$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Flight B Entries: 282
The dinner break is over and players are back in their seats, ready to grind down through Level 15. Those with chips at that time will bag them up to join the 28 from Flight A.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante Flight B Entries: 269
The day is more than halfway complete and players will enjoy an extended break for dinner after Level 9. They’ll have 40 minutes to grab a bite or relax before returning to play six more levels.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 261
In the blink of an eye, the entry count blasted over 251 after a quick run to the registration desk. Event 1 now has more than 500 combined entries to push the prize pool over the guaranteed $150,000.
Players have the rest of the day to register or play tomorrow or max-late reg on Sunday afternoon very near the money bubble.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 400/800 with a 800 ante Flight B Entries: 244
Cards are back in the air and Chad Millward continues to set the pace at the top of the leaderboard. He began his day with a 30,000 stack, ran it up to 130,000 before the first break, and went on the second with 245,000.
That’s halfway to Michael Newman’s end-of-day chip lead for Flight A with nine more levels to go. Former SHRP champ Francis Margaglione appears to be the only other player over 200,000 but they have six hours to build a bag.
Top stacks and notable counts:
Chad Millward – 245,000 Francis Margaglione – 206,500 Bullet Bob Saunders – 145,000 Al Gomez – 121,000 Charlemagne Benjamin – 111,500 Stuart Greenbaum – 105,000 Zoltan Czinkota – 83,500 Wally Maddah – 69,700 Jacquelyn Scott – 67,000 Abbey Daniels – 41,000 John Magnetta – 37,000 Erik Christensen – 23,600 Daren Stabinski – 18,800
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante Flight B Entries: 232
With 232 entries in Flight B, they are closing in towards to magic number of 500 combined to hit the guarantee. It will hit this afternoon, now the question is if it gets there before or after the next break in 30 minutes.
We continue to see more of our regulars join the series for the first time including SHRP favorite Al Gomez. He’s always having a good time and can win some cash while enjoying himself. Gomez latest score came earlier this year win he finished second in the $250 Seminole Hard Rock Escalator Series event.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 300/500 with a 500 ante Flight B Entries: 210
The count continued to climb after the break and we are on the verge of hitting the magic number of 251 to notch the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool. At this rate, doubling up that number is a possibility when you consider the huge Saturday crowd we expect tomorrow.
The field is not getting any softer and we found two more of our successful regulars taking their first shot of the series.
Abbey Daniels hit the big time here in Hollywood back in 2011. She made the big WPT televised final table during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and binked a solid $286K payout. She has tournament wins from around the state including a Fun in the Sun win right here and a WPT Regional score at our sister room in Coconut Creek.
Nancy Thomas has a handful of final table appearances in our major events but none bigger than last January. She went deep in the 4,756-entry opening tournament during the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, one of the biggest fields in state history, and took home more than $100,000 for a runner-up finish.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/400 with a 400 ante Flight B Entries: 186
Walking amongst the table during the break, it was pretty obvious which stack was the biggest. Some were inching towards the 100K mark but Chad Millward blasted past in.
He ran his 30,000 stack to over 130,000 in the first two hours of play for a fine start to his day.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 3: 200/300 with a 300 ante Flight B Entries: 178
It’s time for the first break of the day with 180 entries on the horizon. A nice number to leave the Event 1 field only 70 away from making the $150,000 with plenty of time to run it up.