$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

The cards are in the air for Day 1E of Event 1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. Players start with 25,000 in chips, good for 500 big blinds.

The board reads 192 players currently registered and that number will continue to rise through the end of registration, which is at the start of Level 5.

Welcome to Day 1E coverage of Event 1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Event 1 is a $500 + $60 NLH re-entry tournament with a $1 Million Guaranteed prize pool and six starting flights. Here is a look at the schedule for those starting flights:

Day 1A: Thursday, March 27 – 286 entries/59 players remaining
Day 1B: Thursday, March 27 – 278 entries/59 players remaining
Day 1C: Friday, March 28 – 272 entries/61 players remaining
Day 1D: Friday, March 28 – 263 entries/59 players remaining
Day 1E: Saturday, March 29 – 11 a.m.
Day 1F: Saturday, March 29 – 7 p.m.

After four starting flights, 238 players remain from 1,099 total entries. On top of the chip counts so far is David MacDonald (Day 1C chip leader) with 286,700, followed by George Dolofan (Day 1D chip leader) with 284,000 and David Shaw (Day 1A chip leader) with 276,800.

Each Day 1 flight consists of 14, 30-minute levels. Unlimited re-entries are available through the start of Level 5 and any player eliminated after Level 5 can enter in a subsequent starting flight, in this case just tonight’s Day 1F. The chip leader at the end of each flight will receive $1,000 and players who survive will return for Day 2 on Sunday, March 30 at 1 p.m.

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Next Blinds: 1,500/3,000/300 ante
Day 2 – Sunday 1 p.m.

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida resumed this morning with Day 1C of Event 1: $560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em. A total of 272 entries took part in the action (upping the total number of entries so far to 836). After 14 levels, about 61 players earned a seat to Day 2, which will be on Sunday at 1p.m. On top of the chip counts is David MacDonald (Jupiter, FL) with 286,700, giving him the overall chip lead.

Day 1D is set to kickoff at 7 p.m., so keep it here for more updates on all of the action.

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: Blinds 1,000/2,000/200 ante

Over at Table 9, one short-stacked player is all in for about 13,000 with , another is all in for roughly 56,000 with , and both are in dire straits against the held by Gloria “Zarah” Whimper who has them both covered. The board runs out , giving Whimper the pot with her aces.

She increases her stack to about 227,000 and is now among the chip leaders as play enters the final level of Day 1C.

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: Blinds 1,000/2,000/200 ante

Enrique Roman III (Davenport, FL) – 205,800 (102 bb)
Robert Chow (Schaumburg, IL) – 180,900 (90 bb)
David MacDonald (Jupiter, FL) – 175,900 (87 bb)
Bradley Youn (New York, NY) – 174,400 (86 bb)
Johnny Layne II (Boynton Beach, FL) – 162,900 (81 bb)
Adam “Roothlus” Levy (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – 148,000 (74 bb)

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

About 108 players remain from the starting Day 1C field of 272. The average stack is currently about 62,900 (52 bb).

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/100 ante

Jesse Letchworth – 144,400 (180 bb)
Ernesto Perez – 142,400 (178 bb)
Ryan Hohenstein (Eden Prairie, MN) – 114,800 (143 bb)
Andrew Gordon (Miami Beach, FL) – 114,500 (143 bb)

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante

About 168 players remain from the starting Day 1C field of 272. The average stack is currently about 40,475 (67 bb).