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Today sees Day 1d — the fourth and final starting flight of Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em — shuffle up and deal with a start time of 10 a.m. PDT here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
The event has a $3,000,000 guarantee, but has already smashed that with turnout hitting 16,144 at the end of Day 1c.
Players start with 30,000 in their stacks and hope to navigate their way through 22 levels or until only 15% of the field remains, whichever comes last. The levels are 30 minutes with 20-minute breaks every four levels (or as needed for color-ups), and a 75-minute dinner break following Level 15 at about 6:30 p.m.
Registration remains open for each starting flight until the start of Level 12, at about 4:30 p.m. local time. Players are allowed two reentries per flight.
Day 1a took place on June 25 and amassed 3,614 entries. However, only 119 of them progressed to Day 2, which takes place on Sunday, June 29, starting at 11 a.m. Day 1b finished on Thursday and saw 147 of the 4,589 entrants progress to Day 2. Day 1c increased turnout yet again, bringing the total number of entries to 16,144 and total number of Day 2 survivors to 470.
On Day 2 Sunday, survivors from all four starting flights will combine to play 17 levels of 40 minutes each. Dinner break will occur at around 5:40 p.m. when Level 31 ends.
PokerNews traditional coverage of this event starts on Day 2.
Current Gladiators of Poker Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Peleg | Sweden | 7,285,000 | 146 |
| 2 | Jonathan Kirch | United States | 5,100,000 | 102 |
| 3 | Felix Barriga | Chile | 4,720,000 | 94 |
| 4 | Peter Bigelow | United States | 3,310,000 | 66 |
| 5 | Joseph Butler | United States | 3,275,000 | 66 |
| 6 | Yang Zhang | China | 3,175,000 | 64 |
| 7 | Nicholas Naughton | United States | 2,735,000 | 55 |
| 8 | Hari Sriniva Kamireddi | United States | 2,730,000 | 55 |
| 9 | Takeya Okada | Japan | 2,590,000 | 52 |
| -10 | Rosmel Munoz Cedeno | Venezuela | 2,500,000 | 50 |
| -10 | Pablo Alvarez | Spain | 2,500,000 | 50 |
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