$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Returning to Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 188

Flight A: 80 Entries, 14 Advanced
Flight B: 108 Entries, 25 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11am
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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End of Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 25 of 107

The day has come to an end and we have another group of players set to return for Day 2 on Sunday. There were 25 players remaining of the starting 108 and Tony Utnage bagged the biggest stack from Flight B.

He was in contention to catch TK Miles for the overall lead at 527,000 but he dipped a bit during one of the last hands to finish with 495,500. Others advancing we saw Loni Harwood, Jake Schwartz, Victor Figueroa, Ian O’Hara, and Josias Santos.

Full chips counts will be posted when they are available.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 28 of 107

Jake Schwartz saw someone move all in for 66,000 ahead of him and he shipped in over the top for 4,500 more from the cutoff. The button and blinds released and Schwartz was in good shape for the double.

Schwartz:
Opponent:

Schwartz needed to dodge the two live cards but he did it better when he flopped trip aces on the board. That left his opponent less than 0.1% to win, only running queens for quads would do, and he was drawing dead after the turn.

That hand occurred shortly before they hit the ten minutes remaining portion of the evening. The clock was stopped and each table played five more hands.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 32 of 107

Phil Hui was getting short before he got into a hand with Ian O’Hara. Hui defended his big blind and called another bet after the flop. He checked the turn and O’Hara put out a stack of 5K chips to cover Hui’s 42,000.

After a minute, Hui called and was at risk of hitting the rail.

Hui:
O’Hara:

Hui flopped second pair but O’Hara’s overpair was ahead. The river blanked Hui and he was eliminated.

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Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 36 of 107

Nothing went well for Wally Maddah against Phil Hui or Jake Schwartz today, at least in the last two big ones.

Maddah lost with tens versus Hui’s king-ten when Hui made a Royal Flush courtesy his and the rest on the board. Maddah managed a small double soon after against Ian O’Hara but the comeback fell short.

In his last hand, he put his last 42,000 in the middle with but Schwartz held a monster . To rub salt in the wound, Hui made overkill quads when the board ran .

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Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 44 of 107

Level 13 is underway to level Flight C only two hours away from ending the day. There are 44 players remaining and we should lose at least of more table’s worth of players during that time.

Mike Steinbacher is the new leader with 420,000 with Philip Consolo sitting in second. Both players are in contention to catch TK Miles for the overall chip lead.

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Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 44 of 107

The clock is running down on Level 12 and players are about to take their final break of the day. They are down to five tables with 44 players remaining, all of them trying to reach Day 2 with the 14 from Flight A.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 52 of 107

Seth Levitt opened from the button and Richard Whitebrook three-bet shoved from the small blind for 56,100. Levitt thought for a moment before he called.

Levitt:
Whitebrook:

Whitebrook was ahead but racing until the flop. The turn and river could not help Whitebrook and the 2016 SHRP Escalator Series winner was eliminated.

“Man! You are lucky!” Evan Teitelbaum joked with Levitt.

Scott Levitt: 190,000
Richard Whitebrook – Eliminated

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Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight B Entries: 105

We were able to match up some counts with players in their room to see who’s the closest to chasing down Philip Consolo. Jake Schwartz, Howard Mash, and Josias Santos are all bunched together but there is a long time to go.

Victor Figueroa, former Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion, had 66,000 coming back for dinner but was picking up a new 50,000 stack soon after.

Philip Consolo – 280,000 (175 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 178,500 (112 bb)
Howard Mash – 177,000 (111 bb)
Josias Santos – 175,000 (109 bb)
Loni Harwood – 136,000 (85 bb)
Jose Reyes – 133,000 (83 bb)
Steve Harris – 132,600 (83 bb)
John Gorsuch – 117,300 (73 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 116,000 (73 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 108,000 (68 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 96,000 (60 bb)
Wally Maddah – 73,600 (46 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 73,000 (46 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 63,700 (40 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 63,000 (39 bb)
Erik Christensen – 61,700 (39 bb)
Seth Gilson – 42,000 (26 bb)
Phil Hui – 33,300 (21 bb)
Ory Hen – 32,900 (21 bb)

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries: 103

The dinner break is over and players are back to grind three more levels. The entry count crossed over 100 during the break and it will continue to rise until registration closes on Sunday at noon.

Philip Consolo, 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Six-Max champ, looks like the current leader with 280,000. We have a few more counts and will post them as we match names with chips.