$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Flight 1D Entries: 415

Matt Ehrlich opened to 1,200 in early position, and SHRP Team Member Jessica Dawley three-bet to 4,000 a few seats over. This is the friendliest table in the room, and when action folded back around to Ehrlich, he started to chat. At one point he said to Dawley, “You’re one of my poker heroes.”

“You have terrible poker heroes,” Jon Borenstein chimed in, drawing a laugh from the table.

After about 30 seconds of back-and-forth banter, Ehrlich moved all in for 16,975, and Dawley called to put him at risk. “There are only a few hands that beat me,” Ehrlich said.

“She has one of them,” someone at the table correctly surmised.

Ehrlich:
Dawley:

The board came , and even Dawley had to laugh at the run-out. Ehrlich doubled up with quad queens.

Matt Ehrlich – 34,900 (70 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 26,500 (53 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry 
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight 1D Entries: 413

There was about 6,000 on the turn with the board reading and Aleksandr Shevelev checked from the big blind. His opponent is in middle position and he checked behind.

The river was the and Shevelev tanks for a minute before betting 550. His opponent quickly calls and Shevelev showed , good for a pair of jacks and his opponent mucked his hand.

Shevelev won the $250 No Limit Hold’em Turbo trophy earlier this series and has more than tripled his starting stack in this event.

Aleksandr Shevelev – 63,000

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight 1D Entries: 373

The players from Day 1D have returned from break and level 5 has begun.

At the outset of the level, it is the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Jerry Yang who is leading the field of 373. Yang starts the level with 65,800 and has more than triple his original starting stack.

Yang won $8.25 million for his momentous victory nine years ago, but has been largely absent from the tournament trail over the last several years due to business ventures. He made his first appearance in the South Florida poker scene for this series and is off to a good start.

Here is a look at the top five chip counts:

1. Jerry Yang – 65,800
2. Daniel Ramirez – 64,624
3. Alejandro Duque – 63,050
4. Stewart Newman – 56,300
5. Brandon Byars – 52,450

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 3: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Flight 1D Entries: 327

Three players saw a flop, and John Alexander led for 1,300. Abbey Daniels raised to 3,500, Scott Sommer called, and Alexander re-raised all in for about 14,000 total. Daniels called all in for just less, and Sommer called with both opponents covered, looking for the double knockout.

Daniels: (bottom two pair)
Sommer: (top pair, gutshot straight draw)
Alexander: (open-ended straight draw)

The turn and river filled out the board, and Sommer ran down a backdoor flush to eliminate the pair.

Scott Sommer – 45,000 (113 bb)
Abbey Daniels – Eliminated

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 3: 150/300 with a 25 Ante
Flight 1D Entries: 285

The evening flight is off to a hot start, with nearly 300 players already registered. Table 47 is the toughest table in town right, with Jon Borenstein, Zo Karim, and Jessica Dawley seated all in a row in seats five through seven. And they’re just part of that eight-handed table full of heroes.

Karim was involved in an early pot, opening to 400 from early position. The big blind defended, and the flop came . Karim continued for 200, his opponent check-called, and the turn was the . Both players checked. The river was the , and the small blind checked again. Karim bet 1,100, and his opponent folded.

Karim flashed as the dealer pushed him the pot, earning a tiny increase with quad aces.

Zo Karim – 20,500 (137 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 300 Ante
Flight 1C Players Remaining: 105 of 491

The clock was paused with ten minutes left in the level, and each table played four more hands before the bags came out. It looks like the action is complete at every table, so that’s the end of Day 1C with less than 100 players advancing.

The survivors’ chip counts will be posted shortly.

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 300 Ante
Flight 1C Players Remaining: 105 of 491

There was about 60,000 in the pot as the board read . Ryan Van Sanford was heads-up, and his river bet was enough to cover his opponent, who had about 60,000 chips remaining. After some time, the opponent called, and Van Sanford showed to win the pot with queens full.

Stacking up his new chips, Van Sanford moved up among the leaders with about 220,000.

Ryan Van Sanford – 220,000 (92 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 300 Ante
Flight 1C Players Remaining: 105 of 491

The player under the gun opened to 5,700, Johanssy Joseph called in the big blind, and Josh Bridge made it a three-way flop with a call from the big.

The flop came , and Joseph checked. Bridge led out for 12,000, and the initial raiser moved all in for just over 40,000. Joseph check-raised all in for 91,600 total, and Bridge tanked and folded.

Joseph: (pair of aces)
Opponent: (gutshot straight draw)

The turn and river filled out the board safely for Joseph, and he earned the knockout to finish the day on a high note.

Johanssy Joseph – 163,000 (68 bb)
Josh Bridge – 135,000 (56 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Flight 1C Players Remaining: 126 of 491

The first two players to act limped into the pot, and Nancy Birnbaum three-bet to 8,000 on the button. Chipleader Alan Dobrow four-bet to 21,000 in the big blind, and only Birnbaum called to go heads up to the flop.

It was , and Dobrow continued for 20,000. “How much?” Birnbaum asks. “Twenty,” the dealer confirms. “All in,” comes the reply from Birnbaum. It’s about 65,000 total, and Dobrow tanks and folds.

Nancy Birnbaum – 133,000 (66 bb)
Alan Dobrow – 235,000 (118 bb)

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

Flight C is winding down on one side of the room while Flight D is setting up to go on the other. Tonight’s players will add to the 1,204 combined entrants from the first three and we’ll see how close they can get to the $1 Million Guarantee before the final two runs tomorrow.

The big $570 buy-in tournament drew its biggest crowd for this afternoon’s flight and we expect similar numbers this evening. Each entrant sits down to 20,000 starting stacks and will play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm when they’ll start playing down. Play will conclude at the end of Level 14 when survivors will bag up their chips for a return on Sunday.

Players are taking their seats and play will be underway shortly.

• $1,000,000 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 Tournament Director discretion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet