The $530 + $50 MILLIONS Step 2 Satellite has just merged to its final 2 tables. Half of those players will get paid tonight. The prize pool is made of 9 $5,300 MILLIONS seats, and a cash 10th prize of $4,770.

3 of those 9 seats were added by the house.

Here are the actual contenders, including some accomplished tournament players:

The $530 + $50 Step 2 Satellite with 3 $5,300 seats added is well underway. Players are now resuming play after the first break, and registration closed with 69 entries. The Event, filled with Step 1 qualifiers, also attracted a few sharks. Here is a sample:

Tonight’s step 1 in the Millions North America journey attracted 100 players. These players may have benefited from the best value of the year. In fact, for just $110 + $10, they got a 38% chance (assuming an average skill level) to earn a seat for tomorrow’s $585 step 2.

Step 2 also offers some crazy value, as the house will add 3 $5,300 seats on the board. That’s $15,900 coming out of nowhere! And if you missed tonight’s step 1, you can always buy directly into step 2 for $585.

Tonight at 8:00pm is your first LIVE chance to try to qualify your way into this April’s $5,300 MILLIONS North America Main Event. Qualifiers have been running online, but this is the first chance that Live players will have.

Tonight’s event is a $110 + $10 NL Hold’em Re-entry Step 1 Mega Overlay Satellite – a very long name, so let’s break it down:

• $110 + $10 – this is the buy-in for the Satellite. There’s also a $5 Dealer Add-on available upon registration.
• NL Hold’em – the form of poker to be played, the most popular game of them all!
• Re-entry – players will have 5 levels at the beginning of the satellite to enter or re-enter as many times as they like
• Step 1 – Step 1 means that this is a satellite tournament whose prizes are tickets in the Step 2 Satellite being held tomorrow evening – that one is the Step 2 Satty
• Mega Overlay – this means that NOT ONLY will players be able to win 1 seat for every $585 dollars in the prize pool – but an EXTRA 20 SEATS are being ADDED as well!. This is an $11,700 value in FREE seats added to the prize pool tonight!

So tonight there’s a lot of value for players who want to take a positive first step towards participating in the Largest Tournament in Canadian history, the $5,300 MILLIONS North America with it’s $10,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool!

See you tonight!