Among the players that are here so far include Alex Bolotin, Darryll Fish, Adam Levy, Barry Hutter, Cord Garcia, and Abbey Daniels.

The players in the Day 1C flight are currently taking their seats. Another 500ish entries are expected tonight, bringing the total amount of entries near the 1,800 mark.

Day 1B of Event 1 ($350 no-limit hold’em – $500,000 guaranteed prize pool) saw another large field of 622 players take their seats on Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida; and they pumped the prize pool up to 1,253 total entries. The tournament clock shows that unofficially 144 players advanced to join the 121 that made it through Day 1A.

Among the professionals that advanced were Stu Paterson, Hans Winzeler, John Gordon, Zo Karim, Ylon Schwartz, and Michael Rocco. Farzad “Randy” Raji finished with one of the largest chip stacks in the room with close to 300,000. Familiar faces that busted but will have a chance to re-enter on the Day 1C flight that will begin at 7 p.m. include Adam Levy, Michael Beasley, Noah Sachwartz, Alex Bolotin, Matthew Burnitz, Fred Goldberg, and Donny Mizrachi.

Tune back in just a few minutes from now for 14 more levels of poker action from the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. In addition to the live updates coverage you can also watch full live streaming all night on the Live Stream tab. The total tournament field size could reach 2,000 players tonight in Hollywood, Florida.

As the players return from their last break to play the final two levels on Day 1B the players remaining is under 200. There are now 180 from the initial 622 hoping to survive to Day 2.

Here is a look at some of the new familiar faces that joined the tournament field on Day 1B here at Event 1 ($350 no-limit hold’em – $500,000 guaranteed prize pool) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

Fred Goldberg

John Desoto

John Gordon

Matthew Burnitz

Michael Rocco

Stu Paterson

Ylon Schwartz

A10 vs KJ aip for 17k each at 1k bb. K on river. Playing again at 7pm

— Matthew Elsarelli (@The_RealMVP) August 9, 2013

Noah Schwartz hit the rail in an unfortunate way here on Day 1B at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. He held A-10, and the hand was looking good to win a big pot on a board that held a ten ad three bricks, but his opponent held K-9 and spiked a king on the river to take the hand and eliminate Schwartz, who might be back for Day 1C at 7 p.m.

At the start of each tournament day the staff here at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has announced to the players that a new rule is in effect that was established at the recent Poker Tournament Directors Association summit. The new rule stipulates that a player’s hand will be dead for a hand if they are not in their seat for the FIRST card dealt to the table.