$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries: 736

Level 8 is coming to a close and players will soon take their second break. That also means the clock is ticking down on Flight E and registration will close when they return to start Level 9. The prize pool is currently over $1.3 million and it will climb with a big Flight F left to go.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries: 639

As usual, we are seeing a big group of players in town from all around the state, including some champions from our friends to the west in Tampa.

James Kerr won the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic Championship in 2021 and Ryan Brown captured the same title in 2023. Throw in formerly mentioned Fred Paradis and we have some Tampa crushers in the field.

Brown is competing at a table near his partner Debbie Lee, who also has some big scores of her own, including a Tampa Pinktober Poker Open Championship third-place result and finished 276 of 10,043 players in this summer’s WSOP Main Event.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries: 639

Nobody went super huge over the first four levels and there was no single clearcut runaway leader. So here’s a look at some more friends in today’s flight, trying to run deep and score big.

A few more include Wagner Wysotchansi, Christie Yau (who finished second in this tournament last year for $176,885), Jeff Morzella, Eric Ward, Matt Glantz, Evan Teitelbaum, Michael Tait, Damien Simon, Jay Romano, and Fred Paradis.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight E Entries: 460

Flight E is just about through four levels of the day and they are set to take their first break at the top of the hour. With 460 entries so far, the prize pool is nearing $1.2 million with plenty of room to grow.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight E Entries: 375

Every series kicks off with a big multi-flight tournament to set the tone. The fields are massive, and the payouts are impressive for the buy-in amount. It takes a lot of talent and a fair share of luck to get through and take home that trophy.

We have two players in today’s field who managed that feat. Michael Laufer topped a field of 6,196 entries (the biggest tournament in state history at the time) to take home $160,734.

Scott Woodring is the defending champ of this very event. He outlasted the 4,535-entry field in Event 1 of the 2023 LHPO series for a payday worth $190,939.

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The Grand Ballroom is going to be packed today, mostly with Event 1 players but we’ll get a fair share for Event 9 at 11 am. The bigger buy-in is an $1,100 Deep Stack Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha tournament that will fuel a ton of action.

Players will start with 20K deep stacks, and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and they have a 45-minute dinner break at 5:30 pm.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight E Entries: 275

The entry count jumped during the first level as players make their way to the Grand Ballroom on a fine Saturday morning. There’s plenty of time to grab breakfast first with registration open until 2:30 pm.

A few early friends include Caleb Piderit, Frank Russo, Nancy Birnbaum, George Dolofan, Paul Domb, Marcus Gurley, and Pavel Ivan.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight E Entries: 181

As expected, Flight E has more than enough entries at the start of the day to put Event 1 over the $1,000,000 guarantee. From this point forward, every new entry will push the prize pool higher until registration closes for Flight F this evening at 9:30 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Four flights are down and two more to go for the LHPO opening event and the $400 Deep Stack NLH tournament should hit its $1,000,000 guarantee before cards go in the air for Flight E. Only 102 new entries are needed so that seven-digit prize pool is a lock.

Event 1 players start with 20K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2 and 60 when 24 players remain. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm.

Flight E will play down to the last 12.5% and survivor will return tomorrow at 1 pm in the money.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet