Event 1 Day 1a has made it to level 5 and players have just returned from their first break of the day. A total of 259 total players has bought into today’s first flight in Event 1 with three more flights in the event still to follow this one.
There’s also some news to share at this early point in the tournament. Usually, the first session in a Day 1 of a multi-flight tournament is relatively slow-starting – but not this time. One player has used the first 4 levels of the day to chip up significantly – from his 20K starting stack to over 160K!
The player is none other than Steve Pouliot – the same player who won the first event during the Spring Classic in March!
The second chip leader is Stephen Klimasko with 76K followed by perennial leaderboard resident Jonathan Poissant with about 65K.
