Among the 75 or so remaining players is none other than Michael Laake, a Florida resident approaching nearly half a million in lifetime tournament winnings. When Laake makes it deep in a tournament he knows how to close it out. He's won an incredible six times with scores of $114,975, $78,784 and $52,828 being among those wins. He's also finished third of better another four times.
Laake is here at the PPC $200,000 Guaranteed Championship Event looking to make it win number seven. He's currently sitting with 14,500 in chips.
There were 105 entrants for the final flight of the $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event meaning they will play until there are 16 players remaining. This will bring the total number of players that will return on Sunday at 3 p.m. to 64. With only 45 getting paid, the tournament will have to lose 19 players early tomorrow to hit the money.
There were a total of 420 entrants creating a prize pool of $223,440. The tournament will pay 45 places with a minimum cash being worth $920. First place will take home $44,757 and the top four places will also receive a $5,000 Aruba package. Full payouts are listed below:
With the 86 entrants in Day 1d thus far the total number of entrants has topped the 400 mark as there are now 401 total entrants. This also means that the $200,000 Guaranteed prize pool has been easily surpassed. Players still have a little more than an hour left before registration completely closes for the tournament.
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