Tournament poker players in Pennsylvania and Maryland are gearing-up for Live! Casino’s $1 million guaranteed event that features multiple starting flights at their poker rooms in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
The first Day 1 flights of the $600 Live Cup 2 begins at its location in Pittsburgh, which is actually located in Greensburg, about 30 miles east of the city, on Saturday and continue through the weekend.
Day 1 flights in Philly and Baltimore run Nov. 16-18. Running in all the casinos now are $80 satellites that gets as many people into the tourney as possible. Players who make Day 2 are guaranteed a min-cash of $1,300. Day 1’s conclude once 5% of the field remains.
Players who make Day 2 will have to travel to Live! Casino Philadelphia on Nov. 19, for the one-day finale, but a hotel room is included. The casino takes out $55 of each entry, so $515 goes to the pool.
Players who already qualified are allowed to enter another flight. If they make it to Day 2 more than once, they cash each time and bring their largest stack to the final day. Their smaller stack will then be removed from play. A total of 15 Day 1s will take place.
Live! Casino Greensburg Day 1 flights
- Flight A – Saturday, Nov. 11, 11:15 a.m.
- Flight B – Saturday, Nov. 11, 6:15 p.m.
- Flight C – Sunday, Nov. 12, 11:15 a.m.
Live! Casino Philly Day 1 flights
- Flight A – Wednesday, Nov. 15, 11:15 a.m.
- Flight B – Thursday, Nov. 16, 11:15 a.m.
- Flight C – Thursday, Nov. 16, 5:15 p.m.
- Flight D – Friday, Nov. 17, 11:15 a.m.
- Flight E – Friday, Nov. 17, 5:15 p.m.
- Flight F – Saturday, Nov. 18, 11:15 a.m.
Also, check out the health tournament schedule at Live! Casino Philly. Kudos!
Live! Casino Baltimore Day 1 flights
- Flight A – Wednesday, Nov. 15, 6:15 p.m.
- Flight B – Thursday, Nov. 16, 11:15 a.m.
- Flight C – Thursday, Nov. 16, 6:15 p.m.
- Flight D – Friday, Nov. 17, 11:15 a.m.
- Flight E – Friday, Nov. 17, 6:15 p.m.
- Flight F – Saturday, Nov. 18, 11:15 a.m.
First Live Cup surpassed guarantee
This is the second Live Cup this year, the first one held in May. It also featured a $1 million guarantee, which was broken by $236,020 thanks to a field of 2,968 entries. It was won by Florin Elisei, who took home a lifetime best (by a country mile) $210,099.
Slice it anyway you like, but turning $600 (and maybe even $80) into a six-figure payday is what a lot small and middle-stakes players live for, and it’s good to see Live! figuring out a way to provide that for the tournament poker players who suffer geographically.
