$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 180 of 475

The numbers were crunched and the third flight of the $1,000,000 Guarantee opening event on the schedule officially drew 475 entries. That pushed the combined total up to 1,217 total entries leaving the tournament only 783 entries away from hitting the seven-digit mark.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 475

The second break of the day is complete and registration closed for Flight C when they were back underway in the Event Center. The tournament clock shows 475 entries but we will wait for the official word from the smart people.

Everyone still in the game is trying to catch Michael Jagroo and Natacha Goureau at the top of the counts. Jagroo is sitting nicely with 138,000 with Goureau not far behind with 130,000.

1. Michael Jagroo – 138,000
2. Natacha Goureau – 130,000
3. David Poces – 120,000
4. Thaddeus Deitriech – 120,000
5. Brad Butcher – 118,500
6. Ido Ashkenazi – 113,200
7. Wilford Lyons – 108,000
8. Tim Shane – 108,000
9. Alton Mendleton – 104,700
10. Carlo Rodriguez – 100,000

$360 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 6: 500/1,000 Limits
Total Entries: 81

We continue to see a great group of players join in the H.O.R.S.E. with 81 entries clearly surpassing the 57 we had during the Poker Showdown in April.

“Miami John” Cernuto, David Levi, John Holley, Wally Maddah (pictured below) and Matt Axelrod (pictured above) are part of the crew with registration open for another 45 minutes.

Axelrod final tabled the H.O.R.S.E. event during Showdown with a third-place finish a week after finishing second in the Omaha8/Stud8 tournament. Maddah, a constant familiar face in our big events, played his first ever H.O.R.S.E. event last November during the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open and went on to finish in fourth place out of 53 entries.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 436

Matt Yorra took a seat in this afternoon’s flight with a chance to make a little history. The SHRP regular has a tournament victory in each of our major series in 2018 and can make it three series in a row over the next two weeks.

Yorra opened his year with a win in the $570 Big Stack event during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open and followed that up with a $570 Six-Max title during the Poker Showdown.

We can find only two other players with a win in three straight series; both Michael Newman and former SHRP Player of the Year David Prociak accomplished that feat in 2016/2017.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 420

The Flight C entry count moved over 400 after the break and it is now the biggest of the tournament so far. That record may not last long with three huge flights remaining.

Sean Shah is taking his Event 1 shot today only a few days removed from his latest poker victory. He was in the poker room last week and took down the Monday Night Big Stack $20K Guarantee tournament for $6,800 plus a seat in the $2,650 SHRPO Big 4 tournament. Shah owns two SHRP major titles, both coming in 2012, from the Coco Poker Showdown and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 367

The break is complete and players returned to their seats as the field grew to 367 entries. Flight C is close to becoming the biggest flight of the tournament so far and 11 more will get it there.

James Hayes is the early frontrunner with nearly 70,000 after four levels. Satish Surapaneni and Alan Wentz round out the list of players over 60,000 and Mitchil Tabasky’s early lead increased to 50,000.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 342

Two hours are gone in Flight C and players are enjoying a brief moment away from the tables. They can take a walk, catch some sun, or enjoy the new snack bar stations in the hallway.

We’ll walk the tables and look for the big stacks in the room.

$360 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2: 150/300 Limits
Total Entries: 57

We can already consider the H.O.R.S.E. tournament a success before the first hour is complete. We have 57 entries so far to put ten more in the game than this same event in April during the Poker Showdown.

Phil Hui could have been excused for max late registering the tournament after a long run yesterday. The WSOP bracelet winner (and four-time WSOP Circuit winner) opted to play the Omaha/8 event yesterday and opened his series with a nice cash after chopping heads-up with Peter Walsworth.

Hui continued his great summer run that included seven WSOP cashes, the last coming in their $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 286

The Hard Rock Event Center is quickly filling up and we hit our first milestone number late in Level 2. Entry 258 this afternoon pushed the combined entry count to 1,000 and the prize pool is midway to hitting the $1,000,000 Guarantee with late reg open till 3:30pm in this flight and three more huge flights to go.

SHRP regular Michael Damiani is one of the early entrants today and the recent new poppa is trying to take home a trophy while adding some big cash to a college fund.