$175 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD
Level 1 (Blinds 25/50)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 60
Tournament Director Ralph Brandt just finished up the rules announcement for the Flight 1G field, which is off to the quickest start of any of the starting flights to this point (already 60 entries). After registration closed during last night's Flight 1F, the prize pool had eclipsed the guaranteed mark, as the (774) total entries make up a $104,490 pool. With the largest of the flights expected today, one can only surmise where the final number will close. A total of (108) players have bagged chips for tomorrow's Day 2 (12:00pm), with the top ten stacks listed below:
Cameron Collins - 512,500
Michael Russo - 393,000
Neil Zonenashuili - 332,000
Manfred Rosenow - 330,000
Brian Dunn - 325,500
Paulius Bikus - 318,500
Sean Jones - 303,000
Bryce McVay - 295,500
Robert Schafer - 274,500
Juan Rodriguez - 269,500
With the action getting underway, we will go over the structure for each flight once again. The structure mirrors the first two days of action, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 20,000 units, and playing levels of (25) minutes over the course of the flight. Play is scheduled to conclude after (16) completed levels, but if the field reaches the 10% number, then the clock will pause and the bagging process will begin. That is exactly what happened last night in Flight 1B, with the action stopping with just over three minutes in Level 15. Therefore, Day 2 will now begin at that point, meaning the big stacks begin the day even deeper planned (along with the shorter stacks as well, which is even more important to those players).
Live coverage of Flight 1G will continue throughout the afternoon, updating followers on all of the action, including the "race for the chip lead bonus." The official counts from the opening pair of flights, along with a reminder of the new Twitter handle (@PokerIslePP) will be posted, before we shift our focus onto the notables in today's flight.
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