, and will continue through the bagging process (just past midnight).  

Tournaments: Outside of Event #20 (Day 2), there is one FSPC event on the schedule, the "players appreciation" event.  This $570 buy-in tournament gets that name because there is no entry fee taken for the casino, making it a somewhat "rake-free" event.  The tournament begins at 3:00pm, and sees players sitting down to starting stacks of 15,000 units, and levels that are (30) minutes in length.

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 #20 (Day 2): $1,500 No Limit Hold'em ($500,000 GTD) 

- Players start with 30,000 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 (50) minutes (Day 1), transitioning to (60) minutes Day 2+

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

3:00pm - FSPC Event #21 - $570 No Limit Hold'em - No Entry Fee (Players Appreciation)

- Players will begin with a 15,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Levels are (30) minutes in length
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack