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Originally Posted by akashenk
The featured WPT500 structure sheet doesn't say anything about whether this tournament will be played down with the same format as recent years.. ie, BSF, and play down to 5% each flight and top 12% of each flight get paid. Is Matt Savage still involved? Is anyone at Aria willing to provide any information about this event? Hello? Bueller? Bueller?
This info was in the press release a month ago, location however has yet to be disclosed so assuming the dreaded casino floor
Players will begin with 15,000 in tournament chips, and those in the first seven starting flights will play 30-minute levels for the first eight levels, then change to 40-minute levels thereafter. In the two turbo flights on July 3, levels will be 20 minutes in length.
Registration and reentry is open until the start of Level 9 in the first seven flights. In the two turbo flights, registration and reentry is open until the start of Level 8.
WPT500 Las Vegas will use the “best stack forward” format. Players are allowed to play multiple Day 1 sessions in an attempt to qualify for Day 2 with a larger chip stack than previously earned, and those qualifying for Day 2 with multiple stacks will take their best stack forward and forfeit all other chip stacks.
Each starting flight will reach the money, paying 12.5 percent of the field, and each starting flight will play until five percent of the field is reached.