The partypokerLIVE Nottingham £10,300 High Roller saw 92 entries (8 re-entries) battle it out during 6 hours of play on Monday. 56 player survived the first day of play and they will return at 1:00 PM local time today.
Scotland's Niall Farrell, winner of the partypoker WPT Caribbean Punta Cana in 2016, has the lead with 433k chips and not far behind in second place is German poker star Dominik Nitsche with 391k. Farrell and Nitsche will be joined at the tables today by, for example, partypoker ambassadors Joao Simao (224,400), Sam Trickett (200,000) and Roberto Romanello (119,700).
The tournament currently has a small overlay as 100 players are required to cover the guarantee of £1,000,000. Late registration will remain open for two 45-minutes levels on Day 2, so we will know the total prize pool later on today!
Top 10 stacks after Day 1:
1 Niall Farrell 433,700
2 Dominik Nitsche 391,450
3 Ben Heath 334,450
4 Jason Wheeler 307,025
5 Laszlo Bujtas 283,350
6 Bartlomiej Machon 274,000
7 Anthony Kennedy 270,000
8 Javier Gomez 258,175
9 Jan-Eric Schwippert 257,000
10 Adam Maxwell 250,700