$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 359

Flight A: 359 Entries, 65 Advanced
Flight B: In Progress
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

Chip counts through Flight A:

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 Ante
Flight B Entries: 221

Among those in the field include Zoltan Czinkota, Michael Johnson, James Romero, Raminder Singh, A.J. Kelsall, Alex Foxen, Richard Foster, Jodan Meltzer, Scott Zakheim, William Vo, Larry Klur, Matthew Wantman, Aaron Massey, and Frankie Flowers.

Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at about 10:30pm and unlimited re-entries are available until then.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 65 of 359

Play has come to an end for the first flight of Event 9 with 65 players still around for Day 2 on Sunday. Vittorio Maraone surged late to bag the lead with 309,000 at a tough table that including Loni Harwood, Phil Hui, and Ryan Dunn.

Harwood (63,000), Hui (62,500), and Dunn (121,000) also advanced along with  Jorge Gomez (241,500), Asher Conniff (228,000), Dan Suied (175,000), Jessica Dawley (148,000), Stu Paterson (72,000), Tony Ruberto (88,000), and Wally Maddah (35,500).

Full chip counts will be released as soon as they are available.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 90 of 359

Kenny Nguyen was just moved to a new table with a short stack, and he wasted no time putting his remaining chips to work.

Nguyen opened the last pot with a raise in middle position, Jessica Dawley called in the cutoff, and Denis Cyr called on the button to create three-way action.

The flop was , and Nguyen moved all in for 26,300. Dawley folded, but Cyr quickly called to put Nguyen at risk. “Uh oh,” Nguyen said. “I need a three.”

Nguyen:
Cyr:

Nguyen was drawing live to aces, as well, but the turn took away those three outs. “Now I really need a three,” he said. The river was the , though, and Cyr won the knockout pot with jacks full.

“Good luck everybody,” the chatty Nguyen said as he stood up. “I’ll see you guys on Day 2. Hopefully.” With that, he headed straight to the cashier to purchase a ticket for Day 1B, which has just gotten under way on the other side of the room.

Denis Cyr – 80,000 (33 bb)
Kenny Nguyen – Eliminated

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

The first flight of Event 9 continues to play down on one side of the ballroom while the second prepares to kick off on the other. The $570 buy-in tournament has a huge $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and they are well on their way to hitting it.

Flight A drew 359 entries and we expect even more this evening as they push the prize pool higher.

Entrants sit down to 20,000 deep stacks and play through 30-minute levels on Day 1. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm and unlimited re-entries are available while it is open. Play will conclude at the end of Level 14 and survivors will put their chips in a bag for Day 2 on Sunday.

Cards fly at 6pm and we’ll be follwing them the entire way.

• $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

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 359

A player in early position opened to 3,500, and Phil Hui three-bet shoved for 31,900 in the cutoff. The big blind called the shove, the initial raiser folded, and Hui was heads-up and at risk.

Hui:
Big blind:

The board ran out clean for Hui, coming to give him a double-up.

Phil Hui – 69,700 (44 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 359

Registration closed on Flight A back a few levels ago and we found a few SHRP favorites hopping in late.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Jessica Dawley is back after a deep run in Event 5 which saw her finish 12th out of 1,973 entries last night and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah is a few days removed from the H.O.R.S.E. final table.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 198 of 359

Players are back in their seats with less the 200 remaining and registration closed for the first flight. The opener attracted 359 entries for a great jump on hitting the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool later this weekend.

They will continue to play for six more levels, with a break in between, before bagging up for Day 2 on Sunday.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 Ante
Flight A Entries: 350

Flight A players are taking their second break of the day which means registration will soon close on the opening session of the $1 Million GTD tournament when they return.

We’ve seen some top players hop in the game late to push the entry number higher including Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja, 2015 WPT World Champion Asher Conniff, and 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 1 winner Dan Suied.

Registration will close at 3:30pm and we’ll see how high they can push the opening numbers.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Flight A Entries: 325

Flight A easily topped 300 entries this afternoon with 45 minutes left to get in the game. One of the late entrants is David Bradshaw who recently set himself a new goal.

A few days ago, Bradshaw wrote on social media:

“Goal for the next few months!! Player of the year!! #goalset”

He was referencing the fact that he currently sits in second place in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year race after he won the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship. Bradshaw trails only Nathan Papp who holds the top spot thanks to a 1st and 2nd place finish in Seminole Immokalee Poker majors.