| Event 12: | $1,700 Main Event ($1,515 + $185) |
| Date: | Day 1a: Jan 16, 11 AM Day 1b: Jan 17, 11 AM Day 1c: Jan 18, 11 AM Day 2: Jan 19, 11 AM Day 3: Jan 20, 11 AM |
| Blinds: | 40/60 Minutes |
| Starting Stack: | 40k |
| Late Entry: | 12 Levels (~8:30 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | 17 Levels (~12:10 AM) |
| Entries: | 35/319 |
| Prizes: | $483,285 |
The opening flight to the Main Event is in the books and 35 players advanced to Day 2 from a starting field of 319 entries. The stack to beat at the moment belongs to Sunny Lubana (who donates 10% of all his winnings to an educational charity that puts underprivileged kids through school in his homeland of India) with 1.1 million
Players sit down with 40k in chips to play 40-minute levels on Day 1. Players can enter for 12 levels during Day 1, meaning the entry desk should close around 8:30 PM. After that, they’ll play 5 more levels on Day 1 (at most) but they’ll bag early if they hit 10% of the field before then. Note that’s a change from most events in the series where bags come out at 5%.
I likely won’t be watching Day 1a or 1b very closely as there are Day 2s running on both of those days, but I should be there for the duration of 1c (with a likely late start).
