Day 1b of $5,300 The Return Set to Start at 11 a.m.
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event in Atlantic City continues today with Day 1b of the $5,300 The Return, which gets underway early at 11 a.m. local time.
The event has a large $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and got underway in style yesterday with Day 1a. which attracted 562 entries and played down to about a fourth of that number after about 14 hours of action.
Adam Adler bagged a large stack of 366,500 and Dusti Smith was just behind that with 355,500.
Quite a few big names advanced to Day 2 from Day 1a, including; Stephen Song, Dan Zack, Jesse Lonis,Nick Palma, Frank Funaro and Adam Hendrix.
Those players will be joined by the survivors of Day 1b which mirrors the same structure of Day 1a. The day will last for ten levels and will kick off with blinds of 100/100/100.
Players will begin with a starting stack of 35,000 chips. Levels 1-8 on Day 1 will last sixty (60) minutes each. There will also be two 75-minute levels played to cap off Day 1b and the rest of the levels on Day 2 will also be 75 minutes long.
Levels of Days 3 and 4 will last 90 minutes each. Breaks will be provided every 2 levels. There will also be a dinner break on each day. The final day of play on Day 4 will feature a live-streamed final table.
The PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring you all of the updates throughout the $5,300 The Return.