Day 1 of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event is officially in the books after ten levels of play. The tournament attracted a monster field of 2,857 entrants that created a total prize pool of $3,856,950.
With 385 players remaining, it won’t be long before they reach the money bubble at 297, where each player will be guaranteed at least $2,815 for the min cash. The winner will leave the Rio in two days time with $675,117.
Leading the way in the overnight chip counts is Age Spets, who bagged up with 119,900. He is followed behind by notables such as Nick Grippo, Rafal Michalowski, David Baker, Ryan D’Angelo, Marco Liesy and Jonathan Aguiar.
Day 1 of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event is officially in the books after ten levels of play. The tournament attracted a monster field of 2,857 entrants that created a total prize pool of $3,856,950.