Day 1b of the $360 MSPT Golden Gates Regional Event Starts at Noon
The second flight of the $360 MSPT Golden Gates Regional Event is set to get underway at noon local time.
Day 1a drew 120 entries and play ended with 17 players remaining. Defending Champion Aaron Frei bagged the chip lead of the first flight with an impressive stack of 443,000. Today, another group of players will try to challenge that mark.
This two-day event features a $150,000 guarantee in the prize pool and a starting stack of 20,000. Levels will be of 30 minutes and there will be a 15-minute break every four levels. Late registration and re-entries will remain available until the start of Level 13. Day 1b will play through 15 levels.
Players who bag at the end of a flight are not allowed to play a future flight unless they forfeit their stack. Ante will come from the Big Blind only but the tournament will transition from Big Blind Ante to Standard Ante when 27 players remain.
The survivors of all four flights will combine for Day 2 on November 17 at noon local time to continue to battle it out.
PokerNews will provide the coverage of Day 1B, monitoring hands and chip counts updates so stay tuned.