$10M GTD: Day 1B Begins at Noon at Seminole Hard Rock

Cards will get into the air at noon ET for Day 1B at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. The field will play 13 levels on Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida and players can enter or re-enter as many times as they like as long as registration is open through the end of the dinner break (8 pm). Levels will be 40-minutes long for the first nine levels, and then after the 90-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 they will increase to an hour in length for the last four levels of the night. Play will end tonight around 12:15 a.m.

Our live updates team will bring you big hands, chip counts, photos, tweets, and videos throughout the day as Friday’s starting flight vies to join the 194 survivors from Day 1A, which attracted a total field of 634 players. The Day 1A chip leader that players are chasing is Aaron Schaaf with 326,600. Hip-hop producer Irv Gotti had the biggest stack from the notables with 238,700.

Check back in at noon for shuffle up and deal.

Day 1A at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Comes to a Close

Play has come to a close on Day 1A at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and the tournament clock shows that 207 players have survived from the 634 that entered on Thursday. They will return for Day 2 on Sunday, August 25.

Notables that made it through Day 1A include Shannon Elizabeth, Shannon Shorr, Will Failla, Noah Schwartz, Erick Lindgren, John Hennigan, Andrew Lichtenberger, and Irv Gotti, who bagged up one of the largest chip stacks in the room with 236,700. Some big names to bust today included Tony Dunst, Lauren Kling, Justin Young, Shaun Deeb, Matt Salsberg, Jake Cody, David Sands, and rapper Nelly. The overnight chip leader is Aaron Schaaf with 326,600.

Play will resume on Friday at noon ET for Day 1B and any players who busted today can re-enter tomorrow as long as registration is open until the end of the dinner break (8 pm). Check back tomorrow to follow all of the action from the live updates team here at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. Stay tuned tonight for a full list of chip counts from Day 1A.