$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Flight E Entries: 603

We’re seeing more and more big names come to town for the big money prelim and get ready for the big WPT events on the horizon.

WPT Champions Club member Olivier Busquet jumped into early action and we caught him putting his last ~6,000 in the middle from early position. The big blind opponent called and Busquet needed to catch an over.

Big Blind:
Busquet:

It started well for Busquet when he hit a part of the flop but he blanked the turn and river to exit. But have no fear Busquet fans, “livb112” hit the registration desk to use a re-entry option.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
Flight E Entries: 537

Players returned to their seats and they are ready to grind four more levels before we start shutting down registration. They added another 120 entries since breaking the $1,000,000 guarantee and they are still hitting the tables at a regular pace.

David Stanford had the best opening four levels of anyone else in the room and his 85,000 is setting the current pace. John Ryan topped 70,000 and Eric Silevitch isn’t far behind with plenty of time for others to catch them.

Top stacks and some notables:

David Stanford – 85,000 (283 bb)
John Ryan – 70,000 (233 bb)
Eric Silevitch – 69,225 (231 bb)
Jonathan Stabb – 55,500 (185 bb)
David Gillespie – 55,000 (183 bb)
Manny Minaya – 55,000 (183 bb)
Jean “Prince” Gaspard – 54,000 (180 bb)
Raymond Stephens – 52,000 (173 bb)
David Singh – 51,700 (172 bb)
Aftab Saakoor – 50,000 (167 bb)
Ira Schwartz – 50,000 (167 bb)
Nigel Murray – 49,000 (163 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 42,200 (141 bb)
John DePersio – 39,300 (131 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 37,775 (126 bb)
David Poces – 29,900 (100 bb)
Jeff Kessler – 29,200 (97 bb)
Sorel Mizzi – 27,250 (91 bb)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 25,800 (86 bb)
Mike Graffeo – 24,000 (80 bb)
Joe Reddick – 21,400 (71 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – 20,000 (67 bb)
Eric Piderit – 18,000 (60 bb)
Tony March – 17,250 (58 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 13,400 (45 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 Ante
Flight E Entries: 460

Flight E players are on their first break of the day with 460 entries in the game with the $1,000,000 guarantee already met and creating the biggest field so far.

Registration will remain open for this session until 3:30pm with Flight F kicking off at 6pm.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 Ante
Flight E Entries: 418

With more than 20 minutes remaining before the first break of the day, the Event 9 prize pool began climbing for the first time. Every entry after 417 puts more money on top of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

We’ll know later tonight exactly how high it climbs but there’s still plenty of time for players to hop in Flight E or join Flight F starting at 6pm.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 Ante
Flight E Entries: 362

Flight E blasted past 300 entries and now closing on 400 with plenty of time to run it higher. Everyone is watching for entry 417, the one that puts Event 9 right on the $1,000,000 prize pool mark.

Ruslan Dykshteyn is back in the same event he won a year ago. He was part of that big field and cruised his way to the final table, taking the lead late and hanging on for a $184,000 payday. That wasn’t the first taste of success for Dykshteyn or the last. He already owned a WSOP Circuit ring before his victory in last year’s big Event 9 and he followed that up by winning the $1,100 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 event for another $150,000.

Since then, Dykshteyn made another big final table this series when he cashed out in seventh place in the 3,107-entry opening Event 1.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Flight E Entries: 296

We expected Flight E to grow rapidly and it’s showing on the tournament clock with nearly 300 entries in with 15 minutes left before the noon-time hour.

Josh Gibson is back in the ballroom where he has some past success. He has two deep runs in the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship with a 28th place finish last year and a big third place result in 2015 for more than $200,000.

In recent news, Gibson conquered the Seminole Immokalee Poker Challenge Main Event in February for another $50,000 in his bankroll.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Flight E Entries: 205

Our first walk through Flight E found a very happy SHRP regular Frankie Flowers stacking up chips. As it turns out per Flowers, he called a min-raise on the very first hand with , flopped two pair, and his opponent with put his 20,000 stack in the middle.

That 20,000 now belongs to Flowers as the very early chip leader.

“I just have a face everyone thinks is bluffing,” the former SHRP champion laughed.

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

Players are down to the final two chances to take home a piece of a seven-digit prize pool. Four flights have come and gone in Event  9 with only Flights E and F remaining today. The first order of business is getting to the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool this afternoon.

The first four flights combined to put 1,583 entries into the tournament leaving it only 417 shy of hitting the mark. With a busy Saturday expected in the ballroom, we should get there early and start piling money on top.

Like the previous flights, players sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and Day 1 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. Flight E will come to an end after Level 14 and survivors will bag up and join the other 286 who advanced from the previous flights.

It will be a fun, full day in the ballroom and we’re ready to watch them push for some huge money.

• $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

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 9 Day 1E – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $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

6PM: Event 9 Day 1F – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $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

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 59 – $140 Mega Turbo Satellite into Event 9 (1-in-5)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD Event 9
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in The Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 59 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 60 – $250 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 60 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 61 – $1,050 WPT Finale Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $2 Million GTD WPT Finale
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 61 Structure Sheet

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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Property Update

Preparations are underway for the development of an iconic hotel tower and resort:

• Parking – Poker players are encouraged to park in Winner’s Way Garage to access both the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament space and The Poker Room

• The Poker Room – Players may access the poker room by entering through the main lobby or via the exterior entrance on the opposite end of Winner’s Way Garage.

• Inside hotel – Services and amenities inside the hotel will remain open along with regularly scheduled events and entertainment.

For additional construction updates, please visit TheNewHardRock.com

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 285 of 1,583

Flight A: 359 Entries, 65 Advanced
Flight B: 356 Entries, 68 Advanced
Flight C: 449 Entries, 74 Advanced
Flight D: 419 Entries, 78 Advanced
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1pm