Welcome to Live Coverage of Event #85: $1,500 The Closer
The 2022 World Series of Poker has reached the apex of a successful transition from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to it's new home at Bally's and Paris, Las Vegas. And to celebrate, one of the last tournaments - Event #85: The Closer No-Limit Hold'em, will have its second and final fight today with Day 1b kicking off at 12 p.m. local time.
A total of 75 players advanced from Day 1a and they will merge with the players who advance from today's proceedings, reconvening at Bally's Events Center on Sunday, July 17.
It will be touch and go if this year's event will match the 1,903 players that entered the field in 2021 and generated a prize pool of $2,540,505. The Day 1a flight attracted 929 entries.
Team Winamax pro Leo Margets attempted to defend her title in Day 1a but failed to bag. There is a good chance they will be re-entering Day 1b.
The target for today's players is to surpass end of Day 1a chip-leader Ahmed Karrim from South Africa who bagged a sensational 1,695,000.
Players will sit down with 50,000 in chips in their starting stacks. Blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 30 minutes a piece, with a 20-minute break scheduled after every fourth level.
There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12, expected to be around 6:40 p.m. local time. Players can rebuy once per starting flight, with late registration closing at the end of the dinner break, (approx. 7:55 p.m. PDT).
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates at the 2022 World Series of Poker.