"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1C): Numbers Expected To Grow, As Third Starting Flight About To Get Underway

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 1 (Blinds 25/50)
Total Flight 1C Entries: N/A

Players are just taking their seats, as Tournament Supervisor Ralph Brandt finishes up the rules announcement for Flight 1C.  This third starting flight (of eight total) comes after a very successful opening day, as the first pair of flights attracted a total of (211) entries.  Those are some impressive numbers to start the action, especially when you consider the event started on a Wednesday (when most typically start on Thursday).  If things were to stay on that exact pace, the final prize pool would fall somewhere around $115,000...but trends have proved that the field sizes are only going to grow over the next three days.  Of the entries from yesterday, (24) players were able to bag chips for Day 2, led by Anthony Abdo (Flight 1A) and Joseph Marchese (Flight 1B).  Those players both earned seats into next week's $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante ($200,000 GTD), courtesy of the flight's chip lead bonus.

Today's flights carry the same structure as those that came before, with starting stacks of 18,000 units, and levels that will last (25) minutes over the course of the event.  Registration is open through Level 8 (and the break that follows), with the day scheduled to end at the conclusion of Level 16 (or if the 10% mark is reached).  There are eight starting flights over the next four days, with an afternoon (11:00am) and evening (6:00pm) flight each day (Wednesday through Saturday).  Players that successfully bag chips for Day 2 will be returning this Sunday, with action resuming at 12:00pm.  The chip lead bonus is also back (as we just mentioned), with the top stack from each starting flight, earning a seat into next week's $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante ($200,000 GTD).