Welcome To Day 1b of the $1,700 Main Event at Choctaw Casino Resort
Yesterday’s Day 1a flight drew 354 entries with 59 players advancing to Day 2. After over 12 hours inside the Choctaw's Casino Resort, it was Russ Floyd who bagged the chip lead with a stack of 481,000. Floyd has competition as Scott Hall 479,000 and Sayed "PJ" Jafari 478,000 are hot on his tail.
Day 1b will see cards in the air at noon local time. After the day is completed, the players will combine for Day 2 Sunday, July 28th and will play down to a winner on Day 3 Monday, July 29th.
Day 1b Players will receive 30,000 starting stacks and play will continue until the completion of Level 16. The first 15 levels are 40 minutes long with level 16 being 60-minutes. Players will get 15-minute breaks after every three levels. There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 9. Players are allowed one re-buy with registration will remain open through the dinner break until the beginning of Level 13
Today is the second and last starting day of Choctaw's $1,700 Main Event. All players who do survive will advance to Day 2 on Sunday, July, 28th at noon.
Stay tuned here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the action as the day unfolds.