Cards are officially in the air for event number one of the World Poker Finals here at Foxwoods Resort and Casino. This multi-day $600 No-limit hold em event boasts a whopping $500,000 guarantee.
This morning the first of three flights (flight 1A) has officially kicked off. Flight 1B will kick off on Sunday Oct. 4th at 11am, and Flight 1C will kick off Monday Oct. 5th at 11am. All players are allowed unlimited re-entries up until the beginning of level 9 in all three flights. All three of the flights will play down to approximately 12% of the field and all players making Day 2 will return on Tues at 12pm officially in the money.
For all Day 1 flights, levels 1-8 will last 30 minutes and Levels 9+ will last 40 minutes. Day 2 will resume at the time the earliest Day 1 was completed, and all levels on Day 2 will be 60 minutes in length.
In addition to Flight 1A of the $600, $500,000 guarantee, there will also be a $300 Omaha HI/LO 8+ tournament kicking off at noon today. All players in the Omaha tournament will start with 10,000 in chips, and will play 30 min blind levels.
Please stay tuned here at the Foxwoodspoker.com live blog to follow all of the action as it unfolds.
