Large Field Expected for Day 1b of $50,000 Guaranteed $200 Hold'em Event
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With Day 1a in the books, the focus shifts to Day 1b of Event #2: $200 No-Limit Hold'em. The action will get underway on Friday evening with a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000 up for grabs. Day 1b will see cards get in the air at 6 p.m.
Players will start with 15,000 in chips and play 30-minute blind levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of Level 9. Players may fire more than one flight with only their largest stack moving forward to Day 2.
Day 1a played out starting at 10 a.m. Friday morning and gathered 134 entries before registration closed. Just 20 were left with chips to bag. The player with the largest stack heading to Day 2 was Andy Spears with 326,200.
There will be another two flights on Saturday at the same times with the surviving field converging on Sunday where they will play down to a winner.
At the 2017 Summer Slam, a total of 520 entries were received. Jeff Roth took home the top honors after multiple deals chopped up the prize pool at the final table. Roth cashed for $8,992 and took home the trophy after the play ended four-handed with him in the lead.
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