Currently, the following matches are still going on:
Round of 32:
Round of 16:
Jeffrey Hong is waiting for the Paredes vs Robichow match in this round.
Matthew Emmel and David Forbes won their Round of 16 matches and have made it through to Day 2, Sunday, January 26.
All matches of the round of 64 have been played and here are the next round of matches for the final 32 players:
With 58 players a prize pool of $168,780 has been created and eight players will be in the money for at least $8,439 when they reach the quarter-finals.
Getting to the semi-finals is worth $16,878, with the runner-up receiving $33,756 and the winner walking away with the trophy and $67,512.
The tournament attracted 58 players which means that 6 players got a bye into the round of 32:
Matthew Emmel, Kevin Rabichow, Jeffrey Hong, Michael Marder, James Collopy, and Gintautas Putinas.
Here are the heads-up matches:
At 2 p.m. local time, Event #17: $3,125 Heads-Up is set to start here at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa with a limit of 64 players maximum. Last year’s champion is the one and only Phil Hellmuth who defeated a full field and Joseph Cappello heads-up for $37,248. Unfortunately, Hellmuth has already confirmed that he will not be in attendance to defend his title.
Eight players got paid last year, this included Ryan Hall, Olivier Busquet, Dylan Gang, Steven Sarmiento, Christopher O’Hara, and [b]Michael Vela.
Players will need to register in person before 1:30 p.m. as the draw will take place at that time. They will get 20,000 in chips to start with and the level duration will be 15-minutes long. This is a two-day event and the brackets will be on the bracket board as soon as the draw has been done.
The [i]PokerNews[/i] live reporting team will be covering this event from the start of Day 2 with live updates while Day 1 updates will provide you with info about the brackets. Make sure to come back every so often to see how the tournament progresses.
Event #17: $3,125 Heads-Up NLH
Day 1 Started
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