Welcome to Day 1a of the 2014 partypoker World Poker Tour event here in Nottingham!

PokerNews is live here at Nottingham for the £3,000 Main Event of the World Poker Tour. We're at Dusk Til Dawn, one of Europe's top poker clubs for this six-day event which will see players from all around the world competing for the latest WPT title. The WPT500 event saw an incredible 2,133 players come for the £1 million guaranteed event, and the Main Event today also has a £1 million guarantee. That means the tournament will need 334 players over the two start days to hit the magic seven-figure mark.

The plan for today will be for the tournament to play either eight or nine 60-minute levels with the tournament going to 90-minute levels on Day 2, 3, and 4 before the final table goes back to 60 minutes per level.

Among those expected to play over the next couple of days include Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi as well as Nottingham's own high-stakes poker hero Sam Trickett. Boxing legend Carl "The Cobra" Froch will also be in the mix, hoping to slither his way to the money while everyone else tries to deliver him the KO.

This is a reentry tournament, and you'll be allowed one reentry each day for a total of four.

Play will be starting at 1 p.m. local time, and you can follow all the hands and news right here from the tournament floor, so please stay tuned!