Yesterday was the first day of Live action in the $300 + $30 Colossus, Event #1 in the 2018 WSOP-C Playground. It was a massive first day of starting flights – there were 432 entries spread across Days 1A and 1B. When added to the 389 Online entries, this brings the total number of entries so far to 821.
Today is the second full day of starting flights in the event, with Day 1C scheduled to begin at 12:00pm and Day 1D following at 4:30pm. Both flights will play through 14 levels of 40 minutes each, with breaks following every 3rd level. Players will start with 20,000 in tournament chips, and every player will be shooting for a coveted spot in Day 2 in the event.
Day 1C this afternoon will be particularly appealing, because hockey legend Larry Robinson will join us for the flight – and there will be a special bounty awarded to the player that eliminates him! The lucky player will receive $500 in partypoker LIVE Dollars!
Current chip leader Jonathan Bussieres has set an impressive target – he accumulated a huge stack of 792,000 chips on Day 1B. The chip average, however, is a much more modest 173,500 – definitely within reach. And if you don’t succeed today – there are more starting flights on Saturday and Sunday. Anyone that really wants to reach Day 2 will have plenty of opportunities to try!
Good luck to all of the players that take shots in the event today!