Monster Stack, Monster Field: Event #51 Flight A
This is going to be a big one. Huge. Monster even. Event #51: The $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack is set to reignite the excitement at the 2014 World Series of Poker.
Deep stack poker is what the players have demanded and the organizers of the 45th Annual WSOP here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino have delivered in spades.
So popular has this event proved that a second flight has been added starting at 5pm. Flight A starting at 12 p.m. sold out the night before with entries capped at 4,020.
Players are now now scheduled to play nine one-hour levels with no dinner break and 20 minute breaks after every two levels, so Flight A should finish Day 1 at 10:30 p.m.
Players start with 15,000 chips for their $1,500 buy-in with blinds starting at 25-25 and will be competing for a monster pay-out with entries still flooding in.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be patrolling the tournament floor in several rooms keeping you up to date with all the stories from the day, who is playing and how their Monster Stack is faring. Join us here from 12 p.m. to follow all the action right through to the end of play.