Welcome to Day 1a of the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Potawatomi Main Event!
Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been hosting the WSOP Circuit for the past two weeks, and the $1,700 Main Event, with a $500,000 guarantee, is set to kick off at 11 a.m. local time with the first of two starting flights.
Day 1a features fifteen forty-minute levels, and a final one-hour level before play ends for the evening. Blinds start off at 100/100 for the Main Event, and players begin with 30,000 in tournament chips, with big blind ante kicking in at Level 2.
Players will receive a fifteen-minute break after Levels 3, 6, 12 and 15, and a sixty-minute dinner break after Level 9. Registration will remain open through the beginning of Level 13, and a single re-entry is available to players who bust out for both starting flights.
This marks the WSOPC's second stop at Potawatomi this year, as in February, Michael Hudson bested a field of 667 entries to earn $207,159 and deny Joshua Turner from earning his eighth WSOPC ring. WSOP Bracelet winner Kevin Stammen won the 2018 WSOPC Potawatomi Main Event, taking home $190,265 for navigating a 604 player field.
A talented field of players both local and global will be on hand for this weekend's play, and 12-time WSOPC ring winner Josh Reichard, Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul, and Cody Brinn are expected to be in attendance. Likewise, Craig Trost, Bradley Jansen and Hao "John" Sun, who all won rings in earlier events at this Circuit stop, will also likely be in action.
Follow along with PokerNews as action gets underway here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as we begin the journey to crown the latest WSOPC Main Event champ!