$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  115 of 522

A new chipleader has emerged in the field, with Rodolfo Guaigua building up a stack of 430,000 (172 big blinds).

Rodolfo Guaigua  –  430,000  (172 bb)

With about 115 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 91,000 (36 big blinds). Action will continue this evening until there are 53 players remaining, and everyone who survives this flight will advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm. Everyone who reaches Day 2 will be in the money.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Players Remaining:  135 of 522

Another break has come and gone and players are back in their seats trying to play down into the money.

We have a new leader and it is former Hollywood champ, James Salmon. He looks like the biggest stack holding 239,500 while former leader Kevin Payton dipped to 198,000.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/2,000 Limits
Entries:  116

Event 2 players are back in their seats after the second break and registration closed with the clock showing 116 entries in the game. Tournament staff are running the numbers and we will post the payout information as soon as it is available.

There are two big stacks in play and very close to each other. Barry Gallaher leads everyone with 59,500 but Michael Bozeman is right behind him only two black chips shy holding 59,300.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Players Remaining:  225 of 522

Registration closed for Flight A of Poker Showdown Event 1 with 522 entries putting more than $170,000 towards the $500,000 guarantee. That mark will be met tomorrow and the prize pool will continue to grow.

Flight A will continue to play into the evening and come to an end when 53 players remain. Survivors will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money (players must bag to cash).

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  522

Players are back in their seats with an unofficial 522 entries showing on the clock and registration closed for Flight A. That’s a great start and an easy path to hitting the $500,000 guarantee.

A walk among the tables found one huge stack. Kevin Payton is up to 246,700 after four levels and far ahead of the rest of the field. Elissa Halbreich sits with the second biggest stack at 193,300 followed by Doug Eddy with 144,700.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  520

Flight A players are taking their second break of the day and registration will close when they return. They topped 500 entries before they left and added some more.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  500/1,000 Limits
Entries:  96

The Limit Omaha 8 tournament came back from break and quickly went getting that prize pool over the $30,000 guarantee. They are closing on 100 entries and they could make this a top five all-time O8 field even with the single re-entry option.

We found six-time Hollywood major winner Gabriel Ramos in action going for number seven. His wins have come in a bunch of different games but he’s still shooting for a win in this variant.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  480

Flight A is moving closer to 500 entries for the morning session and it should get there with an hour remaining in registration. If you miss out on this chance, we have the next flight at 6 pm.

More friendly faces in the game include Steve “Yo Cuz” Buckner, Jennifer David, and Richard Zipes.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/600 Limits
Entries:  86

The Omaha 8 field is getting ready to go in its first break and the $400 tournament is only a few new entries away from making the $30,000 guarantee. The non-hold’em games have always pulled in a great group of players and today is more of the same.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  406

Players are still jumping into the early action and we’ve virtually locked up the $500,000 guarantee. It’s just a matter of getting there and building it up through the weekend.

We found father/son duo Eric and Caleb Piderit back in the Grand Ballroom trying to spin up some Day 2 stacks. Caleb is on a nice heater over the first part of 2022; he made two final tables during our LHPO series including a sixth-place finish in the $25K High Roller and finished 24th in the Tampa Poker Classic Championship this past weekend.