$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight 1B Entries: 226

On the turn with the board reading , the big blind checks and James Salmon bets 2,800 on the button. The big blind check-calls and the river is the .

The big blind checks again and Salmon bets 7,000. The big blind quickly calls and Salmon tables , good for a set of sevens and the big blind mucks his hand.

Salmon, fresh off a runner-up finish in the $350 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry event for $91,097, drags the pot and is off to a good start this flight.

James Salmon – 33,200

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry

The first flight of the $1 Million Guarantee Event 9 drew 379 entrants with 71 advancing to Day 2 on Sunday.

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Flight 1A Entries: 196

There is about 5,000 in the pot with a completed board of and Daren Stabinski checks from the big blind.

The cutoff bets 3,300 and Stabinski quickly check-calls. The cutoff shows , good for top two pair. Stabinski sighs and shows , good for top pair and was three-outed on the turn.

Stabinski loses the pot, but this isn’t the only tournament he’s currently in. Stabinski is still in the $250 satellite that awards two $570 seats and a seat into the $1,050 turbo satellite into the $10,000 WPT Finale.

There are 10 players left in the satellite and the top seven cash with the top six players earning seats. Stabinski has 83,000 in the satellite while the average stack is 57,000.

Stabinski is already having a strong series with a second place finish in the $350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty event.

Daren Stabinski – 12,000

$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.