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

We have two players in their first tournament of the series, both are legends of different sorts.

Kevin “Kevmath” Mathers was once believed to be some mythical online bot with unlimited access to the information of the poker world. Turns out it was just a talented guy with a quick Google trigger finger for anything he didn’t already know off the top of his head. He’s back in the ballroom after playing a few events last summer.

Angel Vu has a well documented story here. She began working in a nail salon, became a chip runner in a poker room, moved into the box as a dealer, and then turned into a player who succeeded at almost every Seminole Hard Rock Poker Series in 2014. Vu earned Player of the Year honors with two tournament wins, six final tables, and one big trophy.

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

The weekend is well underway with a full casino and ballroom as witnessed by the Event 10 crowd yesterday. A total of 839 entrants piled into the tournament over two Friday flights to put us very close to moving past the $1,000,000 guarantee before they even start the final flight at 6pm.

The first flight is about to go and just 431 entrants are needed to move into the seven-digit prize pool area. We’ll have plenty of players in the ballroom today to get us there.

They will start with 20,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 and play will conclude at the end of Level 14.

Tournament staff are doing the daily reading of the rules and cards will be in the air shortly.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

A very competitive finish to tonight’s Day 1D has come to a close and Mahmut Urkun managed to bring home the chip lead for the flight.

Urkun finished with 284,000 chips leading the way.  He was followed by Charles Simon bagging 253,000.  Josh Hillick went from in deep trouble to deep in chips ending up with 216,000.

Also putting up strong numbers were Samuel Moreira bagging 196,500, Rublan Dukshteyn with 193,500 and Quinn Bruno with 182,500.

Overall, 94 players escaped a wild Day 1D bringing the number of players who have advanced to Day 2 up to 296.  The flight tallied 437 entries taking the overall total to 1,559.

With the $1,000,000 guarantee in sight, tomorrow’s flights should bring some exciting action.  Flight 1E begins at 11 AM while Flight 1F gets underway at 6 PM.  For those who advance, Day 2 will kick off at 1 PM on Sunday.

Congratulations to all of our players who advanced to Day 2!

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

As we get deeper into our final level tonight, our number of players is dropping quickly as we’ve shot down to 108 players left.   Daniel Buzgon and Robert Campbell are among this group still looking to bag up chips tonight along with Charles Simon and Mahmut Urkun who are trying to finish tonight’s flight out in front.

It’s anyone’s ball game as we close things out here on Day 1D.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

Things are getting tight here as we have hit our final two levels of play this evening.   Quite a few notables are trying to close out tonight and avoid having to play another flight tomorrow.  Among them are Nigel Murray, Dan “Miami Boss” Suied, Stewart Newman, Joe Serock, Sean Shah, Robert “Car Wash” Williams , Sheddy Siddiqui and Jesse Capps.

Can these big names come up with big finishes tonight?  We’ll find out in an hour as play closes out for the night for our players on Day 1D.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 Ante

As we near our final break for the night, Zo Karim and Jamie Kupacz are poised to advance to Day 2.

Karim stands at 142,500 while Kupacz has rolled up an even more impressive 170,000 stack.  Both will look to hold off their competitors and lock up a seat on Sunday in this $1,000,000 guaranteed event.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 Ante

It may be one of the last tables in the ballroom but it’s been right up there when it come to action this evening and Robert Chusid has taken full advantage.

Chusid has been pulling some chips his way after watching Francis Margaglione’s early success here and is now up to 149,000 and looking for more.

Mark Darner has also started to pile up a solid stack and now stands at 125,000.  Also in an amazing turnaround after all of his outbursts, Josh Hillock has gotten up to 133,400.

162 players are still left here on Day 1D as play is ready to hit Level 12.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Josh Hillock has had a somewhat difficult tournament.  After saying that he’d fired more bullets than we’d care to mention and definitely drawing the attention of the room a few times this evening, Hillock checked his cards and splash-pushed his remaining 17,500 chips into the middle.  Hillock was called by David Nefzger and turned over facing off against .  Hillock was begging for his hand to hold up and it did.

Hillock yelled out “Positivity works!  There is a God!  I gotta text my girlfriend the news I doubled up!” as the pot was sent his way and the table cracking up.

Hillock proudly showed the fruits of his labor and is hoping to find a way to overcome it all and get into Day 2 tonight.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

Registration is now closed, and the field appears to have reached 437 entries. Here’s a look at the five players with at least 100,000 in chips, followed by some of the notables in this evening’s flight:

1.  David Nefzger  –  134,400  (168 bb)
2.  Paul Mertens  –  128,800  (161 bb)
3.  Elliot Lehrman  –  104,900  (131 bb)
4.  Elliott Merlin  –  103,100  (129 bb)
5.  Craig Varnell  –  102,900  (129 bb)

Mark Darner  –  90,000  (113 bb)
Robert Campbell  –  65,000  (81 bb)
Stewart Newman  –  61,000  (76 bb)
Joseph Gibbons  –  58,100  (73 bb)
Richard Seymour  –  52,500  (66 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  51,000  (64 bb)
David Levi  –  46,500  (58 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  45,000  (56 bb)
Danny Suied  –  41,000  (51 bb)
Dan Heimiller  –  35,500  (44 bb)
Daniel Buzgon  –  35,000  (44 bb)
Joe Serock  –  35,000  (44 bb)
Sam Panzica  –  17,500  (22 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  17,000  (21 bb)

The field has six more levels of play tonight, and the survivors will advance to Sunday’s Day 2.