Event 6 Day 1I: Play Begins

The Day 1I starting flight for Event 6 ($125 no-limit hold’em – $150,000 guaranteed) has begun with blinds at 25-50 and starting stacks worth 10,000. They will play 14 30-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels this evening and play should end just before 3 a.m.
The total field size is already 2,939 players so the prize pool is up to $293,900. That number will easily top 3,000 tonight and double the guaranteed prize pool.Stay tuned tonight for further coverage from the last of Wednesday’s starting flights and see which players advance to join the 223 that have already made it to Day 2 on Thursday, August 15.

Here is a look at turnouts and survivors from the previous starting flights:

Flight A (Mon @ 11 am):  36 of 285
Flight B (Mon @ 3 pm):  35 of 347
Flight C (Mon @ 7 pm):  44 of 397

Flight D (Tue @ 11 am):  25 of 278
Flight E (Tue @ 3 pm):  36 of 406
Flight F (Tue @ 7 pm):  47 of 376

Flight G (Wed @ 11 am): ? of 325
Flight H (Wed @ 3 pm): ? of 525