Welcome to Day 1b of the partypoker WPT National London 2015
In about one hour from now at 2 p.m. UK time, the second flight of the ￡ 200 No Limit Hold'em partypoker WPT National London Accumulator will kick off at the Aspers Casino in Stratford. Yesterday's Day 1a attracted a field of 193 entries of which 94 bagged up chips for Day 2 on Saturday. However, that may not be their final starting stack on the hunt for the money yet as everybody is welcome to play all three of the flights in order to accumulate chips.
Not only does Day 1b take place today but also the third and final flight at 8 p.m. UK time. Both heats feature a starting stack of 20,000 chips and eight 30-minute levels. Once the three flights are completed, the stacks will then be combined for level nine at blinds 600-1,200 and a running ante of 200. World Poker Tour champions club member Tony Dunst will be playing today after making the trip over the pond and arriving earlier this morning.
Other players expected to take another shot at the guaranteed prize pool of ￡ 100,000 are defending champion Gabriel Tuna, Gareth Smirthwaite, Tristan Chaplin, Sinem Melin and James Akenhead. Chip leader thus far after Day 1a is Lucio Pacifico with 104,000 and he was the only player to bag up six digits. The vast majority of partypoker online qualifiers has not played yet and can also take advantage of free drinks and merchandising articles at the exclusive lounge.
The PokerNews team will be there to catch as much of the action as possible on the way to crown a new WPT National champion on Sunday.