Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Multi-Flight

  
Stanley Lee

26 March, 2019 (Las Vegas) – Stanley Lee became the latest WSOP Circuit ring winner Tuesday night. In just his second career Circuit cash, Lee finished in first place, earning $33,506.

“It feels great, but it’s just another day at the office,” said Lee, a 32-year old professional poker player from Connecticut. He seemed a little less detached as he recalled the end of the final table, though. “For a minute I though he was going to make the monster comeback,” he said, chuckling a bit. When Lee was heads up against Ed O’Connell (who would finish runner up), Lee won a big all-in confrontation to take a huge lead. Before that hand, the stacks had been nearly equal, and O’Connell was left with about eight big blinds. But after a series of double-ups, some of which involved all-in suckouts, O’Connell was back up to about 50 big blinds. Lee still held the lead, though, and soon secured his victory.

Lee almost didn’t even play this event. It was a last-minute decision for him to come to Bally’s, and he bought in near the end of the late-registration period, taking his seat with just 15 big blinds. He made the most of it, though, and ended up with his first ring.

There are now 10 players left, and they've combined to the unofficial 10-handed final table.

Day 1 has wrapped up in Event #5 with Flight B and Flight C bagging nearly simultaneously. Flight B saw 16 players survive and Flight C had six players bag. That brings the total Day 2 field to 32 players. They will compete for the remainder of the prizepool starting Tuesday at 3 p.m. Day 2 payouts will be announced Tuesday before the start of play. Everyone remaining is guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,430.

Flight A's Mihail Popa (537,000) will be returning for Day 2 with the chip lead. Rounding out the top five counts heading into Tuesday are Austin Apicella (516,000), Hank Sitton (423,000), Ryan Ko (417,000) and Ken Nagai (372,000).

Complete Day 2 chip counts and the table draw can be found above under the "Reports" tab.

Day 1 results can be found above under the "Results" tab.

Flight B Payouts:
(209 Entries - $68,970 prizepool)

10th - 12th: $1,308
13th - 15th: $1,077
16th - 18th: $900
19th - 21st: $764

Flight C Payouts:
(105 entries - $34,650 prizepool)

6th: $1,858
7th: $1,429
8th: $1,119
9th: $892
10th - 12th: $723

All flights are scheduled to play through Level 20 or until 5% of the starting field remains, whichever comes first. Flight B will stop if the field reaches 11 players remaining before the end of Level 20 and Flight C will stop at six players remaining if that point is reached before the end of Level 20.

Flight A drew 178 entries to generate a $58,740 prizepool. Flight A along with the other two starting flights will each play into the money on Day 1. Flight A will pay the top 18 finishers.

Each flight will have their own payout structure based on the number of entries. Day 2 payouts will then be calculated tomorrow based on how many players remain and how much money is left over from the Day 1 prizepools. Everyone reaching Day 2 is guaranteed a payout of at least $1 more than the largest Day 1 payout.

Flight A payouts:

9th: $1,400
10th - 12th: $1,134
13th - 15th $933
16th - 18th: $780

All flights are scheduled to play through Level 20 or until 5% of the starting field remains, whichever comes first.

The first of three starting flights in Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guarantee is Flight A and it is set to begin at 11 a.m. Players unable to make it that early can opt to play in Flight B starting at 3 p.m. or Flight C at 7 p.m. Flight C will be played as a turbo and levels will be 20 minutes long. More information on the tournament can be found below and on the structure sheet.

11 a.m. / 3 p.m. / 7 p.m. - Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Multi-Flight

• $100,000 Guarantee
• Three starting flights
• Unlimited re-entry
• Late registration and re-entry are available until the beginning of Level 13 for each flight
• This event uses the Big-Blind Ante format
• Players start with 15,000 in chips
• This is scheduled as a two-day tournament
• Day 2 will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday
• Levels 1-22 are 30 minutes in length. After that, all levels are 45 minutes
• Levels for Flight 1C are all 20 minutes long