Event #5: The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em Continues With Day 1b
The action starts today with Day 1b of Event #5: The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em at the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. This is the second of four starting flights, to be followed by Day 1c on Saturday and Day 1d on Sunday, before remaining players will merge for Day 2 on Monday, June 6th.
The guarantee for the event is $5,000,000 and that number is fully expected to be smashed, come the end of registration on Day 1d. The Day 1a action concluded with $1,416,600 contributed to the prize pool from 3,373 entrants, with 147 of those players advancing to Day 2.
As one of the lower buy-in tournaments of the series, it gives the opportunity to both casual and serious players to come together and battle it out for one of the first World Series of Poker bracelets of the summer.
Twenty-two levels will be played today or they will play down to 15% of the field, depending on which is later. Levels are 30 minutes long with breaks after every four and a 90-minute dinner break starting around 6:00 p.m. local time. If eliminated before registration closes at roughly 4 p.m., players can also opt to reenter once per flight.
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