Day 1a of Main Event Concludes, Bills Bags Biggest
After 16 levels of play, the 100 players who entered Day 1a of the Maryland State Poker Championship have been whittled down to just 13. Each has now bagged for Day 2 where they will all be in the money.
Michael Bills had the most successful start to the tournament after spinning his starting stack up to 844,000, well ahead of Nicholas Banyas in second, who returns with 583,000. A full recap of the day's play can be found here.
Looking ahead to tomorrow, Day 1b of the Main Event gets underway at 11:15 a.m. local time. That is the only tournament taking place until Event #16: $400 Black Chip Turbo Bounty shuffles up and deals at 6:15 p.m. Coverage of the Main Event will continue on the live reporting page while highlights from both that tournament and Event 16 can be found on this feed.
Besides coverage of the action of the day, PokerNews will be sitting down with Justin Arnwine, the winner of Event 10, and his wife Caitlyn Arnwine to discuss their recent exploits in poker.