Players get one more chance to begin their run at the trophy when Day 1c of the £1,100 888poker Live Manchester Main Event begins at noon local time.
This is the third of four starting flights into the Main Event. The first two saw 107 players take to the felt inside the Grosvenor Casino, with 22 already booking their tickets to Day 2. Jonathan Roberts set the early benchmark when he bagged up 376,500, while Day 1b chip leader Keith Johnson (297,000), High Roller champion Tom Middleton (227,500), Matthew Davenport (132,000), 888poker Ambassadors Ian Simpson (112,000) and Vivian Saliba (76,500), as well as Yucel Eminoglu (68,000) are also through.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Roberts | United Kingdom | 376,500 | 126 |
| 2 | Keith Johnson | United Kingdom | 297,000 | 99 |
| 3 | Thomas Erentz | United Kingdom | 278,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Simon Davidson | United Kingdom | 244,500 | 82 |
| 5 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | 227,500 | 76 |
| 6 | Qasim Zia | United Kingdom | 220,500 | 74 |
| 7 | Enea Soumpasi | United Kingdom | 178,000 | 59 |
| 8 | Bashir Ali | United Kingdom | 168,000 | 56 |
| 9 | David Kingsley | United Kingdom | 166,000 | 55 |
| 10 | Zhicheng Miao | United Kingdom | 147,500 | 49 |
The schedule on Day 1c calls for 14 40-minute levels, with a 15-minute break after every three levels and a 40-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6. Players begin with a 30,000 starting stack. Unlimited reentries are available, with late registration open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow at noon. Anyone who doesn’t survive Day 1c can also enter the turbo Day 1d flight taking place at 8 p.m. with 20-minute levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day for all the live updates from what is expected to be the biggest flight yet.
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Bashir AliDavid KingsleyEnea SoumpasiIan SimpsonJonathan RobertsKeith JohnsonMatthew DavenportQasim ZiaSimon DavidsonThomas ErentzTom MiddletonVivian SalibaYucel EminogluZhicheng Miao
