$360 NLH $100,000 GTD (Flight 1D): In Tournament Poker, "It's A Marathon, Not A Sprint"

$360 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)

Level 1 (Blinds 100/100)
Total Flight 1D Entries: N/A
Flight 1D Players Remaining: N/A

Yes...the $360 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) has gotten off to a slow start, but there are still three flights remaining, and a lot of time left for the field to grow.  With (94) total entries to this point, the field is still (240) entries away from the number need to reach the guarantee.  A total of (9) players have bagged chips for Monday's Day 2, led by Tracy Scala, who packed away 370,500 to end Flight 1C.

Flight 1D will be getting underway in just a moment, with a new group of players hoping to earn a day off (after bagging chips for Day 2).  The structure stays the same for the event, with 20,000 unit starting stacks, (30) minute levels, and registration that's open until the beginning of Level 9.  Each of the starting flights will play down to 8% of the field, with 12.5% making the money on Day 1.  That is the one change in this particular event, from prior tournaments that used the same structure, as those events played down to 5%.  Players were very vocal about the length of time that those flights took to get down to 5%, so that number was raised to 8%.  Things should not take entirely as long, making this tournament's structure more "player-friendly."

So rumblings of a potential overlay have been heard...and the possibility is there for some "free money," with today's pair of flights a good gauge of what will end up happening.  Regardless, the value is very much there in this tournament, with the final two flights expected to bring out the massive numbers.