Saturday, February 18, 2023 10:58 AM Local Time
Flight B Of The Circuit Main Event Is Set To Begin
Whether you failed to bag in Flight A or you are competing in your first-ever WSOP event, players participating in Flight B of the Horseshoe WSOP Circuit Main Event are in for an action-packed day of poker. If Flight B is anything like the first flight of the Circuit Main Event, players and onlookers on the Horseshoe casino floor are surely in for a treat.
Out of 174 players, only 40 from Flight A would bag and move on to Day Two of the Circuit Main Event. Ending Flight A as overall chip leader was poker vlogger Matt Vaughan, the only player so far to surpass 300,000 chips (bagged 316,000) Not finishing too far behind Vaughan was WSOP bracelet winner Alex Foxen (260,000) as well as Ryan Laplante (201,000), Adam Hendrix (231,000), Tyler Patterson (228,000), Shannon Shorr (62,000) and Steve “Z” Zolotow (54,000).
Serving as the official chip leader of Flight A, Vaughan is set to enter Day Two as the overall chip leader unless a new crusher can emerge from Flights B or C.
Players competing in today’s flight will start with a stack of 30,000 and the blinds at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will be 40 minutes, with a 60-minute dinner break taking place upon the completion of level 9, and a 15-minute break taking place after the completion of levels 3, 6, and 12.
Each player will be allowed one single re-entry, with late registration remaining open until the start of level 13. Play will end after the completion of level 16.
Poker players who bag Day One of the Circuit Main Event will return for Day Two Monday, February 20th at 12 P.M.The final day of the Bicycle Casino Circuit Main Event will take place Tuesday, February 21st with cards in the air 12 P.M. Play will continue on Day Three until a new WSOP Circuit champion is declared.
The eventual champion will not only take home a shiny, new WSOP Circuit ring, but they will also receive entry into the 2023 WSOP Tournament of Champions, a $1 million freeroll event to be held during the 2023 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, along with 2022/23 live and online bracelet winners.
Day 1A Chip Counts