$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 71 of 379

Play has come to an end for the first flight of the $1 Million Guarantee Event 9 with 71 players moving on to Day 2 on Sunday.

There were several big stacks during the bagging process but it was Jimmy Kim loading up the most. His 251,000 is good enough to lead for now but there will be five more flights of players trying to chase him down.

Official chip counts will be released as soon as they are available.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 80 of 379

At the ten-minute mark of Level 14, the clock was paused. A card was drawn, and it was a , so each table will play that many more hands before the survivors bag up for the night.

A full list of chip counts will be posted shortly following the close of play.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 89 of 379

Brandon Miller moved all in for 33,400 in the cutoff, and Darryll Fish re-shoved for just less than 40,000 in the small blind. Miller was at risk, flipping for his tournament life.

Miller:
Fish:

The board ran out , and the running aces weren’t enough to scare Miller. He flopped a set and rivered a full house, doubling up.

Fish was left with just 6,000 chips, and two hands later, he called a Miller raise to put himself all in for 5,200. John Templeton re-shoved behind them both, though, and Miller folded to let them fight heads up.

Fish:
Templeton:

The board ran out , and Templeton earned the knockout with aces full.

Brandon Miller – 74,000 (31 bb)
John Templeton – 54,000 (23 bb)
Darryll Fish – Eliminated

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Flight 1B Players: 110

Flight B moved into the second level with 100 players including former November Niner John Dolan. They have a long way to go before their night is over as Flight A finishes up on the other side of the room.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with 300 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 96 of 379

Players are back and ready to grind out two more levels of action before calling it a day. They quickly broke a table upon return and less than 100 remain.

The two biggest stacks belong to Sam Zalmanov (206,000) and WSOP Circuit winner A.J. Kelsall (190,000). Defending champ Leonard Benitez is also comfortable with 87,000 along with Darryll Fish at 52,000.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

Day 1A drew 379 entries, setting a strong early pace for this $1,000,000 guaranteed re-entry event. While that flight is nearing the conclusion of their day, another flight is just beginning on the other side of the room.

Day 1B will follow the same format as this morning’s flight, with 20,000-chip starting stacks and 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at about 10:30 p.m. Flight B will end at the conclusion of Level 14, and the survivors from all six starting flights will advance Sunday’s combined Day 2.

Here are the vitals in short form, if bulleted lists are more your thing:

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 flights will end after Level 14
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with 200 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 117 of 379

Players are heading on their final break of the day with 13 tables remaining. They’ll return to play two more levels before bagging up.

Reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen will not be one of them. He moved all-in with his short stack minutes before the break but his could not run down for all his chips.

$250 Seniors (50+) Event (Re-Entry)

Registration has closed for Event 10, and the numbers are in. This Seniors Event drew a big field of 161 entries, an increase of more than 100 entries from last season’s total of sixty. This year’s entries generated a prizepool worth $33,810 to be shared by the final 18 players.

A min-cash is worth $507, and the four-figure payouts begin with the eighth-place finisher. The eventual champion will earn $9,804 and the trophy for Event 10.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st: $9,804
2nd: $5,748
3rd: $3,381
4th: $2,705
5th: $2,029
6th: $1,691
7th: $1,352
8th: $1,014
9th: $761
10th-12th: $676
13th-15th: $592
16th-18th: $507

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 144 of 379

Sam Panzica opened to 3,000 in early position, and a player behind him three-bet to 8,000. Greg Ostrander cold-four-bet shoved for 25,200 on the button, and Panzica re-shoved over the top for about 30,000 total. The third player folded, leaving Ostrander heads up for his tournament life.

Panzica:
Ostrander:

The board ran out , and Ostrander’s kings held to earn him the double-up.

Greg Ostrander – 62,000 (52 bb)
Sam Panzica – 4,400 (4 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Flight 1A Entries: 379
Players Remaining: 144

There’s plenty of hustle in the early flight and it’s already down to 144 players of the starting 379 entrants by Level 11. The number of survivors should be right in the neighbor of 60 moving forward to Day 2 on Sunday so there will be no slowdown.

It’s never too late for Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Stewart Newman to get in the game. He was one of the later getting in today but he’s already grinding it up.