Fall PNPC Players Compete for First Series Ring in $600 NLHE
One of the marquee events of the PlayNow Poker Championship (PNPC) is the $600 NLHE event. It traditionally kicks off the non-satellite portion of the the PNPC as the first event to pay out real money prizes, and its one of the most popular events of the week.
In the 2018 edition of this series, the $600 event drew more than 200 entries. Originally conceived as a one-day event, the first money event in the series is one of the most popular. That combined with 30 minute blind levels and a starting stack of 15,000, and the event has tended to go quite late in the night.
In 2017, the final players made a deal as the casino was closing Thursday night to avoid coming back for a second day of play. Last year, the final five agreed to come back Friday to play out the remaining action when they were still at the felt as the casino lights were going out.
For this year's edition, the event has officially been expanded into a two-day event. Players will fight their way through 22 levels on Thursday's Day 1 before the survivors return at noon on Friday to finish it out on Day 2.
Last year, the tournament came down to an epic battle between BC's Arian Alemzadeh and local hero Dylan Ellis. They were the dominant forces throughout the tournament, and it wasn't much of a surprise when they ended up heads-up against each other for the big prize. After a fairly heated heads-up battle, they decided to chop up the variance a bit with a deal that left a few thousand to play for on the table, but left each player with $22,000 locked up.
A full 27 players booked their seats into today's action already in the satellite from last night, and the poker room at Club Regent Casino is sure to fill up quickly today. As mentioned in the title, this is one of two events throughout the week that awards a Championship ring to the winner, in addition to the trophy and cash prizes.
Cards go in the air at 2 p.m. local time (CT) and you can follow the action live right here.