$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Flight A players are taking their final break of the day with ~140 remaining and three more levels to survive before moving on to Day 2.

While they are gone, enjoy a video peek from our friends on WPTDeepStacks team.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Flight A is moving right along with 16 tables remaining and some big names still around including Kathy Liebert among the big stacks.

But the biggest belongs to SHR regular Jaime Wiegrefe closing in on 240,000 with only a handful of levels remaining in their day. The Miami grinder has a dozen career live tournament cashes with seven of them coming right here.

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 10 of 78

While the WPTDeepStacks event continues to play down to the end of their day, the Omaha/8 tournament hit their final table in the meeting room. Tournament staff moved the final ten players across the hall to play it out in the ballroom and they are back underway.

It’s a pretty nice lineup vying for the first trophy including former SHRP champs Michael Moed and David Shmuel.

Seat 1: Donald Maloney – 87,000
Seat 2: David Shmuel – 118,000
Seat 3: Philippe Goureau – 90,000
Seat 4: Jason Lepesilvero – 62,000
Seat 5: Jason Balcaitis – 8,500
Seat 6: Carey Pickens – 119,000
Seat 7: Jordan Stone – 152,000
Seat 8: Cheryl Parker – 50,000
Seat 9: Michael Moed – 82,000
Seat 10: Joel Farris – 12,000

Payouts:

1st – $6,721 + Trophy
2nd – $3,879
3rd – $2,427
4th – $1,641
5th – $1,243
6th – $995
7th – $895
8th – $796
9th – $696
10th – $597

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 189 of 369

The big brains crunched the numbers and Flight A of the  WPTDeepStacks event officially drew 369 entries to put it on pace to top the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool sometime on Saturday.

We found Jon Borenstein making his way through post-dinner action and he has a bit of success in both WPT and SHR tournaments. He made the final table of the inaugural Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 $2,650 Freeze-out and finished third in the SHR Showdown opening tournament for another $60,000.

Borenstein’s biggest cash came in the WPT500 Las Vegas this summer when he picked up $230,000 for earning the title to push him over $1.5 million in career earnings.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 369

The dinner break is complete and cards are back in the air for the WPTDeepStacks event. The unofficial count shows 369 entries in the first flight and we are waiting on the accounting to complete before that number is locked in.

They will play six more levels today, with a break in the middle, before the survivors bag up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 364

Players in Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks opener are on a one-hour dinner break. The clock shows 364 to this point with registration and a single re-entry available until cards go back in the air.

With a stack of 153,000, Joe Corpus appears to have one of the largest holdings in the room. We’ll take a look at some of the other chip counts a bit later in the break.

Play is slated to resume at roughly 6:30pm.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 363

2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe McKeehen is trending up midway through the opening flight in the WPTDeepStacks $1,100. McKeehen, a regular at the Seminole Hard Rock, has turned his 25,000 starting chips in to better than 85,000.

As far as his Florida performances go, McKeehen most notably hauled in a six-figure score during last year’s Showdown. The win came in a $2,200 Eight Max event and saw McKeehen tally $104,608 when all was said and done.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 350

2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak is in the midst of his second event of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open. After kicking off his schedule with an entry in today’s 11am Omaha 8 event, he found the felt shy of a cash and promptly entered the WPTDeepStacks no limit event.

Prociak recently picked up a nice score over in Tampa winning the Winter Poker Open’s $350 outright for better than $40,000. Prociak continues to crush Seminole events with seven career wins including two during last year’s LHPO.

As of now, he’s slightly below starting stack in the $1,100.

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 1,000/2,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 37 of 78

Registration is closed in today’s 11am $300 Omaha/8 tournament. The event drew 78 entries generating a total prize pool worth $19,890. The final 10 are slated to finish in the money with a min-cash worth $597. Payouts escalate from there and top out in the form of a $6,721 top prize.

Prize pool and payout details:

2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$300 Omaha 8 or Better
Entries: 78
Prize Pool: $19,890
January 11, 2018

1st – $6,721 + Trophy
2nd – $3,879
3rd – $2,427
4th – $1,641
5th – $1,243
6th – $995
7th – $895
8th – $796
9th – $696
10th – $597

The clock currently shows 37 players still around with 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak, David Shmuel and Joel Harwood among them.

We will provide another update when this tournament hits the 10-handed final table.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 336

Luke McIntosh claims one of the largest stacks in the room following the second break. McIntosh sits on a pile of 111,000 chips trailing only Dani Dayan’s 126,000.

The clock shows 336 entries to this point with registration and re-entry available until about 6:30pm.

Here’s a look at some of the notable stacks:

• Dani Dayan – 126,000
• Luke McIntosh – 111,000
• Roberto Bendeck – 107,000
• Shawn Nguyen – 95,000
• Joe McKeehen – 85,000
• Scott Levitt – 83,000
• William Underdown – 81,500
• Errol Rosen – 80,150
• Peter Nigh – 75,500
• Gary Friedman – 67,000
• Gilbert Whorrie – 65,500
• Jose Montes – 64,000
• Sean Remz – 64,000
• Allan Bieler – 63,500
• Lloyd Gunther – 62,000
• Francisco Castillo – 60,000
• Dejan Petkovic – 58,000
• Juan Martinez – 58,000
• Sam Panzica – 56,000
• Carlos Bolanos – 52,500
• Paul Balzano – 52,000
• Peter Vitantonio – 51,500
• Justin Harvell – 47,000
• Richard Katz – 44,000
• James Salmon – 30,500
• Jackie Scott – 28,000
• Spencer Champlin – 19,500
• Sagi Zommer – 17,500
• John Depersio – 14,500
• Mike Beasley – 13,500