Welcome to the PokerStars Festival Dublin Main Event Day 1B

After an exciting day's play yesterday, the players here in Dublin are ready for another exciting flight of the PokerStars Festival Main Event.

A total of 137 came together for Day 1A of the Main Event, and more are expected today as we get closer to finalising our Day 2 field.

Players will receive 30,000 in chips for their buy-in, and will have 12 45-minute levels to get close to Yuriy Boyko, who bagged the Day 1A chip lead with a total of 196,900 chips.

Here is the structure for today:

Level	Length	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	45	50	100	0
2	45	75	150	0
3	45	100	200	25
4	45	250	300	50
5	45	200	400	50
6	45	250	500	75
7	45	300	600	100
8	45	400	800	100
9	45	500	1,000	100
10	45	600	1,200	200
11	45	800	1,600	200
12	45	1,000	2,000	300

If any players are to bust from Day 1B, there is still the chance to qualify for Day 2 through the special turbo Day 1C flight which starts at 21:30. Level lengths are slashed to 20 minutes long and that will be players' final chance to qualify for Day 2.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates live from the Regency Hotel in Dublin.