$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 50 ante
Entries: 265

Zo Karim raised to 500 under the gun, and four players called, including the big blind.

The flop was . The big blind and Karim both checked, and the player next to act moved all in for 6,125. The table folded back around to Karim, and he called to put his opponent at risk.

Karim:
Opponent:

Karim’s kicker had him in the lead, and the and that completed the board did nothing to change that. Karim earned the knockout, and he’s flirting with 50,000 chips as the first break approaches.

Zo Karim – 49,000

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Entries: 233

Level 3 is nearly complete, and this flight is off to another encouraging start. There are 233 entries so far, with registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9. This morning’s Day 1A flight drew 260 entries by the time the first break hit, so it appears this flight will be just as big, if not bigger.

Some of those who are back for this evening session include Brian Hastings, Mike Beasley, Tom Kearney, Ebony Kenney, T.K. Miles, and Dan Heimiller, the latter of whom is fresh of a victory in Event 8 last night.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 369

Flight A: 369 Entries, 70 Advanced
Flight B: Thursday at 6pm
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

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 369

Jessica Dawley opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Ory Hen three-bet shoved for 23,400 next to act. Dawley called, putting Hen at risk and flipping for the knockout.

Dawley:
Hen:

The board ran out , and Hen won the pot with a king-high straight.

Ory Hen – 54,000 (23 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 53,000 (22 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 369

With ten minutes left in Level 14, the clock was paused and card was drawn. It was a five, so each table will play that many more hands before the survivors bag and tag their chips.

A full list of chip counts will be published once play concludes.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 369

With significant preflop action in front of him, Johanssy Joseph squeezed all in for 43,700 in the big blind. George Dolofan called to put Joseph at risk, and the rest of the table folded out of the way.

Joseph:
Dolofan:

The board ran out , and Joseph won the pot with eights up. Dolofan was left with just a few chips, and he was eliminated one hand later.

Johanssy Joseph – 105,000 (44 bb)
George Dolofan – Eliminated

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Total Players Remaining: 87 of 369

Flight A is back underway after the final break of the day with only 87 players remain of the 369 starting entrants.

David Lithgow has been among the leaders throughout the day, now he’s back on top. His stack is more than 100K clear of the second biggest stack owned by Paul Balzano and Randall Pfeifer is sporting a castle as well.

Two more levels to play and the survivors will bag up for a return on Sunday.

David Lithgow – 295,000 (148 bb)
Matthew Yorra – 245,000 (123 bb)
Paul Balzano – 186,000 (93 bb)
Randall Pfeifer – 173,500 (87 bb)
George Dolofan – 120,400 (60 bb)
John Holley – 78,300 (39 bb)
Ben Charlemagne – 72,000 (36 bb)
Ory Hen – 67,800 (34 bb)
Johansy Joseph – 55,500 (28 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 54,000 (27 bb)
Jason Bral – 48,000 (24 bb)
Wally Maddah – 31,900 (16 bb)

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

The second flight of event 10 has just been seated, and the cards are in the air for Day 1B. This morning’s Day 1A flight drew 369 entries, setting a strong pace toward the $1 million guarantee.

Here are the rest of the vitals for this event:

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 chips
• Levels are 30 minutes apiece
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Total Players Remaining: 117 of 369

The field is creeping back towards a single digit size but Paul Balzano is not going anywhere. He’s quietly built his stack to 150,000 with a few more levels in the day and looking good for a late run. Balzano has a few SHRP titles to his credit with his last coming in 2012 during the 2012 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” series.

They will play down this level, take a 15-minute break, then finish out two more levels before bagging up.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Players Remaining: 162 of 369

We found several of our Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members still grinding away in the first flight. Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Ambassador Wally Maddah leads them all but each has enough chips at this stage to get things down over the next five levels of the day.

Wally Maddah – 49,000 (49 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 34,000 (34 bb)
Loni Harwood – 32,000 (32 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 22,000 (22 bb)