| Event 13: | $1,100 Main Event ($940 + $160) |
| Date: | Day 1a: Feb 21, 1 PM Day 1b: Feb 22, 1 PM Day 2: Feb 23, Noon |
| Blinds: | 40 Minutes Day 1, 60 Minutes Day 2 |
| Starting Stack: | 30k |
| Late Entry: | 9 Levels (~8:!5 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | Day 1 Plays Down to 12.5% |
| Entries: | 16/124 |
| Prizes: | $116,560 |
The The final flight to the Main Event is taking off at 1 PM on Saturday at Pure Casino Edmonton. Players can jump into this flight as late as the end of the dinner break following Level 9. With breaks, that will put the last chance to enter at about 8:15 PM.
Players start off with 30k in chips and will play 40-minute levels during Day 1 action. There is no hard stop for the end of Day 1 as they will play as long as it takes to get to 12.5% of the starting field. After that, the remaining players will bag up their chips for Sunday’s final day of play.
Day 1a got 124 entries for prizes of $116.5k with David Ko emerging as the chip leader. It took nearly 14 levels to whittle the field down to 12.5% (16 players in the case of 1a) and Ko ended up with more than 20% of the chips in play.
Day 1a Stacks
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| David Ko | 753,500 |
| Alex Liu | 447,000 |
| Ryan Smith | 428,500 |
| Colten Yamagishi | 308,500 |
| Shane Cutinha | 273,000 |
| Ryan Cairns | 259,000 |
| Bowen Leung | 253,000 |
| Sharmark Mohamed | 228,500 |
| DNR | 174,000 |
| Joseph Anderson | 116,500 |
| Brenda Robertson | 107,500 |
| DJ Sharma | 105,500 |
| Naleen Narayan | 86,000 |
| Shawn Taghavi | 74,000 |
| Jeff Forester | 68,000 |
| Andy Truong | 38,000 |
Day 1b should be a big one with 150+ entries and prizes pushing past $250k towards $300k by the end of entries.
