$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Play has come to end on Day 1C but not without some drama. Former chipleader Jimmy Miller was setting with a top 10 chipstack with just a few minutes left in the final level yet will not show in the chip counts in the end.

Tournament staff announced two more hands would be played before stopping for the evening when Miller lost two huge hands, the last being a six-digit pot to David Poces. Miller put his last chips in the pot pre-flop with which never improved against Poces’ and Miller was gone.

That hand propelled Poces into the chiplead for Day 1C and his 235,700 is good enough for 2nd place on the combined Day 1 leaderboard. The day began with 175 entrants but only 19 of them made it through to Day 2 to join the other 52 from previous flights.

Top Five Day 1C Chip Counts:

David Poces – 235,700
Peter Striano – 143,000
Jemes Salmon – 140,000
Paraskevas Patsatis – 135,500
Margarita Ramirez Serrano – 134,000

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

As expected, there was little action over the last 30 minute level as only one short-stack was sent packing. The biggest hand involved Jimmy Miller who lost an 84,000 pot with against when he called a three-bet shoving hoping for a coin flip.

Several players have begun to move up the leaderboard but no one is yet standing out. Just one more level for the players to build their chipstack for a Day 2 run at the title but it looks like Max Jones will continue to be the combined field chipleader for Day 1.

Players are on the last 30-minute level of the evening with blinds at 1.2k/2.4/300 ante.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

The field hit the final three tables just minutes before the end of the 12th level and the remaining players are on their final break of the day. Play will tighten up over the last two levels as the big stacks stay away from each other and will wait to pick off the smaller stacks when they can manage.

Player return to Level 13 with blinds at 1k/2k/200 ante and 64,814 average stack.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

It wasn’t the first time it happened and it won’t be the last, but it seemed a little brutal when victim was a kind lady who’s been having nothing but fun. She was 7-seat and called all-in after the 9-seat three-bet shoved his short stack. Her had a great chance to pick up a KO when the 9-seat showed .

Being polite himself, he stood up and began shaking her hand after the flop and was almost wearing his coat when hit the turn. He sat right back while apologizing, and she graciously accepted, after the gutshot river .

Aces get cracked, it’s just part of the game. But rarely does it happen this late in a tournament without a big trash talker or a bitter loser in the mix. Both are a credit to the room.

Just 34 players remain on Day 1C as they head into Level 12 and 800/1.6k/200 ante. They will break after when the level is complete and return for one more hour of play.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

After a nice recent run of the best pre-flop hand winning, Table 37 dealt a big beat in a three-way all-in pot. The hand did not give us another double knockout but it put two players on the ropes. The chips were in the middle after the big blind folded, claiming to be pocket Nines, when the three players tabled against who were looking at a likely chop against .

Instead of hitting his miracle Queen to stay alive, the 8-seat hit the flop hit just as he asked to lock up the hand, disregarding miracle perfect running straight flush cards, and the table laughed when he managed to hit the useless on the turn.

The two bigger stacks chopped up the side pot but both were short and sent out in short order.

Level 10 is underway with blinds at 500/1k/100 ante and 45 players remaining.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Players are back from their break and two clear chipleaders were found after the color up process, easy enough to find in the small field in addition to them both sitting across from each other at the same table.

Frank Traino, double knockout winner from a previous posts, is sitting in the 2-seat at Table 35 with 125,000 while Johnny Miller leads the field from the 8-seat with 135,000. Miller had  a big final table 7th place finish during the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event #7 $1,000,000 Guarantee event in August.

The remaining players are in Level 9 with blinds at 400/800/100 ante.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

One more table was dropped over the last level and the remaining 54 players are off on their second 20-minute break of the day. After tournament staff race off the green chips, we will look for the big stacks who have made the most of their first eight levels.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

The players seem to have a lot more gamble in them today compared to yesterday’s action and even veteran staff are left scratching their heads. The field has been reduced to just seven tables remaining with half the scheduled day to complete.

Multiple double KO’s have a lot to with the rapid parade to the rail and Table 35 provided another. The pre-flop was complete when we saw the action with versus and . The 2-seat hit the biggest part of the flop, leaving the looking for Broadway while was all but drawing dead needing a runner-runner miracle.

The turn ended the 8-seat’s day and another double knockout was complete on the blank river.

Players are now on Level 8 with 300/600/75 blinds and only 63 of the starting 175 remaining for an average stack of 27,777 (46 big blinds)

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

“You have to gamble to win!” said the 3-seat on Table 31.

Several times.

He had every right to be happy and excited and stacking chips after knocking out two opponents as Level 5 was coming to an end.

Our hero in the 3-seat called an early position raise before the button responded by shoving in his small stack. The big blind took his time before reshoving and the 3-seat asked for a count. He called before a complete count was done when he realized he had both players covered only to see his was behind the button’s and ahead of the big blind’s .

It looked like the short-stack was going to get a much needed triple up when the flop came out and the on the turn did not change the situation. “Holy (expletive), did I just win that?”, the 3-seat said when the two-out hit the river. He then educated the table “You have to gamble to win!” and started stacking chips.

Only 90 players remain of the starting 175 entrants as they move into Level 7 with blinds at 250/500/50 ante and average moving closer to 20,000.