A total of 144 players entered this event, creating a $688,400 prize pool. Eighteen spots pay, with 18th receiving $8,260.80 and first place earning $223,041.60, a $10,000 WSOP main event buy-in, and $1,000 spending money for that event.
Chad "lilholdem" Batista has changed his mind at the last minute and bought in just before the deadline at the end of level 1. He's at around 11,500 in chips.
Denny Crum, the former University of Louisville Cardinals college basketball coach, is playing in this event. Crum coached the Cardinals for 30 years, leading them to two national championships and six Final Fours.
We have hit the end of our first level, and we're now on a ten-minute break.
By the way, there are nine 75-minute levels today with a break after each, plus a dinner break at 7. That would bring us to about 2 a.m. by the end of today's play.
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