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Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 380 (Total: 1,060)
The penultimate level of the day came around and we have two players chasing the end-of-day chip lead.
Both Josh Phillips and Tuan Phan had the big stack in the room at different times with Phillips now on top. He sits with 428,000 while Phan is keeping pace with 395,000.
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Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 357 (Total: 1,037)
Players are back in their seats with three more levels remaining in their day and around 120 remaining all looking for a Day 2 bag.
We have a new name at the top of the counts as Tuan Pham rolled his stack up to 330,000. Josh Phillips sits at 296,000 with the dangerous Loni Hui holding 217,000.
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Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1C Entries: 350 (Total: 1,030)
Flight C players are now on their last break of the evening with an even 350 entries today. So far.
We’ll still pick up more entries over the final three levels plus another dozen tomorrow morning before Day 2 gets underway at noon.
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Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1C Entries: 332 (Total: 1,012)
Tournament staff called all alternates and seats are filling in. The 332 entries in Flight C are more than enough to put the combined count over 1,000 with registration open until noon tomorrow.
Jerry Cavicchi looks like the new leader at the moment with 190,000 while Josh Phillips is also moving up with 148,000.
They will play out this level and take the final break of the day.
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Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1C Entries: 273 (Total: 947)
Players are busting faster, alternates are getting their seats, and the count is climbing at a steady rate.
Loni Hiu bought in earlier but had to wait until after dinner to get her seat but the two-time WSOP bracelet winner (five-time WSOPC champ) is wasting no time. Not long after taking her seat, she ran her 30K starting stack up to 62,000 in no time.
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Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 267 (Total: 947)
Day 1C players returned from the dinner break ready to cruise through the last two levels of the evening. We still have a handful of alternates to get in their seats and the count continues to climb.
Carlos Bolanos looks like he held his chip lead over the previous three levels with 167,500 heading into Level 9. Keld Curtis (pictured above) is the latest to hit triple digits, coming back to a stack worth 110,000.
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Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries: 249 (Total: 929)
Level 8 came to an end and Day 1C players were sent on their 40-minute dinner break. They will return and tournament staff will continue seating the last of the alternate players.
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Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries: 240 (Total: 920)
The entry count is flying now as the alternate list gets whittled down as the field nears the dinner break.
Tommy Bates was one of the early alternates and making his return to Seminole Hard Rock Poker. This time in a little different manner than in the past. Bates is the former Director of Poker Operations for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa and played a huge part in building the poker environment in the Tampa area.
This time around he’s sitting at a table instead of trying to get players into the seats. And Bates is doing well so far with nearly 80,000 heading into dinner.
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Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries: 214 (Total: 877)
Entry number 214 grabbed their seat in the tournament this afternoon and May Deep Stack Poker Series Event 1 officially pushed the prize pool over $300,000. A big number that will only climb with late registration and re-entry available until the start of Day 2 tomorrow at noon.
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Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries: 212 (Total: 877)
Action is back underway for Flight C and we have a new leader. Carlos Bolanos has the biggest stack after six levels, out front with 134,400 with the midpoint of the day coming up.
Behind Bolanos, we have a close collection of players; Scott Jordan with 116,000, Jerry Cavicchi with 115,000, and Howard Mash holding 112,300.
Players will make their way over two more levels before going on a 40-minute dinner break.