The final day for Day 1 starting flights is here, and it begins with Event #5E: $565 Colossus III No-Limit Hold'Em. The tournament has seen over 10,000 entries through the first four starting flights and is well on its way to surpass the $8,000,000 guaranteed prizepool with $1,000,000 going to the eventual winner.
When play gets underway today at approximately 10 a.m., players will be given their initial starting stack of 5,000 chips. The blinds will start at 25/50 and will increase every 30 minutes with a 20-minute break at the end of every four levels. Players will be allowed one rebuy up until the end of Level 6, after which registration will be closed. There will be a total of 18 levels played today, and all remaining players will bag their chips and head into Day 2 scheduled for June 5.
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The second-to-last and largest flight of Event #5E: $565 Colossus III No-Limit Hold'Em has wrapped up with Mike Leah bagging a stack of 310,000 chips. Leah dominated the field throughout the day and continued to stay aggressive, applying pressure to all of his opponents. The Canadian pro has victories throughout the WSOP Circuit, WPT, and PCA, and he's the owner of one WSOP gold bracelet. He has career tournament earnings of over $5.8 million and is looking to add to that in this event.
A total of 3,966 entries were attracted to this flight, and Neil Mittleman came out on top with 430,000 chips after winning a big pot in the last hand of the evening. Scott Stewart was close behind, bagging 380,000, and Katie Lindsay finished in the mix with 340,000 chips.
At the conclusion of play, 147 players bagged chips and will be returning on June 5th for Day 2 of the event. The money bubble burst shortly after level 12 began when Sunny Dong flopped a set of sevens versus his opponent's top pair. That left 595 players remaining who were guaranteed a minimum cash of $833.
Many notables entered the field on Day 1E, however, some of the unfortunate ones to bust before the money include Joey Weissman, Kathy Liebert, Martin Finger, Cate Hall, and Andy Frankenberger. There were others that made it into the money but failed to bag chips at the of the day, such as Joseph Cheong, Alex Greenblatt, Sorel Mizzi, and Eric Baldwin.
Below is a look at some of the top stacks heading into Day 2 and some notables that were able to find a bag at the end of the day. The last flight, Day 1F is currently ongoing and you can follow along with all of the updates right here.