| Event 3: | $670 NLH Day 1B ($600+$70) |
| Date: | May 17, 1 PM |
| Blinds: | 40 Minutes |
| Starting Stack: | 25k |
| Late Entry: | 9 Levels (~8:15 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | 12.5% of the Starting Field |
The first flight to Event #3 is now complete with 12 stacks making their way through to Day 2 from the opening flight. Alan Zhu leads by a mile, with about 200k more than second-place Taran Parmar. Players in 1b will need to amass at least 565.5k to unseat Zhu and be the big stack on Day 2.
Day 1a Stacks
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Alan Zhu | 565,500 |
| Taran Parmar | 363,500 |
| Alex Richmond | 272,500 |
| Matthew Ouellette | 200,000 |
| Trevor Patrick | 188,500 |
| Hongwei Liu | 187,000 |
| Lynne Stephenson | 175,000 |
| John Donnelly | 169,500 |
| Kris Steinbach | 162,000 |
| Weston Pring | 92,000 |
| Ivan Magulak | 45,000 |
| Parth Patel | 44,000 |
Day 1b will be a replay of 1a, though the expectation is for a much bigger field. Day 1a nearly cracked the 100 mark with 97 entries, so there is already more than $55k in the prize pool waiting for Sunday. 1b looks to be even bigger, however, and could see as many as 150 entries or more. $100k in prizes seems like a lock at this point, and there’s every chance of hitting $130k or more before 1b closes.
Players get 25k in chips for their $670 and will play 40-minute levels throughout the day. Levels remain 40 minutes long on Day 2 of this one, with heads-up play dropping to 20 minutes.
This game will be my main focus for the day.
