Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,650 Card Player Poker Tour World Cup of Cards Event!

It's going to be another bright and early day in sunny Kahnawake, Quebec in Canada at the Playground Poker Club! It's Day 1a of the $1,650 Card Player Poker Tour Event at the World Cup of Cards with $400,000 guaranteed.

Today is the first of two starting flights in this next-day re-entry event. Registration remains open on both starting days until the end of Level 6 until approximately 4:00 p.m. local time.

Players begin their day with 30,000 tournament chips and will play 45-minute levels, with a 15-minute break every three levels. Should players be fortunate to make it to Day 2, blinds will increase to 60 minutes a piece. On both Day 1's, play will conclude after 14 levels after which time players will bag and tag their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at Noon. If a player bags on Day 1a and chooses to play on Day 1b, that player will carry forward their biggest stack.

Day 2 will play nine levels at 60 minutes a piece, and Day 3 will play down to a winner!

Keep following along as the PokerNews team tracks all of the action on the way to finding another big winner here at the World Cup of Cards!