$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300
Flight 1B Entries: 324
Players Remaining: 81

The final break of the night is over and players are freshly back in their seats set to log two more levels of action. John Grasso has emerged with a gigantic stack of over 420,000 chips. Not only does that put him in the lead in his respective flight, it puts him well ahead of Flight A Chris Thompson’s 240,000.

Grasso resides in Coral Springs and has a modest tournament resumes that includes four cashes and $25,804 in earnings. All signs point to him bagging the chip lead, but with nearly 60 minutes of action left in Flight B, anything can happen.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Flight 1B Entries: 324
Players Remaining: 91

Ryan Dunn and Adam Levy find themselves seated next to eachother late in the day in Flight B. Dunn, who won an event here during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, claims the advantage over Levy. The pair holds 160,000 and 137,000 respectively with Level 12 just minutes from concluding.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 Ante
Flight 1B Entries: 324
Players Remaining: 109

After busting Flight A, John Depersio is back at it here in Flight B. Depersio, who resides in Parkland, Fla., has turned his 20,000 starting chips into 150,000 and is in good position to earn a Day 2 berth with just over 90 minutes remaining in his respective flight.

Depersio is a two-time tournament champion with more than $221,000 in earnings on the poker felt.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Flight 1B Entries: 324
Players Remaining: 136

While it’s not his 20,000-chip stack that’s turning heads, Antonio Albanes has found a way to stand out among the sea of 136 players still alive in Flight B of Event 1. Albanes is sporting a sharp, light dress shirt with a fancy vest and a crisp tie. Pulling the look together is a pair of tie-die glasses that spell out “Groovy”.

What’s not so groovy is the hand he recently played. He checked the flop in a multi-way pot in early position only to see two players go all in.

“I’m going to get stay out of this one,” he said when it folded back to him.

As mentioned before, he sits on just about 20,000 chips or 20 big blinds.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
Flight 1B Entries: 324
Players Remaining: 153

This evening’s Flight B of Event 1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown drew 324 entries bringing the two-flight total to 694. That puts the prize pool at an unofficial $208,200 — well on pace to the best the $500,000 guarantee.

Flight-by-flight breakdown:

Flight A: 370 Entries, 71 Advanced
Flight B: 324 Entries, TBD Advanced
Flight C: April 1 – 11am
Flight D: April 1 – 6pm
Flight E: April 2 – 11am
Flight F: April 2 – 6pm

Players in Flight B will log about three more hours of play before action concludes. At that time, all those still alive bag and tag set to return for Day 2 Sunday at 1 p.m.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
Flight 1B Entries: 324

Cards are back in the air and registration is closed in Flight B of Event 1. Tournament staff is still verifying the final attendance figure, but in the meantime we took a quick walk around the room and noted some of the bigger stacks.

It appears Ermias Braki leads the field with 170,000 chips. He’s had quite the hot streak thus far, but other such as Adam Levy (115,500), Oren Maimon (107,000) and Mark Theodore (105,000) have made their presence known as well. Theodore is seated next to Elizabeth Dabas who was the chip leader following the first break. Her stack has gone down since we last touched based with her as she now holds 66,500.

We will provide the final attendance for Flight B as soon as it’s verified.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante
Flight 1B Entries: 323

Players are in the midst of their final break prior to the close of registration with the clock showing 323 entered. Cards go back in the air in about 10 minutes, and at that time, the field will be finalized and we’ll have the Flight B attendance figure.

A look at some of the notable stacks will be posted shortly.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante
Flight 1B Entries: 303

The field sits at 303 entries and counting at about the midway point of Level 7. They pair with the 370 entries from Flight A to bring the two-flight total to 673 and counting. Late registration is open until about 10:30 p.m. in Flight B, while Flight C, D, E and F are still to come.

Those players still alive in Flight B include:

• Robert Edelstein
• Erik Christensen
• Ryan Dunn
• Adam Levy
• Elizabeth Dantas
• Steven Bennett
• Darryll Fish

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/50
Flight 1B Entries: 271

Adam Levy of Los Angeles burst onto the poker scene in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event when he finished 12th earning $635,011. He’s accumulated nearly $2,000,000 more in career earnings since then and recently finish 9th in the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown Championship good for $3,140.

He’s off to a good start here in Event 1. After leading the flop in a five-way pot, he narrowed to the competition to just one player in late position. He checked the turn and followed suit on the river. The player bet 2,000 and Levy called with a pair of sixes. They were good and Levy now holds 40,000 chips — double starting stack.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300/50
Flight 1B Entries: 257

South Florida pro Sam Panzica recently earned his largest career score in the EPT Dublin High Roller event. He bested a field of 140 entries and pocketed more than $418,000 surpassing his previous career high of $109,326 which came in a $570 event at this very property.

Here in Event 1, Panzica is in need of some help late in Level 5. Most recently, he opened to 700 and a player in late position three-bet to an unknown amount. It was back on Panzica and he sloppily slid the remainder of his 11,000-chip stack in. The opponent folded and Panzica increased his holdings.