$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight B Entries: 105

We were able to match up some counts with players in their room to see who’s the closest to chasing down Philip Consolo. Jake Schwartz, Howard Mash, and Josias Santos are all bunched together but there is a long time to go.

Victor Figueroa, former Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion, had 66,000 coming back for dinner but was picking up a new 50,000 stack soon after.

Philip Consolo – 280,000 (175 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 178,500 (112 bb)
Howard Mash – 177,000 (111 bb)
Josias Santos – 175,000 (109 bb)
Loni Harwood – 136,000 (85 bb)
Jose Reyes – 133,000 (83 bb)
Steve Harris – 132,600 (83 bb)
John Gorsuch – 117,300 (73 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 116,000 (73 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 108,000 (68 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 96,000 (60 bb)
Wally Maddah – 73,600 (46 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 73,000 (46 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 63,700 (40 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 63,000 (39 bb)
Erik Christensen – 61,700 (39 bb)
Seth Gilson – 42,000 (26 bb)
Phil Hui – 33,300 (21 bb)
Ory Hen – 32,900 (21 bb)

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries: 103

The dinner break is over and players are back to grind three more levels. The entry count crossed over 100 during the break and it will continue to rise until registration closes on Sunday at noon.

Philip Consolo, 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Six-Max champ, looks like the current leader with 280,000. We have a few more counts and will post them as we match names with chips.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 97

Level 9 is complete and the 72 remaining players are taking a 40-minute dinner break. The perfect chance to visit some of the fine restaurants out in the casino. Or Council Oak right next door.

They will return at 6:10pm to play another six levels before bagging.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 95

The entry count is nearing the century mark with one more level before the dinner break. Registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, so there’s time to get here.

Josias Santos made his return to the poker room this afternoon and comfortably grinding in the middle. He can feel relaxed in our games since the last time he was here, Santos finished second in the 3,000-entry $1.5 million prize pool opening tournament of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown series.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 92

The field is filling in as the afternoon moves along and we have a pretty nice lineup at Table 32. Phil Hui and Jake Schwartz were already two tough spots at the table and they were joined by Florida pro Tristan Wade.

That’s good for five WSOP Circuit rings, one WSOP bracelet, a handful of SHRP titles, and nearly $4.5 million in career earnings.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 87

The break is over and we have 87 entries in the mix so far to push the combined prize pool over $250,000 and on an easy path to the $300,000 Guarantee.

Steve Harris is the new player sitting with the chip lead, his 163,000 the biggest in the room. There are no other stacks standing out. Everyone seems content to ride the deep stacks and slow structure.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 83

Level 6 has come to an end which means players are taking their second break of the day. The entry count topped yesterday’s number and we have plenty of time to push it higher.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 80

Ian O’Hara tweeted that he was coming in today with a new look and he grabbed his seat shortly before the first break. A new hat sits atop his head and he’s taking some good-natured needles from across the other table.

New look or not, O’Hara has some huge SHRP scores including this two biggest of his career. He booked a $527,000 cash for a second place in the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $25K High Roller and followed that up with a $212,000 win in the 2016 Coco Poker Open Championship. A deep run here this weekend will push him over $2,000,000 earnings for his career.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 68

A few players were joking around yesterday, wondering when Sheddy Siddiqui would enter the tournament.

“It’s Sheddy’s world,” the laughed. “This his tournament.”

There was some fact in that statement. Siddiqui has a bit of success in this tournament in this series. He finished second in 2016, fourth place in 2015, and he won it all in 2013 for three of his top ten career cashes.

Of course, his biggest cash came in 2015 when he finished fifth in the WSOP Millionaire Maker.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 62

Cards are back in the air after the first break and we picked up another half dozen entries while they were gone. Tables are being added instead of broken and the numbers are climbing.

The previously mentioned Erik Christensen returned to the biggest stack in the room. He was one barrel of black chips over 100,000 and no one else reached that high.