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Seungmook 7high Jung have all already claimed their Circuit Rings in this festival and another 6 are to be awarded this year.
As this is a progressive bounty tournament, a bounty of at least $75 will be awarded for each player that gets eliminated while the other 50% of the bounty will be added onto the bounty of the player who wins the all-in. Players can reenter up to three times during the late registration period which will last until 9:20 p.m. GMT.
Players will get 25,000 chips in their starting stack with equals 125 big blinds during the first level of the day. Level duration will be at 15 minutes for the first 12 levels and then decrease to 10 minutes each. Players who have registered before the start of the day will benefit from the early bird feature which gives players bubble protection. This means that if they get eliminated during the bubble, their buy-in will be compensated.
The Action of the Day
If the opening minutes were any indication of things to come, they were spot on indeed. GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos had his queens cracked by king-queen in the very first hand and subsequently re-entered without having any major impact. Many others such as Aku Joentausta, Dara O Kearney, Jack Salter, Daniel Dvoress, and Kenneth Smaron hit the rail much earlier than they were hoping for as the field raced towards the money bubble.
During the frantic registration period, the field was cut down to one third already and the only time there was no all-in and call for five minutes was during the scheduled breaks. The likes of Christian Rudolph, Chris Moorman, Rainer Kempe, Guillaume Nolet, Thomas Muehloecker, and Simon Lofberg all headed home without a portion of the cash pool.