Ozark, Missouri, resident Reginald "Shawn" Roberts has joined the Day 1a field.
With $1,146,292 in lifetime tournament winnings, including $145,510 this year alone, Roberts will be one to watch as play progresses.
He's off to a slow start as of the first break with 12,900 of his original 20,000 starting stack.
The players are taking the first 15-minute break on the schedule. When they return Level 5 will begin with blinds of 200/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
Norman, Oklahoma's Kathy Miller is among the early stack builders with 33,400.
A self-described non-poker player, Miller is looking to turn play in her home game Cabana Poker League into regular entries in regional events.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
With three event victories already this week and a pot-limit Omaha final table last night, Daniel Hughes says he's back again "to swing for the fence" as he takes his seat.
He's won the 6-Handed event ($3,848), the Green Chip Bounty tournament ($1,532), and the Big Blind Ante ($3,500) already at the Oklahoma State Poker Championship. He collected $3,089 for his PLO finish.
Hughes' lifetime earnings have climbed to nearly $311,000 and he hopes to add to that here in the Main Event.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Kansas & Oklahoma Ante Up Magazine Ambassador Megan Moore is in the field.
The Norman, Oklahoma based representative has had an active and successful 2019 thus far. In May she took down a WPT Choctaw Casino Resort nightly for $2,572. Most recently she final tabled the WSOP Circuit tour stop at Choctaw for another $1,011.
With a dozen cashes thus far, Moore has increased her total earnings to nearly $55,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The 2014 RunGood Poker Series Downstream Main Event champion Mark Martin is among the early entries.
With a total of more than $81,000 in tournament earnings the Baxter, Kansas, resident has a variety of cashes and final tables in series around the region including in other Hard Rock Casino Resort series.
Most recently he finished 25th in May's RunGood Poker Series Main Event, collecting $1,723.
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