Event 1: Cards Are In the Air

$500 + $60 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
             $1 Million Guaranteed 

That $1 million guarantee has already been blown out of the water.  Today's event is sold out, but online pre-reservations are still guaranteed their seats.  About 200 alternates will get in -- that's all.

Plus there are the inevitable re-entries from today's massive field.  We won't have final numbers until registration closes after the break after level 8.

Levels 1-4 are 30 minutes long, then levels 5-18 will last 40 minutes.

Day 1 was supposed to end at the end of level 18, but day 1a had to stop early half-way through in order to avoid dropping below 10% of the field (161 survived out of 1,520 entries).  Play will end today with 20 minutes remaining in level 18.  Survivors will bag their chips and return for day two on Thursday at noon.

Players began with 20,000 chips.

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50.

Cards are in the air!!