Play has just finished in Day 1B of the Closer – the second of four starting flights in the event. Last night’s Day 1A attracted 214 entries, including 47 re-entries, and 35 players got to bag chips for Day 2.

Tonight we received 337 entries, including 75 re-entries. When all was said and done, 52 players were left standing at the end of level 14, to put chips in the bags. Players will return on Day 2 which is scheduled for Monday, September 3rd at 12:00PM.

Yesterday Gary Farrell was the chip leader of Day 1A and bagged 470,000 chips. Tonight, Rami Hammoud, who’s been on the leader boards all day, bagged an impressive 555,000 chips. Samuel Miranda is a close second with an equally impressive 499,000 chips. These are the only two players to have accumulated more than 300,000 chips tonight.

All of today’s results will be added to the Event #5 – Closer – Combined Closer Day 1 results page.

Players may also try to qualify through multiple flights, and if a player does qualify twice, the largest stack will go through to Day 2.

There are two more Day 1s for a chance to get in on the action:
Day 1C: Sunday September 2nd at 12:00PM
Day 1D: Sunday September 2nd at 6:00PM

The 71 players remaining in the Closer Day 1B have taken a short break after level 12. With just under 2 levels to go the players are hoping to bag chips for Day 2.

We thought we’d hit the felts once again to see how our chip owners were stacking up. We went looking for stacks of 200,000+ and we found 3. Rami Hammound leads the board with a nice 291,700 stack, he is the only one of the 3 that had appeared on the previous leader board.

The registration period closed just before level 9 and we had a total of 337 entries, which include 75 re-entries. Of those total entries we currently have 82 players on the felts.

This is a re-entry event with unlimited re-entries permitted until the end of the late registration
period on each Day 1 starting flight. Re-entry is permitted for any player that loses all their chips or chooses to forfeit their stack. A player may play additional Day 1s even if he/she has survived a previous Day 1 with chips.

Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited.

There are 2 Day 1s left: Day 1C: Sunday September 2nd at 12:00PM + Day 1D: Sunday September 2nd at 6:00PM
Day 2 gets under way on Monday, September 3rd at 12:00PM. So everyone gets plenty of opportunities to try and take a bite out of the $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool.

Players took a short break between levels 8 & 9, so we headed out to the tables to find our chip leaders.

Right after the Closer break our attention was diverted to the Main Event Day 2 where players were just about to break the bubble and get in the money.

So here is the leader board for the Closer Day 1B, albeit a little late, but our chip leaders deserve to be mentioned nevertheless.

And a few photos of the players, taken in level 9.

Play has just begun in Day 1B of the Closer – the second of four starting flights in the event. Last night’s Day 1A attracted 214 entries including 47 re-entries, and that number was subject to some downwards pressure due to the sheer magnitude of yesterday’s Main Event flight. As the starting flights move forward, each one should see a bump in attendance as players scramble to qualify for Day 2.

So far tonight there are 178 entries, with 176 of those players still at the tables. Re-entries haven’t yet started in earnest – but it’s only level 1, that’s to be expected. Play will continue tonight through 14 levels of 30 minutes each and there will be three 15 minute breaks. At the end of the affair, everyone who still has a stack will bag up those chips to return to play in Day 2. Players may also try to qualify through multiple flights, and if a player does qualify twice, that’s OK – their largest stack will go through to Day 2.

Good luck to all!