Wednesday: The Not-So-Calm Before the Storm

Poker players from around the country are arriving in big numbers today to be here in time for the start of the $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event, which starts tomorrow. So while today is a light day on the schedule (only one event — $150 NLHE — is scheduled to start today), the room is packed with poker players who want a piece of one of the largest poker pies outside of the WSOP Main Event.

The $575 mega-satellite that started at 12:00 noon has already attracted 485 players in two-and-a-half levels, and registration is open for another 45 minutes or so. Yesterday’s noon mega had a field of 600 players, awarding 60 seats into the main event.

Of course, that’s just one of the satellites that will be running today.

In the trophy events, Event 18 ($240 PLO) has just restarted with 17 players who will play down to a winner today, and Event 19 ($150 NLHE) resumes play at 3:00 pm with 13 players remaining.

Event 20 ($150 NLHE) begins at 6:00 pm, and it’s the last prelim event before the main event. The next prelim after that will be Event 22 ($300 NLHE), which starts on Monday.