LIVE EVENTS

Day 1C of the Closer proved to be the most popular starting flight yet. It brought out a total of 347 entries, which put nearly 7 million in chips in play. When the dust settled at the end of level 14, Rami Jaber had the lion’s share of chips from this flight with 323,500 bagged for Day 2. Benjamin Croteau, who led the flight following the last break of the day, finished a close second with 315,500. In all, 70 players advanced to Day 2, which runs tomorrow at 1:00pm and will play until there is a winner.

The strong turnout for Day 1C brought the total number of entries to the Closer up to 746, and 152 players have already advanced to Day 2. To see the combined Day 1 results, click here.

Here are some of the big stacks to make it out of Day 1C:

Only three levels of play remain on Day 1C.

There are now 101 players competing for the nearly 7 million chips in play. When the action resumed in level 12, Benjamin Croteau had a healthy lead over the field thanks to his stack of roughly 162 big blinds.

The chip average provides about 42 big blinds so there is still lots of room to maneuver, but it remains to be seen whether or not the players will try to simply survive to the end of the flight or try to run up their stacks to potentially challenge the overall Day 1 chip leader Anthony Ribeiro who bagged 581,000 on Day 1A.

The late registration and re-entry period has just closed on Day 1C, but there was time to collect 347 entries before play resumed in level nine. The huge turnout has put nearly seven million in chips in play, enough to ensure that there will be many big stacks advancing from this flight.

The current chip leader is Douglas James, who is sitting on a stack of more than 160 big blinds. He is closely followed by former chip leader Alan Hamza.

The Closer has effectively become a freezeout for the remainder of this flight so the play dynamics will likely shift away from the loose action of the early levels to a tighter tournament grind to the end of level 14.

Here are the current chip leaders:

Players continue to join Day 1C of the Closer at a steady pace, pushing the total number of entries beyond the 300-mark with roughly 40 minutes left to go in the late registration and re-entry period. There have been 70 re-entries so far, showing that the players do not want to let this flight pass them by. A starting stack still provides more than 30 big blinds, enough to give new joiners room to maneuver, even at this stage.

Here is an updated look at the field from level seven:

The players have just returned from their first break of the day, as new players continue to join the field. There are now over 5 million in chips in play and two hours left in the late registration period. There will be many more chips in play by the time late registration comes to a close at 4:30pm so there is a good chance that a new overall chip leader will emerge from this flight.

The current chips leader on Day 1C is Alan Hamza, who managed to more than triple his starting stack during the first four levels of play and now has over 230 big blinds at his disposal.

Here are the chip leaders at the first break.

Day 1C of the Closer has just entered its fourth level of play.

New players and re-entries are adding up by the minute to put over 4 million in chips in play at this early stage. With nearly three hours remaining in the late registration and re-entry period, 24 re-entries have already occurred so expect many more as the flight continues. Day 1C is already the largest starting flight yet, having just surpassed Day 1B’s total entries.

Here is a look at the field from level three:

Day 1C of the $300 + $30 Closer has begun!

The Closer is an unlimited re-entry event that starts players with 20,000 in chips in their quest to get part of the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. Each Day 1 plays 14 30-minute levels. Late registration and re-entries are available until the beginning of level nine, which will arrive at 4:30pm on Day 1C.

With two of four starting flights already in the books, the Closer has collected 399 entries so far, a figure which will likely be surpassed by today’s flights. The final starting flight, Day 1D, runs tonight at 6:00pm. To see the combined Day 1 results, click here.

Good luck to all!