Today at 12:00pm, 15 experienced and exceptionally talented poker players will gather at Tables 39 and 40 in the Tournament Hall here at Playground Poker Club for the Day 2 restart in Event #3 in the MILLIONS North America – the $25,000 + $500 Super High Roller event. Play will resume in level 13 with blinds at 35K/70K and a 70K button ante and will continue throughout the day until a champion emerges to claim the $373,000 top prize.
The chip leader to start play on Day 2 is Darren Elias, who starts with 8,815,000 (126bb) – an exceptionally deep stack in a tournament whose average stack is currently 45bb. That’s not to say Elias is unopposed, however – every player in the field has a ton of skill, and the player in 2nd – Viktor Blom – has the right mix of skills and a deep stack to be disruptive to anyone’s quest for a win.
On the other end of the spectrum, two players will begin with short stacks – Toby Lewis begins with 13bb and David Ormsby with 12bb – we’ll learn relatively quickly whether either or both will be able to pick up enough chips early to make a deeper run in the event.
There will be a live stream of the remainder of the tournament that will get underway just after the action begins today, and accounting for the 30 minute security delay, the stream should begin at around 12:45pm. Visit My partypoker Live or stay right here on the Playground MILLIONS Event Blog to access the stream.
Cards are in the air at noon – good luck to all of the remaining players.