Event 1 Day 1A – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 160

Flight A: 160 Entries, 19 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

Event 1 Day 1B – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 90

Flight B is on the verge of pushing over triple digits and we’re seeing even more big names hit the felt. We’re on a pace to top the morning flight and push closer to the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui jumped into the action near the start and grinding his way in our first WSOPC event. Most of his WSOP work is done during the main series in Las Vegas and he’s seeking his fourth career Circuit cash. Siddiqui’s biggest career score came two summer’s ago when he finished fifth out of 7,275 players in the Millionaire Maker for $333,000.

Event 1 Day 1A – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 19/160

With just over 25 minutes left in Flight A, the field narrowed to 19 remaining hitting the tournament’s 12-percent hard stop. Tournament staff stopped the clock, brought out the bags and players are now in the midst of the end-of-night processes.

Out in front of the first flight is Max Campbell with a stack of roughly 250,000. Complete Flight A chip counts will be posted within the hour.

Event 1 Day 1B – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 82

Flight B kicked off right on the nose of 6 pm and we have a nice, tough crowd in early action including three-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings.

He owns his three WSOP titles in three different games, only one of which was in a No Limit Hold’em variation. Hastings won his first in 2012 by conquering the $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em event and he followed that up with two bracelets in 2015. One of those was a $10,000 Seven-Card Stud win and the other in $1,500 Ten-Game Mix.

Event 1 Day 1A – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 22/160

In a raised pot, there was heads-up action between Fredrik Wannius and Alan Saltzman on a board of . Saltzman was first to act and shoved having Wannius covered. Wannius called off his last 71,800 and the hands were up.

Wannius: for top pair
Saltzman: for a pair of sixes

Turn and River:

Wannius’ pair improved to trips and he earned the full double. The hand grew Wannius’ stack to better than 150,000 with just a few minutes left in the day.

Event 1 Day 1B – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

The kickoff event of the WSOP Circuit series got off to a great start this morning and closed down registration with 160 entries in the opening flight. That’s a fine way to get things going and we expect another nice crowd this evening for the second flight.

Event 1 is the first multi-day event on the schedule and this is the second of six flights in the $580 buy-in tournament. It has a $500,000 gauranteed prize pool attached and we’re on pace to clear that number this weekend.

Each player sits down to a  12,000 starting stack and levels that last 30 minutes for all starting flights. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. Play is scheduled to continue through 15 full levels with survivors bagging up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Players are taking their seats and cards will fly at the top of the hour and move us closer to the big numbers.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Day 1A – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 28/160

The day’s final break wrapped moments ago and Julio Ruiz is king of the hill. Ruiz has hefty holdings of 156,000 chips with just three levels remaining in the night.

Here’s a look at some of the other stacks hovering around 100,000:

• Julio Ruiz – 156,000
• Gregory Barba – 140,000
• Maxwell Campbell – 120,000
• Alan Saltzman – 108,000
• Stuart Krasney – 95,000
• Raymond Nalbandian – 95,000

Event 1 Day 1A – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 31/160

Alan Saltzman was the most recent player to climb into six-figure territory moments ago when he got all-in preflop for 33,700 and received two callers. His pair of opponents had chips behind, but they checked down a runout.

Saltzman proudly tabled for a set and was best again their and .

With that, Saltzman scooped a triple-up pot and crossed the 100,000 mark in the process.

Event 1 Day 1A – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 45/160

Blinds are climbing with a small of 500, a big of 1,000 and a 100 ante.  From 160 starting entries, the Event 1 Flight A starting field is down to 45. Play has moved along at a good clip since cards went in the air about five and a half hours ago and there’s another couple hours left before action concludes just after 7pm local time.

Event 1 Day 1A – $580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 160

Level 9 is going and registration is closed in Flight A of Event 1 of the Seminole Hard Rock World Series of Poker Circuit opener, a $580 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament. The first of six starting flights drew 160 entries generating $80,000 worth of the tournament’s $500,000 guarantee.

Event 1 breakdown:

WSOP Circuit Event 1 Structure Sheet

Next up is Flight B kicking off tonight at 6pm.