Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 10 (upcoming): Blinds 800/1,600, Ante 200
Players Remaining: 65/198
Average Stack: (~91,000– 56 big blinds)
The players are in the midst of a 40-minute dinner break. Play will resume at roughly 7:10pm.
Chip leaders after Level 9
Peter Striano – 466,500
Muzaffer Yesilce – 226,300
Bobby Bresner – 213,400
Steven Pollack – 211,100
Paul Balzano – 181,000
Kenneth Bruno – 164,000
Vladimir Kovalchuk – 160,800
Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 9: Blinds 600/1,200, Ante 200
Players Remaining: 72/193
Average Stack: (~80,000 – 66 big blinds)
With the board reading 
, a player got his stack of about 47,000 into the middle with 
for top pair against Peter Striano who held 
for a set of threes.
Striano locked up the pot after the 
turn, but made quads for the third time today when the 
river completed the board.
That upped Striano’s stack to about 340,000 and he has since increased it further, currently sitting on a stack of roughly 370,000.
Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 7: Blinds 400/800, Ante 100
Players Remaining: 108/183
A short-stacked Joel Harwood was all in from early position for about 9,000 with 
, facing chip leader Peter Striano’s 
in the big blind.
The board ran out 
, giving Striano quad aces to win the pot and eliminate Harwood.
Striano is still the current chip leader with about 220,000.
Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 7: Blinds 400/800, Ante 100
Players Remaining: 108/183
On top of the chip counts after six levels is Peter Striano with about 225,000. Striano, seated at the same table as former chip leader Muzaffer Yesilce, took a significant pot off of Yesilce at the end of Level 6. Yesilce, though, is still sitting with a solid stack of about 95,000.
Chip leaders after Level 6
Peter Striano – 225,600
Francis Margaglione – 129,000
Vladimir Kovalchuk – 128,700
John Depersio – 107,600
Rodolfo Enriquez – 114,700
Claudio Kalili – 114,400
Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 5: Blinds 200/400, Ante 50
Players Remaining: 126/170
The Day 1A field is up to 170 entries, more than 1/3rd of the way to reaching the guarantee. The average stack is currently about 40,000 (100 big blinds).
Among those who have recently entered the field include Stuart Paterson, Tony Ruberto, and Matt Elsarelli.
Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 4: Blinds 150/300, Ante 50
Players Remaining: 126/154
With the board reading 
and about 4,000 in the pot, chip leader Muzaffer Yesilce checked from the small blind. The player under the gun bet 2,000, the player on the button raised to 4,500, and Yesilce check-reraised to 12,000. After a few moments the UTG player folded, leading to the player on the button reraising all in for about 24,000.
Yesilce called with 
for a full house, eights full of sevens, leading his opponent’s 
for trip eights. The river was the , securing the pot for Yesilce and giving him about 163,000.
$350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 4: Blinds 150/300, Ante 50
Players Remaining: 126/149
Chip leaders at the first break
Muzaffer Yesilce – 101,550
Joseph Casella – 91,475
Vladimir Kovalchuk – 78,825
Luis Santoni – 71,600
Haim Toorgeman – 71,150
Francis Margaglione – 70,225
We are through two levels on Day 1A of the $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em event and as of now, the field is up to 125 entries.
There is a break at the end of Level 3 and we’ll take that opportunity to go through the field and find the chip leaders.
Among those we’ve spotted in the field thus far include Luis Santoni, Ilya Lekach, Scott Zakheim, Ory Hen, Greg Marcus, and Joel Harwood.
Every weekday from 1pm-3pm, Eric Reed and Leroy Hoard can be heard discussing all things sports on 104.3 FM and 790 AM the ticket. They will be on the air live from right here in the poker room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at the top of the hour.
In addition to today, they will be back tomorrow, next Thursday and Friday, and every Friday until the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in August. Players are welcome to stop by and check out the show.
For a look at the full schedule of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Deep Stack Series, including qualifiers and satellites, please click here.
Welcome to live coverage of the The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Deep Stack Series!
Today kicks off the first event of six in an 11-day series of exciting tournament action. On the docket for today is Day 1A of the $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em event with re-entries, with a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000. There will be three starting flights (Today, Friday, and Saturday), with the survivors from each returning Sunday to play down to a winner.
Players begin with 30,000 in chips and the plan for the day is to play 15 40-minute levels, with a 40-minute dinner break after Level 9 (roughly 6:30pm). For a look at the structure sheet, please click here.
There are currently 63 players registered and registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 (blinds and antes will be at the 3,000/6,000/1,000 level at that time).
For a look at the entire schedule of the Deep Stack Series , please click here.
The cards are in the air, so keep it here for updates throughout the day on all of the exciting action!