$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 158

The small remaining field is stacked with familiar faces, including four members of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team.

Michael Laake is the businessman of the bunch, sitting quietly with sunglasses on and sharing a studious table with Marc Stein and Marc Levy, among others. Laake has about 80,000 chips at the moment.

In contrast, Darryll Fish is part of a much livelier group at an adjacent table that features himself, Ryan Van Sanford, and the chatty T.K. Miles, who is the life of the party and the most talkative player in the room. There is laughter and red wine flowing freely at that table, and Fish’s stack currently sits just under 100,000 chips.

Two tables over is Wally Maddah, who is sharing space with John Holley and David Jackson. He’s chosen a different approach than Miles. Maddah appears to be the least chatty player left in the room, sitting behind dark sunglasses, headphones over his ears, enjoying a bit of a massage. The plan is working out well so far, as Maddah currently sits well above the chip average with about 120,000.

Jessica Dawley is showing those guys how it’s done at the moment, though. She’s sitting behind a stack of about 145,000 chips, putting her near the top of the leaderboard as the end of the day approaches. She’s just polished off a little late-night snack and had a quick visit from Daniel Negreanu before returning to some friendly banter at a table that includes Evan Teitelbaum, Jake Schwartz, and Brett Bader.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 158

Registration was closed with 158 entries this evening, one more than turned up for the morning’s Day 1A flight. That brings the running field size to 315 with two starting flights left.

The board shows 45 players remaining as Level 11 comes to a close, and the field has just been sent on their final break of Day 1B. When the players return, they’ll play three more levels before the survivors bag up around 1:45 AM.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600
Entries: 143

Level 8 has just begun, and this represents the last chance to join the Day 1B field for Event 6. There will be a break following this level, after which registration will close for the day. The board shows 143 entries into this flight so far.

Registration for tomorrow’s C and D flights remains open, and those two flights represent the last two chances to build a stack for Day 2.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300
Entries: 107

The field has just returned from their first break of the evening, and Level 5 is under way. The board shows 107 entries so far, with late registration and re-entry available until the end of the next break in about two hours.

Here’s are a few chip counts from around the room:

James Salmon – 51,000
John Holley – 37,575
Ryan Van Sanford – 26,800
Aleksandr Gorelik – 25,700
Brett Bader – 23,000
Elliott Zaydman – 22,275
Francis Margaglione – 19,500
Brian Phillis – 19,250
Seth Davies – 18,200
Wally Maddah – 14,575
Michael Laake – 14,375
Darryll Fish – 18,825

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 157

Flight A: 157 entries, 22 advanced
Flight B: In progress
Flight C: Tuesday at 11 AM
Flight D: Tuesday at 6 PM
Day 2: Wednesday at 1 PM

Day 2 chip counts through Flight A:

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 157

The clock was paused with 10 minutes left in the level, and a card was drawn. It was a five, so each table will play that many more hands before the remaining players bag and tag.

A full list of survivors’ chip counts will be posted shortly following the close of play.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The second flight of Event 6 is about to get underway and will continue to push the tournament closer to the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool. The $570 buy-in tournament drew a nice crowd for the first flight this morning and we’re well on pace to pay out some big money.

They will start with 20,000 stacks and all opening flights will run 30-minute levels. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm with unlimited re-entries if they lose their stack. Play is scheduled to run through Level 14 but they will bag up if the field size drops to 12%. All remaining players will bag up their chips and return on Wednesday to play down to a champion.

Cards are about to fly and we’ll keep an eye on them throughout the evening.

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or 12% of the field
• Event 6 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
Total Entrants: 119

Players are on their first break of the day as they continue to push the entrant count higher. The first flight is putting the tournament on a good pace to easily reach the $250,000 before registration closes tomorrow evening.

Former Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open champ Jonah Miller is the clear leader after four levels, running his 20,000 starting stack up to 90,000 in only two hours. He has a clear lead over second position Max Romano and Sheddy Siddiqui also had a good first few hours.

Top stacks and notable names:

Jonah Miller – 90,000 (300 bb)
Max Romano – 50,225 (167 bb)
Linas Mazintas – 49,900 (166 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 48,000 (160 bb)
Francis Margaglione – 43,175 (144 bb)
Peter Striano – 40,000 (133 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – 36,725 (122 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 24,925 (83 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 24,000 (80 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 20,000 (67 bb)
Paul Balzano – 19,000 (63 bb)
Vasilii Leshchenko – 18,500 (62 bb)
Elliot Zaydman – 17,350 (58 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 Ante
Total Entrants: 104

Event 6 climbed over 100 entrants after they crossed in the PM hours including Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui after a long grind at the tables yesterday.

Siddiqui ran his stack deep into the record-setting Event 1 field before bowing out in 91st place late in the day, a fine finish deep in a tournament that drew 5,018 entrants.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Total Entrants: 74

Event 6 players are having trouble moving this morning but they are starting to arrive in a steady stream as we get closer to the afternoon hours. We have 74 entrants in the game after the first level and we’re seeing more players enter.

Eli Levy (playing against 2015 November Niner Neil Blumenfield in the picture above) is here looking for his fifth SHRP title. Levy is working on his own version of a grand slam with titles in three of our four major tournament festivals. The only series title he’s missing is a big Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open win but that will have to wait until next August.