$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  45 of 216

Tournament staff sent players on another 15-minute break to take the purple 500 denom chips out of play and put more 25K chips in action. They returned to a new chip leader with Justin Bishop up top with 428,000 and Luke Gramentz in second, holding 403,000.

With 22 players advancing to Day 2, it will be a race between the bubble and the next break in two hours.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  88 of 216

Flight C drew another 216 entries into TPC Event 1 to put the combined total at 626. They’ve put more than $200K towards the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool and we only need 121 in Flight D this evening to hit it.

Flight C will continue into the evening until only 22 players remain. They will bag their chips and return on Sunday at noon for Day 2 in the money.

Chip counts through Flight B

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Entries:  216

Players returned to their seats after the second break and everyone is chasing James Kerr at the top of the counts. The 2021 TPC Main Event winner is up to 239,000 for a clear lead over the rest of the field. Gary Metz sits in second with 184,500 and Kevin Ragusa is third with 174,500.

The clock shows 216 entries for Flight C and we will post the official numbers once the math is complete.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries:  205

Players are heading towards the second break of the day and time is running out if you want to join this session. With 205 in Flight C, they have contributed more than $200,000 towards the $250K guarantee and it’s a lock that it gets there in Flight D this evening.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 410

Flight A: 200 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight B: 210 Entries; 21 Advanced
Flight C: Underway
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

We had an excellent turnout for the first two flights of Event 1, a combined 410 entries to kick things off, and we expect another big crowd today. The $400 buy-in open has a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool that should be easily surpassed before too long.

Players start with 30K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm. Flight C will continue until 10% of the field remains and those players will move to Day 2 on Sunday at noon in the money.

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Flight C – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 3 – $400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Flight D – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  88 of 210

Flight B of TPC Event 1 drew another 210 entries for the tournament to put the combined total at 410 with four more big flights to go. Flight C starts on Thursday at 10 am with Flight D at 6 pm.

Flight B will continue into the evening until only 21 players remain. They will bag their chips and return on Sunday at noon for Day 2 in the money.

Chip counts through Flight A

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 200

Flight A: 200 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Thursday at 10 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  20 of 200

It took exactly 15 hands for Flight A to burst the money bubble. Tournament staff took two minutes off the clock for each hand and they were on the last hand of Level 17 when they lost a player.

John McCarthy stormed ahead late and bagged the lead with 713,000. We will post the full chip count list as soon as it is available.