$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries:  593

It was three ways to a flop with Jay Romano already all in and about 60K in the pot. The small blind player moved all in for his last 5,900 and Ross Corless called with both players covered.

Corless:
Romano:
Small Blind:

Romano was a long shot with his smaller paired ace and Corless was flipping against the paired three with the heart draw. He called nearby friend Nicole Diaz over to sweat the action and faded the turn and river to send both players out while stacking big.

“You guys play here all the time?” the Tampa regular laughed with the table. “This game is easy.”

Ross Corless – 132,000 (165 bb)

$1,100 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Next up on today’s schedule is a big buy-in, big bounty tournament at 2 pm. Event 9 has a $1,100 buy-in and $200 bounties on every player’s head. It will keep the action pumping all tournament long.

They’ll start with 25,000 out front and the first 12 levels last 30 minutes, jumping to 40 minutes after that. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm.

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Level 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5:  800/1,600 Limits
Entries:  75

The $600 Limit Omaha 8 tournament recently returned from its first break, and we have a great crew across the hall in the Meeting Room. They have 75 entries and are working on a $70,000 prize pool that will increase with registration open until 3:30 pm.

Some notable friends in action include Donny Rubinstein, Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, Hal Rotholz, David Shmuel (going for his tenth title), and Yuval Bronshtein (going for his eleventh).

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight D Entries:  521

Another milestone crossed after the first break with 520 entries and the tournament is only $250K away from topping its $1,000,000 guarantee. Feel pretty confident it will get there.

A few more friends in the field include Joel Hardwood (playing a two-card game), Christie Yau, former May Deep Stack Poker Series champ (also WPT winner) Joseph Bartholdi, Shaun Lucas, and reigning Tampa Winter Poker Open Champ Ross Corless is here as part of a big contingent from the Tampa area.

Speaking of the May Deep Stack Poker Series, that festival is set to return to the Poker Room from May 16th through the 27th.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight D Entries:  450

The first break ended, and players were back in action for Flight E with a big jump in entries while they were hanging around in the lobby. The total entry count is over 2,200 and they have contributed more than $700K to the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Varun Thakkar is the early front-runner in the field, leading the way with 82,000 and a few tough players chasing him.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight D Entries:  390

Flight E is creeping up on their first break at the same time the 400-entry mark is nearing. They’ll enjoy 15 minutes away from the Grand Ballroom to refresh and regroup for the next push towards a big stack.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight D Entries:  316

Flight E is packing the Grand Ballroom and we are on pace for the biggest flight of the series, that will last until tomorrow morning when the Saturday crowd shows up.

Some early friends in the crowd include Oniel Mccalla, Ruth Ruffman, Nashaat Antonious, Jay Romano, Scott Robbins, Noah Schwartz, Frank Weigel, and Francois Gagne.

Antonious, one of our nicest players, was the first to walk into the room this morning and received an impromptu warm round of applause from dealers and staff. A nice way to start the morning.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  300/600 Limits

Switching up to another Omaha game this morning in the Grand Ballroom at 11 am. This time around we have a $600 Limit Omaha 8 tournament with a lot of chips and great structure.

Players start with 25,000 in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. The 45-minute dinner break is schedule at 5:30 pm followed by a lot of split pots before we have our Event 8 champ.

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  222 of 1,753

Flight A: 466 Entries; 59 Advanced
Flight B: 418 Entries; 53 Advanced
Flight C: 443 Entries; 56 Advanced
Flight D: 426 Entries; 54 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Friday at 5 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 10 am
Flight H: Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight D Entries:  140

Cards are in the air and the busy weekend is underway. We have 140 entries at the start of Flight E with many many more expected throughout the next two busy days.