| Level: | 5 (300/600/600) |
| Entries: | 266/345 |
| Prizes: | $113,850 |
The Big 30 Stack players are on their first break of the day with the end of Level 5. There are 345 entries on the board at the break, which is just 109 entries away from the event total in 2024. That puts the prizes at close to $115k already.
There are still 5 levels of poker left to get into this opening game, so it seems pretty likely that it will cap last year’s numbers pretty easily. Among the other players I spotted recently getting into the game was the Alberta Poker Index winner for 2024 Mike Malm. He crushed the API race last year with about 40% more points than the runner-up Weston Pring. Other faces I’ve spotted include David Johnson, Ty Adams, and Kali Shuali.
