$150 No Limit hold’em
Level 7: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 458

With the start of level 7, late registration and re-entry for this flight is closed. This is the largest of the six starting flights with 458 entries in Day 1F.

That brings the total field size to 1,804 and generates a prizepool of $216,480.

There are 135 players who have secured seats for Day 2 on Wednesday and the survivors from 1F will join them to play down to a winner.

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight 1E Entries: 381
Players Remaining: 38

On a flop of , the big blind gets all in for about 110,000 against Ty Akbasli on the button. Akbasli shows , but needs to fade a lot of cards against the big blind’s .

The turn is the and the river is the to keep Akbasli’s hand in the lead and eliminate the big blind. Akbasli nears 400,000 and has a massive chip lead with only a few minutes left in this flight.

Ty Akbasli – 385,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight 1E Entries: 381
Players Remaining: 53

On a flop of , the big blind checks and Ory Hen bets 7,500 from middle position. Ty Akbasli calls from the cutoff and the big blind calls as well.

The turn is the and action checks to Akbasli, who bets 12,500. The big blind calls and Hen folds. The river is the and the big blind bets 25,000. Akbasli bets enough to put the big blind all in and the big blind quickly calls, he is all in for about 40,000 total.

Akbasli tables , good for the nut flush and he drags the pot against the big blind’s , giving him a straight.

Akbasli eliminates a player just as they head on their last break of the night. He is the chip leader of the flight with about an hour left of play.

Ty Akbasli – 268,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Players Registered: 360

Zo Karim is on the button and gets into a preflop battle against the player in the cutoff. After a few raises, the cutoff moves all in for about 4,000 and Karim calls.

Karim shows and has his opponent’s dominated. The comes on the flop and leaves his opponent drawing thin. Karim has him drawing dead on the turn and sends him home with about 15 minutes before their first break of the day.

Karim takes the pot and has more than tripled his starting stack in the first two hours of the day.

Zo Karim – 31,500

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight 1E Entries: 381
Players Remaining: 117

There is a limp under-the-gun and Ory Hen limps in from the cutoff. The button raises to 2,800. The first limper and Hen both call and they are three-handed to a flop of .

Action checks to the button, who bets 3,500. Under-the-gun folds and Hen calls. The turn is the and both players check.

The river is the and both players check again. The button shows , good for king-high, and drags the pot against Hen’s .

“I knew you didn’t have anything,” said Hen after the hand.

Hen loses the pot, but is still very healthy in chips. He is fresh off of a final table appearance in the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max, where he was part of a four-way chop. He took home a third place finish and $17,000.

Ory Hen – 79,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Total Entries: 1,346
Players Remaining: 102

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 1: 25/50
Players Registered: 102

Players are in their seat and cards are in the air for the sixth and final flight of the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry event.

There is a $150,000 guaranteed prizepool, but the guarantee was met and surpassed during Day 1E. Through the first five starting flights, there are 1,346 entries in the event and a prizepool of $161,000.

Here are the key details about Day 1F:

• Players start with 10,000 in tournament chips
• Late Registration is open until the stat of level 7
• Levels are 30 minutes long
• The schedule for the day is to play 14 levels
• There will be 15-minute breaks after every four levels and a 10-minute break after level 12
• The surviving players from this flight will come back for Day 2 on Wednesday at 1 p.m. where they will merge with the other flights to play down to a winner.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 800/1,600 with a 400 Ante
Flight 1D Entries: 283
Players Remaining: 31

Play has come to an end in the fourth flight of Event 5 with 31 players advancing to Day 2 tomorrow afternoon.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker regular Howard Mash finished the flight as the leader with 225,000 followed closely by Mark Gaudino at 214,500. Mash has two tournament titles and they came in back-to-back days during the 2015 Coco Poker Open.

That was a fine heater.

Official chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 800/1,600 with a 400 Ante
Flight 1D Entries: 283
Players Remaining: 33

Flight D is in the last level of the day with less than three full tables in action. They’ll play down to ten minutes remaining in the level and pause the clock for the last four hands.

Those still alive include Wally Maddah, Johanssy Joseph, and Paul Balzano.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
Flight 1E Entries: 335

Players in Flight E are back from the first break of day as the prize pool continues to climb. Gregorio Correa is the early leader and closing in on 50,000 along with Timonthy Harrington.

Correa has one recorded cash to his credit, and it was in this event a few months ago during the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Top stacks and notable names:

Gregorio Correa – 47,950 (160 bb)
Timothy Harrington – 44,950 (150 bb)
Nathan Adler – 44,725 (149 bb)
Will O’Connor – 40,950 (137 bb)
Daryan Warner – 36,350 (121 bb)
John Palace – 34,725 (116 bb)
Jon Borenstein – 28,275 (94 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi – 21,725 (72 bb)
David Inselberg – 14,925 (50 bb)
Eric Rivkin – 7,250 (24 bb)