Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air as Day 1b of the Cherokee Main Event is now underway as the tournament clock shows 170 entries at the start of play.
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Cherokee
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Larger Field Expected to Converge for Day 1b of Cherokee Main Event
Day 1b of the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Main Event is set to begin today in what is expected to be a gargantuan field of action.
Day 1a drew 381 entries and reached the 16% mark when 60 players remained after 23 minutes into level 16. Four players bagged north of 400,000, with Michael McKinney leading the fray with a stack of 480,000 and Maurice Hawkins right behind him with 440,000. The average stack at the end of the day was 190,500, so players in Day 1b have an idea of what they are shooting for today.
Just like Day 1a, play begins at 11 a.m. Day 1 will consist of 16 levels of play, which are 40 minutes in length for the first 15 levels of play with level 16 being 60 minutes. If the field is reduced to 16% remaining before the completion of 16 levels, play will end at that moment. Fifteen-minute breaks will be every three levels (two hours) with an hour dinner break after level 9 (roughly 5:30 p.m.).
The $1,700 buy in will give each player a 30,000 chip stack and one re-entry is allowed per flight.
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$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Started