$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 427 (Total Entries: 689)

The players have returned from dinner break and registration is now closed for Event 9. There were 427 Flight B entries, making the total field size 689 entries.

When the official prize pool information is released, we’ll have that information posted.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 403 (Total Entries: 665)

The dinner break is here which means the players have an hour to enjoy the amenities around the property or take some to relax for the last push.

A quick walk among the tables for big stacks and it looks like Dani Dayan is our new leader with 177,000 after catching quads to close out the level.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 394 (Total Entries: 656)

Level 9 is here which means time is running out to join this big preliminary event. We are closing on 400 entries for Flight B with this level and the hour-long dinner break to run it up.

On my way to south Florida to play at one of my fav stops @shrpo. Will be (live) tournament entry 125 of 2019

— Ari Engel (@AriEngelPoker) April 9, 2019

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 378 (Total Entries: 637)

The prize pool slide right over $600,000 and it continues to climb as we find more top players making their way into the Event Center.

Two of them are Scott Clements and Tony Ruberto. They have a combined for over $10,000,000 in career earnings, three WPT titles, two WSOP Circuit rings, and two WSOP bracelets. Plus both have previous Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophies on their list of accomplishments.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 7: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 342 (Total Entries: 604)

The second break is complete as the count climbed over 600 combined entries for the tournament. Next stop will be the $600,000 prize pool and who knows how higher until registration closes at 7:30pm.

Gil Morgenztern is the new front runner with 143,000 leading a small pack of players over 100K. Others include Walter Chambers (130,000), David Shmuel (110,000) and Jonah Miller (100,000).

They will play three more levels before the hour-long dinner break.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 310 (Total Entries: 572)

Flight B topped the big numbers we have yesterday, now with some big international flair. WSOP bracelet and Brazilian star Andre Akkari was a recent addition to the field and a very tough spot for the rest of his table.

More notables in the game include Kelly Minkin, Michael Tureniec, Darrin Rabinowitz, Mark Dube, David “Coldstone” Inselberg, and Rafael Reis.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 254 (Total Entries: 516)

The entry count clicked up to 254 entries which officially put the Event 9 prize pool over $500,000 from the $250,000 Guarantee.

We have more big names walking into the Event Center for a WPT Poker Showdown Championship warmup. Among them is WSOP bracelet winner David “ODB” Baker fresh off winning his first WPT title last month at the LA Poker Classic.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 237 (Total Entries: 499)

The first break is complete and Flight B is close to pushing the entry count over 500. With registration open until 7:30pm, the tournament will easily move the prize pool over $500,000.

We took a look at the stacks and found only one over 100,000. Steven Carswell’s 102,000 stack has him out front with Walter Chambers (71,000) and Jonah Miller (69,400) looking like his closest competitors. Other notables include Jason Atherley (65,600), Thai Ha (61,000), Sebastien Soares (53,000), and Peter Nigh (51,300)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 200 (Total Entries: 462)

Good news for the Pot Limit Omaha 8 field, David Prociak decided to play Event 9 this afternoon instead. That will free up someone else to win a PLO title this evening.

Level 3 is coming to an end which means the first break is almost here. The field hit 200 entries and getting closer to doubling up on the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 125 (Total Entries: 387)

Jeff Kessler could be excused if he decided to skip today or come in a little late. He had three long days over the weekend culminating in a third-place finish out of 2,958 entries in Event 1. It was a bit of a tough hit for the SHRP regular after holding a massive lead when they were three-handed but it went downhill after that.

Kessler earned more than $100,000 for his run which started with a satellite. He won his seat into Event 1 via a $200 Multi-Event satellite and rolled that into a six-digit score. Kessler’s prize from the satellite also included a seat in Event 9, so here he is.