Welcome to Day 1b of the WSOP Main Event
It's almost time for Day 1b of the biggest and most important poker tournament of the year: the World Series of Poker Main Event. Yesterday's Day 1a saw 925 players sign up for the $10,000 buy-in event, 659 players survived the day.
Timothy Lau from the United States built his 50,000 starting stack into 338,700. At 11 a.m. today, players start with 50,000 in chips again with levels again 120 minutes long throughout.
After every level, players have a 20-minute break. The dinner break, 60 minutes long, takes place after Level 2, which should be around 3:25 p.m.
Late registration for Day 1b of the 2017 WSOP Main Event closes around 6:00 p.m. If you're too late, there's always tomorrow (Day 1c). Day 1b wraps up around 11:20 p.m. There's a 20-minute break after each level. There's a 60-minute dinner break at 7:35 p.m. (90 minutes into level 4).
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 minutes | 75 | 150 | - |
| 2 | 120 minutes | 150 | 300 | - |
| 3 | 120 minutes | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| 4 | 120 minutes | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 5 | 120 minutes | 250 | 500 | 75 |
Players to survive today return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Thursday, July 5, 2018, to play another five levels on Day 2ab.
Today's action starts at 11 a.m. PokerNews will be there the entire day with live updates from around the convention center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
When and Where to Watch
Once again, PokerGO and ESPN have teamed up to bring you a live stream of all the action. Here's the schedule for the Main Event with times in Pacific Time (local Vegas time). This schedule is subject to change.
| Date | Main Event | Slot 1 | Start time | End time | Slot 2 | Start time | End time | Slot 3 | Start time | End time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 3 | Day 1b | ESPN | 04:00 p.m. | 08:00 p.m. | PokerGO | 09:00 p.m. | 11:35 p.m. | - | - | - |
| July 4 | Day 1c | ESPN2 | 05:30 p.m. | 09:00 p.m. | PokerGO | 09:30 p.m. | 11:35 p.m. | - | - | - |
| July 5 | Day 2ab | ESPN | 05:00 p.m. | 08:00 p.m. | PokerGO | 08:00 p.m. | 11:35 p.m. | - | - | - |
| July 6 | Day 2c | ESPN2 | 05:30 p.m. | 09:00 p.m. | PokerGO | 09:00 p.m. | 11:35 p.m. | - | - | - |
| July 7 | Day 3 | ESPN2 | 03:00 p.m. | 06:30 p.m. | PokerGO | 06:30 p.m. | 08:30 p.m. | - | - | - |
| July 8 | Day 4 | ESPN | 11:30 a.m. | 03:00 p.m. | PokerGO | 03:00 p.m. | 06:15 p.m. | - | - | - |
| July 9 | Day 5 | PokerGO | 05:00 p.m. | 06:00 p.m. | ESPN2 | 06:00 p.m. | 11:00 p.m. | PokerGO | 11:00 p.m. | 11:35 p.m. |
| July 10 | Day 6 | PokerGO | 11:30 a.m. | 03:50 p.m. | ESPN | 05:00 p.m. | 08:00 p.m. | PokerGO | 08:00 p.m. | 11:35 p.m. |
| July 11 | Day 7 | PokerGO | 11:30 a.m. | 09:00 p.m. | ESPN2 | 09:00 p.m. | TBD | - | - | - |
| July 12 | Final Table | ESPN/PokerGO | 06:00 p.m. | TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| July 13 | Final Table | ESPN/PokerGO | 06:00 p.m. | TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| July 14 | Final Table | ESPN/PokerGO | 06:00 p.m. | TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - |
