WSOPC Event #9: $1,700 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT

January 2022 Tunica Champ Randy Paguio & Rail

Day 1b of the $1,700 Main Event at Horseshoe Tunica is set to get underway at 11:00 a.m. local time, the second of three starting flights.

A strong showing is expected today after Day 1a drew 83 total entries with just nine players punching their way into Sunday's Day 2. 

Leading the Day 1a pack was Roongsak Griffeth bagging 465,000 while Jason Hickey and his late-night hot streak was able to finish the first flight second in chips with 394,000.

Just behind Hickey was Kevin Jenkins who eliminated seven-time ring winner Maxwell Young at the end of the night put him third in chips with 388,000. 

Andrew Ostapchenko sat atop the chip counts for majority of the later levels and ended up fourth in chips with 362,000.

Rounding out the top five Day 1a stacks was WSOP bracelet winner Brett Apter, who was able to end the night with a 227,000 stack to take into Sunday's Day 2. 

The remaining four players to put chips in a bag at the end of Day 1a included three-time ring winner Carl Masters (178,00), Matthew Johnson (168,000), James Koenig (160,000), and Levi Carden (148,000).

While those nine players have already locked up their spot in Day 2, there will be plenty of others returning for another effort today. 

The second starting flight will be identical to its first as the day will end once seventeen 40-minute levels are completed or 10% of the field is reached, whichever comes first.

All players will start with 30,000 in chips with 15-minute breaks coming after every two hours of play and a 60-minute dinner break after level nine.

All players are allowed one re-entry per starting flight and registration will remain open until the start of Level 13.

Once action is completed, all remaining players will bag up for the night and will combine with Day 1a players for Day 2 action on Sunday, January 29th at noon local time. 

The WSOP live reporting team will be on the tournament floor throughout the Main Event to bring you all of the live updates until a winner is crowned.