After 14 levels of play, the tournament has just wrapped up. After all was said and done, 13 players managed to hold on to their stacks long enough to bag them for Day 2.
Leading the cavalry are Antoine Simon who bagged an impressive 449,000 chips, and Ramsey Belmaaza with 446,000. The only other player above the 400K mark is Ghislain Pigeon at 431,000. Pigeon and Balmaaza have been among the chip leaders pretty much all evening, while Antoine took off in a last-minute sprint during the last few levels to finish strong.
Out of the 69 entries, 13 players have secured a spot for Day 2, which is set to get underway Friday, March 22nd, at 7:00pm.
See the Combined Day 1 Results here.
Players still have 3 more flights in which to qualify for Day 2. There are two Day 1s tomorrow: Day 1B will start at 11:00am and Day 1C will get under way at 7:00pm. The last Day 1 is Day 1D set to start at 12:00pm on Friday March 22nd; this last flight will be turbo.
Players may elect to play additional Day 1s in the event if they have already qualified for Day 2. Those who qualify more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited.