Day 1b of the �1,100 Main Event Will Start at 2 PM
Welcome back to the PokerNews coverage of the �1,100 Main Event at the 2019 WSOP International Circuit in Holland Casino Rotterdam. Cards will be in the air for Day 1b at 2 p.m. and there will be another starting flight at 10 p.m. later tonight. The tournament features a guaranteed prize pool of �250,000 with the winner not only taking home the lion share but also the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring. The winner of the Main Event also receives a ticket worth $10,000 for the WSOP Global Casino Championship.
It's the third time that the WSOP Circuit visits Holland Casino in Rotterdam. Eyal Bensimhon took the ring and �93,349 first-place prize down the first time and non-other than three-time GPI ranking winner of the Netherlands Tobias Peters won in 2018 when he beat Bart Beens heads-up. Peters won �67,766 and a WSOP Circuit Ring. The buy-in for this year's Main Event was reduced from �1,650 to �1,100.
The players will start with 30,000 chips and they will play twelve 40-minute levels. There are twelve levels scheduled for today with a 15-minute break after every three levels. There will be a split dinner break with half the field going on a break after level six and the other half going on a break after Level seven.
They are all chasing Renato Messina who finished Day 1a with the chip lead after bagging 237,000. He is the only non-Dutch player who sits in the top five as he is followed by Rashed Zade, Jerome Riverola, Kevin Pagu��, and Francisco Marti.
Make sure to keep an eye on PokerNews to follow along as Day 1b progresses.