$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 126 of 421

Ryan Van Sanford was down close to the felt and moved all in for his single remaining 5K chip. He picked up one caller and was ahead with against . But that did not last long when the flop left him drawing micro-thin. The turn locked up the hand and he went out late in Flight C.

And the neighboring table, SHRP regular Francis Margaglione was almost all in but his opponent had the shorter stack. The chips went in after the flop and his top flopped pair was not looking good against . Tablemate Uri Kadosh was calling for a jack for his friend but the turn and river left Margaglione with dust and he was gone soon after.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 421 (Total: 1,076)

The second break is complete and Flight C drew 421 entries to push the combined total to 1,076. That puts the prize pool $538,000 towards the $1,000,000 Guarantee with three big flights remaining.

Flight C players will make their way through six more levels with one more break in between before survivors bag for the night.

Chip counts through Flight B

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight C Entries: 414 (Total: 1,069)

Flight C is playing out the clock on Level 8 which means we are ready to send them on their second break. Registration will remain open during that time but it will close once cards go back in the air.

Kevin Chan is another familiar face in the room that will not need to refire Flight C. The last time we saw Chan, he finished fourth in the WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $89,000.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries: 387 (Total: 1,042)

We missed his brief appearance yesterday, a bullet that misfired after a max late reg, but we caught up with WPT Commentator Tony Dunst as he takes a shot in today’s field.

Dunst is here for two reasons, three if you include trying to win Event 1. In addition to his booth duties with the World Poker Tour, the WPT Champions Club member will be leading the LearnWPT Ladies Brunch tomorrow. It will be a great afternoon of food and beginner instructions from Dunst before we start the $10,000 Guarantee Ladies Event at 3pm. Also at the brunch, we are raffling off fives seats into the Ladies Event to freeroll a few forthe fun game.

The admission cost is $50 and open to the first 50 women who sign up in the poker room or at the tournament information desk in the Event Center.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries: 353 (Total: 1,008)

The count is climbing high and it officially crossed over 1,000 after the first break. That puts the prize pool over $500,000 on the path to $1,000,000.

Justin Sharpe took a seat this afternoon, another visitor from out of state trying to win some South Florida money. He earned his first WSOP Circuit ring at the end of 2018 and came close to another in February. Sharpe finished third out of 1,607 entries in the Coco WSOP Circuit $400 opener for a nice $40,000 payday.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Entries: 321 (Total: 976)

Flight C players are back from the break and it hit 300 entries while they were gone, plus some more. They are nearly halfway to the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with two hours of late registration here, Flight D at 6pm, and two massive flights tomorrow to run it up.

Our early leader is Mario James and his 95,000 is far ahead of everyone else. Fernando Eguez looks like the second biggest with 76,000 with other notable big stacks Michael Alan (71,100), Tony Nashaat (70,000), and Douglas Decker (67,200) the nearest contenders.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries: 296 (Total: 951)

Flight C is creeping up on 300 entries this afternoon as they prepare to go on the first break of the day. With the weekend here, we are starting to see some of our out of town guests take a seat.

Lisa Pickell hopped a flight this morning from the cold Northeast and came straight to the Event Center for some action. The Jersey grinder has been hitting some nice results of late and looking for another big score.

The Massey Brothers, Aaron and Ralph, are practically South Florida pros with the amount of action they have down here. But they are Chicago boys and both have been going big over the last year with Aaron the latest big score, his third WSOP Circuit ring back in January.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries: 242 (Total: 897)

The Event Center is quickly filling and we added another 100 entries in the last 30 minutes. There’s a steady presence at the registration desk and a parade of players joining the field. A few more levels like this and we’ll be looking at the guarantee early tomorrow.

South Florida’s Arkadiy Tsinis took an early seat this morning with an eye towards his first SHRP title. He already has plenty of success elsewhere with a 2011 WSOP bracelet and four career WSOP Circuit rings. Tsinis came close to a fifth ring at our sister property in Coconut Creek when he made two final tables during their WSOP Circuit series in February.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries: 142 (Total: 797)

Flight C got a little tougher with the recent introduction of Kelly Minkin and Cindy Muchnick into the field. Minkin announced herself with a laugh and a snarl from tablemate Michael Newman. Muchnick is relaxed and taking chips.

Minkin deals more with tournament while Muchnick gets the reaction when she walks up to a cash table on the other side of the house.

Minkin has nearly $1.3 million in career earnings with her biggest cash coming here in 2015 when she finished third at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship final table. She followed that up with her second biggest in the WSOP Main Event that summer when she was the “last woman standing” in 29th place.

“I play tournaments to knock people out. I’m sorry, it’s nothing personal, but that’s the way I play.”

“I ain’t pushin’ in unless I got the cold nuts.”@shrpo I’m home baby

— The Chillosopher (@The_Illest) April 4, 2019

For anyone looking to join these two talented players at the top of their games, we have a LearnWPT Ladies Poker Brunch tomorrow morning for those looking to improve their game. It is geared towards beginners and WPT Commentator Tony Dunst will be the instructor. The brunch is $50 and open to the first 50 who sign up plus WPT will raffle off five seats into the Ladies Event which starts at 3pm.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight C Entries: 80 (Total: 735)

With no delay, tournament staff performed the daily reading of the rules and put cards in the air for Flight C of the $1,000,000 Guaranteed Event 1.

They will play four 30-minute levels before taking their first break of the day.