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End of Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 295

Level 8 has concluded, and the field has been sent on another 15-minute break. Registration will close once the new level begins, so this break represents the last chance to join or rejoin the Day 1B field.

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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 289

Seminole Hard Rock Poker’s Stewart Newman has just become entry number 289 into this Day 1B flight.

“Hey, Stewart Newman,” Jon Brody addressed him by his full name from the adjacent table. “Did you play this morning?”

Newman shook his head no. “First bullet.” He’s seated to the direct left of Jake Schwartz, who has been the subject of some Brody conversation, himself.

Brody and a tablemate have a side bet on Schwartz’s performance in this event. The other player thinks Schwartz will enter less than seven times and show a profit at the payout desk. Brody is betting the “don’t” for this one, though, figuring Schwartz will enter at least seven times and record a net loss for the event.

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Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 271

Marc Levy was in position and heads-up against Shai Cohen on a flop. The betting action wasn’t clear, but it put about 15,000 in the pot and left Levy with just 6,000 behind.

The turn was the . Cohen checked from the big blind, and Levy put the last of his chips into the middle. Cohen called.

Cohen:
Levy:

Levy’s combo draw didn’t materialize on the river, and he was eliminated.

Shai Cohen – 33,500
Marc Levy – Eliminated

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Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 261

Seminole Hard Rock Poker’s Loni Harwood was involved in a five-way pot on an flop. It checked to her in position, and she bet 800. The player in the worst position called, the next two folded, and Mahendran Ramanathan check-raised all in for 5,425. Harwood re-shoved with the largest stack, and the other player called all in for what looked like 12,350.

Harwood showed for the flopped flush, and Ramanathan tabled for a draw to a better flush. The third player shook his head and showed for a flopped straight that was drawing dead to a running chop.

The on the turn brought Ramanathan into the lead with a king-high flush, and the river secured his triple-up.

Harwood lost the main pot but won the side, essentially breaking even on the exchange.

Loni Harwood – 32,000

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End of Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 228

The first four levels are complete, and the field has been sent on their first 15-minute break of the evening. There are 238 entries so far, with late registration available for another four levels.

Here are some chip counts from around the room:

Francis Margaglione – 88,000
Alex Haber – 60,000
Daniel Pearlman – 45,000
Darryll Fish – 37,500
Scott Zakheim – 35,500
Danny Suied – 35,000
Jon Brody – 33,000
Marcus Stein – 32,500
Eli Levy – 29,200
Jon Borenstein – 24,350
Wally Maddah – 23,000
Ido Ashkenazi – 19,000
Michael Tait – 17,650
Mike Beasley – 12,475

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Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 228

Darryll Fish opened to 525 in middle position, the button called, and the big blind defended to create three-way action.

The flop was . It checked to Fish, who continued for 1,000, and both opponents called. The turn was the , and Fish bet another 2,500. Both opponents called, then all three checked through the river.

The button showed big blind showed , and Fish showed to win the pot with a pair of kings.

Darryll Fish – 32,000

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Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 ante
Players Remaining: 88 of 441

Flight A: 441 Entries, 88 Advanced
Flight B: In Progress
Flight C: Friday at 11am
Flight D: Friday at 6pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1pm

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Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 182

Wally Maddah has made the trip across the state, and the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Ambassador has taken his seat in the Day 1B flight. Maddah is sharing a table with Marcus Stein as Level 2 begins.

Let’s get the party started @shrpo event 1, $570 1m GTD, @SHRTPoker #Hardrocklife pic.twitter.com/rzN4JG8JJ3

— wally Maddah (@wallymystar) August 3, 2017

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End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 ante
Flight A Entries: 441
Players Remaining: 88

Play came to an end for Flight A with 88 players advancing of the 441 starting entries. SHRP team member Matt Affleck bagged up the biggest stack of the day and will return on Sunday with 213,000.

He’s followed by Ryan Smith, Dominic Capina, 2017 LHPO WPTDeepstacks Champ Michael Graffeo, and 2016 Seminole Tampa Winter Poker Open champ David Bradshaw.

All remaining players will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1pm. Full counts to come as soon as they are available.

Top five stacks:

Matt Affleck – 213,000
Ryan Smith – 210,500
Dominic Capina – 205,000
Michael Graffeo – 192,500
David Bradshaw – 190,000

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Level 1: 25/50
Flight B Entries: 182

There are four members of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker team in attendance so far for Event 1.

Loni Harwood and Darryll Fish both endured short Day 1A flights this afternoon, and they’ve both returned for Day 1B after a few hours of down time.

Over on the other side of the room, Jessica Dawley is one of two team members still alive in the Day 1A field. Dawley is sitting short with less than 10 big blinds as she and the rest of the remaining field play the last four hands of their day.

Matt Affleck is also among the shortening Day 1A crowd, and he has closer to 100 big blinds in his stack. Affleck is just finishing his last hand, and he’ll have somewhere around 220,000 chips in the bag after a productive afternoon.