Big Stax XVII 500 (Day 1C): Field Breaks 1,000

Level 8 (Blinds 400/800/100)
Total Big Stax XVII 500 Entries: 1,001
Total Big Stax XVII 500 D1B Entries: 471

The field has continued to grow on Day 1C and as Level 8 comes to a close, the Big Stax 500 field has broken 1,000 players.

The mood for optimism was rife at the start of Day 1C as 200 players were seated to start play. Since then, the field has continued to grow all the way over the 1,000 player mark a level before dinner break. Now that the field has reached the magic number, it remains to be seen where the final total will net out.

With late registration and re-entry open until the start of Day 2, we won't know the final total of this field until early tomorrow, but all players in today's session have their eyes set on advancing to join the 90 players who advanced from the first two starting flights.