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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September 11 2012, Rich Ryan

Season XI of the World Poker Tour continued on Monday with the start of the Grand Prix de Paris, hosted by the world famous Aviaton Club de France. A total of 96 runners paid the “7,500 entry fee to play on Day 1a. After seven one-hour levels of play, Jacques Enjoubault and his 225,200 chips lead the other 5 players who made it through to Wednesday’s Day 2.

Enjoubault, who only has $8,390 in career earnings according to the Hendon Mob Database, won a massive pot at the end of the evening against Mickael Layani. Layani, Enjoubault, and Tony G all saw a flop of . Tony G led out for 5,000, Layani moved all in for 29,100, and Enjoubault made a quick call. Tony G got out of the way, and the hands were opened.

The turned, giving Enjoubault a straight, and the completed the board. Layani was eliminated, while Enjoubault saw his stack rocket to over 200,000 chips.

Other high-profile casualties on Day 1a included Aubin Cazals, Vanessa Selbst, Will Failla, Samuel Chartier, David Benyamine, Guillaume Darcourt, and Roberto Romanello. Failla, a WPT Championship Club member, ran into Jason Mercier‘s quads on a board. Failla nearly folded to Mercier’s shove on the river, but he called and Mercier tabled two sevens for quads. Failla will have to re-enter on Day 1b if he wants to win another WPT event, while Mercier progressed to Day 2 with 70,000 chips.

Joining Mercier and Enjoubault on Day 2 are Antony Lellouche (178,000), Basil Yaiche (142,475), Kara Scott (67,200), Tristan Wade (64,000), Marvin Rettenmaier(37,900), Marko Neumann (69,000), Andrew Seidman (69,875), Justin Bonomo (69,725), and the winner of this event in Season X; Matt Waxman (37,900).

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