Peter Pap Bags the Biggest on Day 1b of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $1,700 Main Event
The opening day flights of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $1,700 Main Event are complete, and after Day 1a and Day 1b 100 players remain. Those players will come back as a combined field Sunday for Day 2, which begins at noon from the Thunder Valley Resort in Lincoln, California.
The event drew 306 entries on Day 1b, and 487 total for the event. Of the 306 Day 1b entries, 65 made it through to play on to Day 2.
Peter Pap ended Day 1b with the biggest stack in the room, putting 383,000 chips in the bag at the completion of play. Others bagging big on Day 1b included Scott Stewart (330,500) and Mario Lopez (297,500)
Those players will come back to Sunday's Day 2 action and join Day 1 chip leaders such as Marko Pantelic (475,000) and Dann Turner (454,500).
Play will resume at Level 16 Sunday, with the blinds and antes at 2000/4000/4000. After playing through 40-minute levels for the Day 1 flights, the tournament structure will switch to 60-minute levels for the duration of the tournament.
Day 2 is scheduled to play down to a nine-handed final table, and those nine players would come back Monday for Day 3 and play down to a winner.
The total prize pool for the Main Event ended up at $737,805, with $147,706 going to the winner.
Follow along with the PokerNews live blog as the Main Event continues.
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