$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  120 of 960

Flight 1E came to an end with 19:35 remaining in Level 16, with blinds at 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 ante. Michael Tweedlie finished as the chipleader from this flight with 504,000 (101 big blinds).

The full list of chip counts will be posted soon, but as a preview, here are the five players who bagged at least 400K:

1.  Michael Tweedlie  –  504,000  (101 bb)
2.  Clyde Maliauka  –  500,000  (100 bb)
3.  Charles Montalvo  –  463,000  (93 bb)
4.  Peter Hsu  –  411,000  (82 bb)
5.  Jie Liu  –  410,000  (82 bb)

Five out of six starting flights are complete, and Flight 1F is underway as the last chance for players to take a shot at this prizepool that is already well over $1 million. Registration remains open until 10:30 pm tonight.

Everyone who bags chips will be in the money when Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  120 of 960

In Hand #2 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Mohammed Jaafar moves all in from the cutoff for 26,000, and Brad Coultas calls from the button. They wait for action to complete at all the other tables before flipping their cards.

Jaafar turns over , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the of Coultas.

The board came , and Jaafar flops a set of jacks, only to see Coultas turn an ace-high straight. The straight holds up for Coultas to win the pot and eliminate Jaafar on the Money Bubble.

Brad Coultas  –  314,000  (63 bb)
Mohammed Jaafar  –  Eliminated

The remaining 120 players have bagged and tagged their chips, and the full list of official chip counts will be posted soon.

Everyone who bagged chips is in the money, and they will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm for the start of Day 2. The prizepool won’t be released until late tonight after the final flight (Day 1F) has finished.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  121 of 960

On the second hand of hand-for-hand play, Damien Simon raised all in for 31,000 from the cutoff. Jason Block isolated the action with a shove of his own from the button.

Simon: 
Block: 

The board ran out , safe for Simon to double up.

Damien Simon  –  75,000  (15 bb)
Jason Block  –  58,000 (12 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  123 of 960

Level 15 comes to an end, and Level 16 begins with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 ante.

With 123 players remaining, and no more than 120 advancing to Day 2, the Money Bubble should be starting soon.

With 123 players remaining from a flight of 960, the average chip stack is around 156,000 (31 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 120 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  150 of 960

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 375K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Clyde Maliauka  –  509,000  (127 bb)
2.  Jie Liu  –  421,000  (105 bb)
3.  Johnathan Norris  –  389,000  (97 bb)
4.  Brad Coultas  –  382,000  (96 bb)

With about 150 players remaining from a flight of 960, the average chip stack is around 128,000 (32 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 120 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  160 of 960

There was a three-way preflop all-in situation at Table #37, with the player on the button all in for 61,500, Raymond Sykes all in from the cutoff for 62,000, and the UTG player covering them both.

UTG:  
Raymond Sykes:  
Button:  

The board came , and Sykes had already started walking away after the flop, just glancing back at the board before realizing he made a runner-runner diamond flush. Sykes won the pot to triple up and eliminated the player on the button.

Raymond Sykes  –  193,000  (64 bb)

With about 160 players remaining from a flight of 960, the average chip stack is around 120,000 (40 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 120 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  190 of 960

With the final board showing on the river and about 55K already in the pot, Dario Dussan moved all in for 73,000, and Stuart Phillips thought for a while before he called with for two pair, aces and kings.

But Dussan turned over to win the pot with a runner-runner heart flush and double up in chips.

Dario Dussan  –  200,000  (80 bb)
Stuart Phillips  –  75,000  (30 bb)

With about 190 players remaining from a flight of 960, the average chip stack is around 101,000 (40 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 120 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  95
Prize Pool:  $92,150
April 15, 2023 

1st:  $28,525
2nd:  $17,500
3rd:  $11,055
4th:  $7,100
5th:  $5,530
6th:  $4,375
7th:  $3,690
8th:  $3,225
9th-10th:  $2,925
11th-12th:  $2,650

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  279 of 960

The players return from break to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a 2,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 200K, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Vitor Coelho  –  340,000  (170 bb)
2.  Johnny Sandoval  –  309,500  (155 bb)
3.  Clyde Maliauka  –  279,000  (140 bb)
4.  Jie Liu  –  256,500  (128 bb)
5.  Donald Delancey  –  253,500  (127 bb)
6.  Stuart Phillips  –  208,500  (104 bb)

With about 279 players remaining from a flight of 960, the average chip stack is around 68,800 (34 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 120 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  320 of 960

The under-the-gun player raises to 3,500, the UTG+1 player calls, and Richard Davis calls or raises from middle position.

Damien Simon moves all in from the small blind for 29,100, and the first two players fold. Davis calls with , and Simon turns over .

If it hadn’t been all in before the flop, it was all but certain after the flop came , giving both players a set. The turn was the , the river card was the , and Simon won the pot with his set of jacks to double up in chips.

Damien Simon  –  68,400  (43 bb)
Richard Davis  –  85,000  (53 bb)

With about 320 players remaining from a flight of 960, the average chip stack is around 60,000 (38 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 120 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.