The $1,200 Main Event Continues with Day 1b at The Commerce Hold'em Series

Action continues at The Commerce Hold'em Championship Series as Day 1b of the $1,200 Main Event begins at 12:00 p.m. local time in Los Angeles. The $300,000 guaranteed event will begin the second of five Day 1 flights, The first flight that took place saw 27 total entrants, with three players advancing to Day 2.

The chip leader after play concluded from Day 1a was Six-Time World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Brian Hastings, who topped the field after winning a massive pot on the last hand of the night, to bag 409,000 chips.

Chip Counts After Day 1a

Place	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Brian Hastings	United States	409,000
2	Preston Patz	United States	370,000
3	Fred Lavassani	United States	301,000

For the Day 1 flights, players will start with 40,000 chips at the 100/200 blind levels. There will be 40-minute blind levels, until the final table where they will play 60-minute levels. Players will have a 15-minute break after every three levels of play. This event has unlimited rebuys, with registration for this event concluding after the start of Level 10, and Day 1 flights ending after the players make the money.

1 in 10 players will make the money. Players may play multiple Day 1 flights after bagging to improve their Day 2 stack. Any player who bags multiple times will have their smaller stack taken out of play, and receive a min cash for their stack.

$1,200 Main Event Remaining Schedule

Day	Date	Time
1b	September 18	12:00 p.m.
1c	September 19	12:00 p.m.
1d	September 20	12:00 p.m.
1e	September 21	12:00 p.m.
2	September 22	11:00 a.m.

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