Blinds: 75/150
Picking up the action after the river of an 
board, Cord Garcia bet 1,950 from the big blind. His opponent in early position raised to 4,500, sending Garcia into the tank for a little while before he called. The early-position player showed 
for top pair, but Garcia tabled 
for two pair to take down the pot and increase his stack to about 37,000.
Among the players that are here so far include Alex Bolotin, Darryll Fish, Adam Levy, Barry Hutter, Cord Garcia, and Abbey Daniels.
The players in the Day 1C flight are currently taking their seats. Another 500ish entries are expected tonight, bringing the total amount of entries near the 1,800 mark.
Day 1B of Event 1 ($350 no-limit hold’em – $500,000 guaranteed prize pool) saw another large field of 622 players take their seats on Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida; and they pumped the prize pool up to 1,253 total entries. The tournament clock shows that unofficially 144 players advanced to join the 121 that made it through Day 1A.
Among the professionals that advanced were Stu Paterson, Hans Winzeler, John Gordon, Zo Karim, Ylon Schwartz, and Michael Rocco. Farzad “Randy” Raji finished with one of the largest chip stacks in the room with close to 300,000. Familiar faces that busted but will have a chance to re-enter on the Day 1C flight that will begin at 7 p.m. include Adam Levy, Michael Beasley, Noah Sachwartz, Alex Bolotin, Matthew Burnitz, Fred Goldberg, and Donny Mizrachi.
Tune back in just a few minutes from now for 14 more levels of poker action from the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. In addition to the live updates coverage you can also watch full live streaming all night on the Live Stream tab. The total tournament field size could reach 2,000 players tonight in Hollywood, Florida.
Blinds: 1,200-2,400
Ante: 300
Farzad “Randy” Raji – 280,000 (116 bb)
Stu Paterson – 168,000 (70 bb)
John Desoto – 124,500 (51 bb)
Zo Karim – 66,000 (27 bb)
Hans Winzeler – 61,000 (25 bb)
Ylon Schwartz – 59,000 (24 bb)
Michael Rocco – 47,000 (19 bb)
John Gordon – 34,000 (14 bb)
Zo Karim – 22,000 (36 bb)
Adam Levy – Eliminated
Donny Mizrachi – Eliminated
Noah Schwartz – Eliminated
Alex Bolotin – Eliminated
Michael Beasley – Eliminated
Matthew Burnitz – Eliminated
Fred Goldberg – Eliminated
As the players return from their last break to play the final two levels on Day 1B the players remaining is under 200. There are now 180 from the initial 622 hoping to survive to Day 2.
Here is a look at some of the new familiar faces that joined the tournament field on Day 1B here at Event 1 ($350 no-limit hold’em – $500,000 guaranteed prize pool) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
Fred Goldberg
John Desoto
John Gordon
Matthew Burnitz
Michael Rocco
Stu Paterson
Ylon Schwartz
A10 vs KJ aip for 17k each at 1k bb. K on river. Playing again at 7pm
— Matthew Elsarelli (@The_RealMVP) August 9, 2013
In addition to the largest piece of the $10 million guaranteed prize pool. The winner of the no-limit hold’em championship event here at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open will also take home a custom guitar-themed trophy as is tradition at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Noah Schwartz hit the rail in an unfortunate way here on Day 1B at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. He held A-10, and the hand was looking good to win a big pot on a board that held a ten ad three bricks, but his opponent held K-9 and spiked a king on the river to take the hand and eliminate Schwartz, who might be back for Day 1C at 7 p.m.