A Numbers Game

"The Big Event" turned out to be a little less big than the staff would have hoped, but the turnout is still respectable. Another 154 players turned up for this Day 1b to bring the total field up to 417.

A big part of the reason for the slightly anemic turnout? A whole slew of massive online tournaments running today. A few players in the field are trying to sneak their way through a few orbits of online play, but the floor staff has just made another announcement.

"You can not play on the poker website," came the call. "You'll have to shut down."

There's not quite $11.5 million in our prize pool here, but we'll have the full numbers and the breakdown for you as soon as we can.