$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 Ante

On the far side of the room from Steven Kasimow, another player is announcing his presence with authority.

Christopher Hansen has managed to find his way to one of the biggest stacks in the room. Hansen has built his chip stack up to around 179,000 and is looming large here in Flight 1B.

144 players remain alive tonight as we move toward Level 12 in about 20 minutes.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Checking around the room we saw Julie Ngo having amassed enough chips to look like she may be out in front of the flight.  But a huge hand against Steven Kaismow changed that in a hurry.

One opponent had pushed a short stack into the middle after a flop and Kasimow went over the top all-in for around 62,000.  Ngo had already started the action in the hand and then decided to make the call setting up the three-way action.

Their opponent flipped over looking for a straight but Kasimow already had one with and Ngo turned over for the nut flush draw looking for the double elimination.  But after the board ran out , all the chips went Kasimow’s way putting him near the 150,000 chip mark.

171 players are still alive here in Flight 1B as play continues.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

Registration has closed for Flight 1B.  The total entries for the flight finished at 369 bringing the total entries in the first two flights to 705.

The room’s chipstacks have tightened up but it looks like Barry Chazen has the slight edge on the group at 106,500 with Tyler Lascana on his heels at 96,300 and Ross Ramlal at 91,900.

Play will continue tonight through Level 14 before we see who will survive and advance to Day 2.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

We’ve hit the second break of the night with registration for Flight 1B closing at the start of Level 9.  We’ll have the final entry numbers up shortly after the break.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

After a rebuy, Raymond Ruszkowski was shoved into the deep end onto Table 66 where it’s been some pretty tough sledding.  But we think he may have found the answer: The Ruszkowski Terminator 2015.

We’ll have to check if entering a cyborg into the tournament is permissible according to TDA rules but in the meantime Raymond will look to chip up with his new look and advance to Day 2 tonight.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

Halley Lewis had already been dealing with Ross Ramlal on his table but the leader at the first break now has to deal with WSOP bracelet winner David Diaz.  Ramlal and Diaz have been going back and forth while Lewis looks to navigate this difficult draw.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500/50 Ante

Table 66 has become a graveyard for our players in Flight 1B.  After the dealer called out that the table was five-handed, a quick check on the table saw Max Romano now piling up the biggest stack in the room with four open seats left in his wake.

Romano was clearly over the 100,000 chip mark but then found himself giving some of them back to a runner-runner flush of Eyal Al Revah continuing the devastation on the table.

The entry count is now up to 331 as we close in on the end of registration at the start of Level 9.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante

Here are some of the chip leaders here in Flight 1B with Halley Lewis putting away 82,200 after the break.  Tonight’s flight is now up 321 as push through Level 6.

Halley Lewis – 82,200
Max Romano – 80,000
C. Rodriguez – 79,250
Adi Yaacov – 63,325
B. Rostant – 61,400
Barry Chazen – 60,225
Anthony Perrotta – 59,325
Ivan Saul – 55,100
Max Welcman – 53,375
Marsha Wolak – 52,700
Keity Moyea – 52,425
Michael Newman – 52,150
Richard Camacho – 51,450
Daniel Vanbronkhorst – 50,500

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300/25 Ante

Cards are back in the air as we hit Level 5 in Flight 1B of our opening event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.  The flight now stands at 293 entries and climbing as action continues this evening.