Day 1d of Event #3 - BIG 50 $500 No Limit Hold'em Begins at 10 a.m. With Sold Out Field
Welcome to Day 1d of Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em! Today marks the fourth and final opening flight of this very special event on this year's WSOP calendar. Just like Day 1c, today’s 1d flight is sold out and will add yet another large chunk of entries to an already gargantuan field. It is expected that today’s entries will make the BIG 50 the largest live poker tournament in history, surpassing the 2015 WSOP Colossus event.
Day 1c ended late last night with John Utley accumulating the largest stack of the day with 830,000. He joined the triumvirate of opening flight chip leaders along with, Cosimo Bisogno, who finished Day 1a with 932,000 and Alexander Kartveli, who ended with 892,000 on Day 1b.
A few of the notable players who bagged chips on Day 1c were 2018 WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb (252,000), 2006 Main Event Champion Jamie Gold (135,000) and Allen Kessler (112,000).
The format for Day 1d is the same as the previous days with a $500 buy-in getting you 50,000 chips. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (Approximately 5:40 p.m.). Players are allowed to re-enter this event once per flight, and late registration and re-entry are open until the start of Level 11 (around 8:55 p.m.).
Many of poker’s biggest names, rising stars and hopeful dreamers alike will descend upon the Rio today for their last chance to bag a Day 2 stack. Action will begin at 10 a.m. and those who remain at the end of the day’s scheduled 12 levels of play will come back at 10 am on Tuesday June 4th for Day 2d.
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Stay tuned right here to the PokerNews blog for this event for all the latest updates from the Big 50 as we continue coverage of what has been confirmed by the WSOP Twitter page as the largest live poker tournament in history!