It’s rare you get 9 flights to pick from when playing a tournament, especially with unlimited re-entries but that’s the fare that’s been offered up here in the Mini Main Event, and what rich poker pickings it’s been.
Hordes of players, 5320 in total, stormed into the RDS with a twinkle in their eye and €200 in their back pockets, ready to register for the €500,000 GTD tournament – a guarantee that was smashed to smithereens well before the last combatants of Day 1I had taken their shot.
The prize pool is a whopping €881,970, ensuring whoever can master both their own nerves and the undulating waves of variance the poker gods will inevitably conjure up, will be on the cusp of collecting a huge first prize.
It will be an epic day today, the remaining 416 players will be playing down to a winner, so expect a fiercely-contested run in to the final.
With the backdrop of the Main Event playing out, there will be fireworks aplenty in the RDS. Hold tight for a fiery day of poker!