Each day the Main Event keeps getting bigger, and today`s Halloween crowd is likely to be the biggest of the week by far. With 171 very early in the day, today’s flight is likely to include hundreds of participants by the time the first break rolls around.

The first hands have just been dealt and play is now officially underway, so come down to Playground Poker Club on this rainy Wednesday and get in on the action!

Good luck to all the players!

Today is the final Day 1 starting flight in the $5,000 + $300 Main Event in the WPT Montreal Festival – Day 1C. Play will begin in just minutes in this final starting flight in the tournament, and it’s shaping up to be a truly massive day in the event. With the countdown reading 25 minutes to go, there are already 96 entries – and the pattern in Playground-hosted events is that players only register right when the event begins – so that number is going to climb extremely rapidly.

Play today will follow the same schedule as the other Day 1s held so far: 8 levels of 60 minutes each will be played, with breaks every 2nd level including a 45-minute long dinner break (with a buffet provided) following level 6. At the end of the 8 levels to be played today, everyone who has chips will bag them up to take to Day 2 in the event. There are already 137 Day 2 qualifiers, a number that should grow by quite a bit today.

Players should remember that this tournament allows an entry and a re-entry on Day 2 as well (until the beginning of level 11) – so if you’re not successful today, it’s not necessarily the end of the road for you in the event.

Good luck to everyone playing today!