The Second Flight of Event #3: Big 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em Begins at 11 a.m.
Welcome to Day 1b of Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em! Yesterday's first flight drew 6,095 entries with 1,580 players advancing for Day 2a. Cosimo Bisogno is the 1a big stack setting the pace so far with 932,000 chips. Today, another group of players will try to challenge that mark.
Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time. The $500 buy-in gets you 50,000 chips and today's schedule is to play 12 levels of 50-minute duration. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels with a 90-minute dinner break after Level 8. Players are allowed to reenter this event once per flight, and have until the start of Level 11 to do so (around 9:55 p.m.).
Players who find a bag at the end of the night will return on Saturday June 1 at 5 p.m. for Day 2b.
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