Welcome to Day 1B of the GGPoker United Kingdom Poker Championship Main Event here in Nottingham at Dusk Till Dawn poker club.
Cards go in the air from 12 p.m. local time as players will be hoping to join the 32 survivors from yesterday along with the survivors from the online flights. This tournament offers a huge £500,000 prizepool guarantee and players will start with 200,000 chips.
Blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante and blinds will increase every 30-minutes. Late Registration will remain open until Level 9 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Players will also be given five 20-second time bank cards at the start of the day. Players are allowed one reentry per flight.
Leslie Packer bagged biggest at the end of Day 1a as he doubled up with a full house in the last level of the day to end with 4,455,000 chips. In the online flight poker professional Andrew Wilson also bagged big with 3,384,380 chips respectively followed by a sixth place finish in yesterday's £1,100 UKPC High Roller for £7,500.
Be sure to be on the lookout as GG ambassadors Niall Farrell and Lukas Robinson will be leading their respective teams of freeroll qualifiers.
Play will continue until 15% of the field remain, in which those who survive will secure a place on Day 2 and will be in the money. Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all the action until a winner is crowned on Monday 16th January.