$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries:  512

Here are some updated chip counts from around the field during Level 5:

Howard Mash  –  43,000  (108 bb)
Ashraf Chehata  –  38,000  (95 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  36,000  (90 bb)
Leif Force  –  34,000  (85 bb)
Chris Perry  –  30,000  (75 bb)
John Gorsuch  –  22,000  (55 bb)
Richard Menjura  –  17,000  (43 bb)
Trung Pham  –  15,000  (38 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  13,000  (33 bb)
Vitor Coelho  –  13,000  (33 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi  –  11,000  (28 bb)
Britney Billian  –  10,500  (26 bb)
Terry Grimes  –  9,000  (23 bb)
Michael Newman  –  5,000  (13 bb)

Flight B is up to 512 entries (1,092 overall), and the prizepool is already worth more than $573,000 on its way to the $1 million guarantee.

Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until 10:30 pm. There will be two more starting flights tomorrow (10:00 am and 6:00 pm), with the same schedule on Saturday. Day 2 begins on Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Returning to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  72 of 580

Flight A: 580 Entries; 72 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 1 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  72 of 580

Flight A came to an end with two eliminations occurring with 27:00 left in Level 17, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000.

During the Money Bubble, chipleader Zachary Eichenbaum was able to increase his chipleading stack to a commanding lead with 920,000 (153 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts for Flight A will be posted later this evening. Here is a look at the top five:

1.  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  920,000  (153 bb)
2.  Edgard Duche  –  442,000  (74 bb)
3.  Harry Misner  –  383,000  (64 bb)
4.  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  371,000  (62 bb)
5.  Nick Pupillo  –  350,000  (58 bb)

Flight B is already underway, with registration open until 10:30 pm, and players have a single re-entry option. There will be two more starting flights tomorrow (10:00 am and 6:00 pm), with the same schedule on Saturday. Day 2 begins on Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  72 of 580

About half an hour into the hand-for-hand process, there were three tables with all-in-and-call situations — and two of them resulted in eliminations.

In the first hand, Stuart Young moved all in from the small blind, and the big blind called all in for 20,000 with . Young showed .

The board came down , giving Young queens and eights to eliminate his opponent.

Stuart Young – 85,000 (14 bb)

In the other elimination hand, Aaron Massey raised under the gun to 18,000, the player in the small blind moved all in for about 43,000, and Massey called with .

The small blind turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — the small blind paired his queen on the turn, but the same card clinched the pot for Massey with an ace-high straight to help burst the end-of-day Money Bubble.

Aaron Massey  –  303,000  (51 bb)

The surviving 72 players have made the money as they advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm. The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  75 of 580

Zach Eichenbaum – 780,000 (156 bb)
Nick Pupillo – 355,000 (71 bb)
Steve Karp – 330,000 (66 bb)
Aaron Massey – 300,000 (60 bb)
Jimmy Corrales – 295,000 (59 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – 235,000 (47 bb)
Jesse Lonis – 210,000 (42 bb)
T.K. Miles – 205,000 (41 bb)
A.J. Kelsall – 150,000 (30 bb)
Clifford Conners – 125,000 (25 bb)
Fred Goldberg – 120,000 (24 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 105,000 (21 bb)
Roni Zelichonok – 90,000 (18 bb)
Walid Maddah – 85,000 (17 bb)
Bin Weng – 80,000 (16 bb)
Stuart Young – 60,000 (12 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  85 of 580

Chris Laieta was all in from the hijack for 127,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Barry Roth, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and Laieta flopped a set of queens to win the pot and double up in chips.

Chris Laieta  –  264,000  (66 bb)
Barry Roth  –  28,000  (7 bb)

The next hand, Roth moved all in under the gun for 28,000, Laieta reraised from middle position to 56,000, and everyone else folded.

Roth turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Laieta’s .

The board came , and Roth flopped a set of nines to win the pot and double up in chips.

Barry Roth  –  66,000  (17 bb)
Chris Laieta  –  236,000  (59 bb)

Roth shoved the next hand from the small blind to pick up some more chips to reach 20 big blinds.

Barry Roth  –  80,000  (20 bb)

With about 83 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 140,000 (35 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Event 15: Zach Eichenbaum Leads the Field at the Break with 542,000 $600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  90 of 580

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Zach Eichenbaum  –  542,000  (136 bb)
T-2.  Jimmy Corrales  –  317,000  (79 bb)
T-2.  Aaron Massey  –  317,000  (79 bb)
4.  Bret Beebe  –  307,000  (77 bb)

With about 90 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 129,000 (32 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

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Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  100 of 580

The UTG player moved all in for 16,500, the UTG+1 player moved all in over the top for 42,500, and Michael Darcy called all in from the cutoff for 13,500.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

UTG+1:  
UTG:  
Michael Darcy:  

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Darcy to win the main pot and triple up in chips. The UTG player won the much smaller side pot with a pair of eights to finish the hand with just 6,000.

Michael Darcy  –  48,000  (16 bb)

The next hand, that UTG player was forced all in, with half his stack going toward the big blind ante, and the rest for his big blind. Fred Goldberg raised from middle position to 6,500, and everyone else folded.

The short stack turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Goldberg’s .

The board came , and Goldberg flopped trip aces and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from Flight A

Fred Goldberg  –  70,000  (23 bb)

With about 105 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 116,000 (39 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 1:  100/100

The second flight of SHRPO Event 15 is ready to get underway at 6 pm in the Seminole Ballroom and build on the great start this morning. Flight A drew 580 entries and we expect a similar crowd this evening to get the tournament very close to its $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Flight B players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and run 30-minute levels on Day 1, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

Their day will come to an end when only 12.5% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday 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
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 15 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  108 of 580

After a flop of , Brandon Schwartz checked from under the gun, the UTG+1 player checked, and the middle-position player moved all in for 68,000.

Schwartz quickly called all in for 25,500, and the UTG+1 player folded.

Schwartz showed for a pair of kings, and his opponent turned over . Schwartz needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Schwartz won the pot with his pair of kings to double up in chips.

Brandon Schwartz  –  108,000  (36 bb)

With about 108 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 107,500 (36 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.