Once late registration came to a close, the final number of entries for Day 1A is an outstanding 275 players (including 48 re-entries), putting a total of 6,875,000 chips into play.  That means that we are sure to see some huge stacks at the end of the night.

With such a strong first flight, one can only imagine what the totals will be after all of the four starting flights come to an end.  The prize pool will be outstanding to say the least, with incredible value for such a low buy-in event.  You don’t want to miss out on this event, so plan accordingly.

There are many notables in the room, including WPT champions Eric Afriat and Miguel Goncalo, 2017 WSOP Millionaire Maker Champion Pablo Mariz, Pablo’s partner David Guay in the 2017 WSOP $1K tag team event (2nd place finish and 22nd in the 2017 WSOP $10k Main Event), Rodney Ramalho (2nd place 2016 $2,500  WPT Fallsview Classic and 1st place 2015 $2,500 Deepstacks Poker Tour in Calgary, along with many other cashes on the Hendon Mob), Douglas James, Nick Soller, Sebastien Drolet-Poitras, and John Palmer, as well as many other accomplished tournament grinders.

Recent bustouts include: Nick Nickoletopoulos, Simon Assouline, Mathieu Fontaine Raposo, Gianfranco Giordano,  Brigitte Metivier, Antoine Simon, Jonathan Poissant, David Brillon, Joey Cournoyer and Costa Psallidas, just to name a few.

Here are some recent photos of players still in the running: