Day 1 of the first-ever International Stadiums Poker Tour is taking place online through May 19, and your next chance to play in the historic event will be this Sunday, May 5 with Day 1d on Poker770.com at 7 pm GMT. If you’re one of the fortunate players who advance to Day 2, you’ll earn a seat to the live event on the lawn of the legendary Wembley Stadium in London!

The “300 buy-in on Day 1d will see 10% of the field advance to the live portion of the tournament in London, where action will take place on the lawn from Days 2 through 6. Players on Day 1d will begin with 5,000 in chips with blinds starting at 10/20 with levels lasting 15 minutes.

Many satellites for Day 1d are still available, so get in on the action at ISPT partners like Poker770.com, Poker770.es, Partouche.fr, and MyPok.fr. Up to 30,000 players will be able to compete in the “300 buy-in Day 1 across several online poker rooms leading up to Day 2 at Wembley.

If you’re unable to participate or advance on Day 1d, there will still be two chances with Day 1e on May 12 and Day 1f on May 19.

The online format for the ISPT allows for participants to play as many Day 1s as they desire. If the player advances through more than one Day 1 online, only the biggest chip stack from that player will be carried forward to Day 2. The lower chip stacks will be taken out of play and credit will be refunded to players.

The chip leader after the first three Day 1 starting flights is Nicolas “Pascal6874″ Cardyn with 136,593 in chips.

Players will also have the option of buying in directly for “3,000. Those players will begin Day 2 on June 1 with 50,000 chips, with blinds starting at 100/200 and levels lasting 60 minutes. Among the players expected to participate at Wembley include ISPT ambassadors Patrik Antonius, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Sam Trickett, Liz Lieu, and David Benyamine.

Mizrachi has already drawn up his flight plan to Wembley Stadium for the event. Check it out in the teaser video below:

PokerNews will be providing live coverage of the International Stadium Poker Tour event at Wembley Stadium, so check back next month to follow the groundbreaking tournament. And be sure to keep an eye out here for the full movie of Michael Mizrachi’s flight to Wembley, shown exclusively here at PokerNews.com.

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August 31 2012, Josh Cahlik

After 18 levels of play, Day 1a of the WinStar World Casino’s 2012 River Poker Series Main Event has come to a close. There were 401 players who ponied up the $2,100 buy in to play in the first wave of this event and at the end of the day, Matt Newcombe rose above the remaining 41 players by building his stack to 785,500.

Each of the 41 players returning for Day 2 is guaranteed money, although the amount is not certain yet and will depend on how many players register for Day 1b and 1c.

Newcombe was not the only player to accumulate a big stack during Day 1a play. Although Newcombe is the biggest stack in the room by a wide margin, Ron Roberts amassed a decent stack, sitting with 473,000 which is good for second place. Rounding out the top three is Daniel Lowery who bagged a stack of 316,000.

Even though they may not be top among the top three in chips, there were several notables to make it through to Day 2. Among those to move on are Kunal Patel (241,000), Ben White (240,500), David “Doc” Sands (239,500), and Clint Tolbert (85,500).

With a guaranteed prize pool of $2,500,000 for the Main Event, it’s no surprise that this field was able to attract a large number of notable players. However, as the field was reduced to the top 10 percent, many of those players found nothing but the felt beneath them and were forced to hit the rail. The good news, though, is that this event is a reentry event, and the players eliminated during Day 1a have the option to try their luck again on Days 1b and 1c.

Greg Raymer and Maria Ho, both of whom are ambassadors for this event, were eliminated from play on Thursday. Ho three-bet her her short stack all in with and was called by Jence Kelling who held pocket eights. The board fell and Ho was unable to improve.

Other players who were eliminated during play on Day 1a and are expected to return for Day 1b are TJ Cloutier, Berry Johnston, Heath Herring, Harrison Gimbel, Ray Henson, AJ Jejelowo, Richard Lee, Dwyte Pilgrim, Larry Wright, Chris Tryba, Allen Kessler, and John Dolan.

Vanessa Selbst also made the journey to Thackervillie, Oklahoma, to partake in this event. Unfortunately for Selbst, she found her participation in the first flight come to an end when she opened with an early-position raise only to find a three-bet from Bronson Tucker, the reigning champion of this event. The flop came down with two spades and Selbst check-called a bet. Both players checked the on the turn and Selbst moved all in when a dropped on the river. Tucker called with and Selbst’s was flung into the muck. Selbst, along with Tucker who later busted, will also be back in action on Day 1b or Day 1c.

As play wound down toward the end of the night, Jared Ingles became the tournament’s bubble boy when he got his stack all in before the flop with . Ingles was called by Daniel Lowery’s and the board fell , giving Lowery a pair of aces and the best hand.

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The 41 players who finished Day 1a with chips have nothing but relaxation on their schedules until Sunday when Day 2 kciks off. Day 1b will begin on Friday at 1200 CDT (1800 BST) and we’re expecting another stellar turnout here at the WinStar World Casino. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates!

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