$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 400

During the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Jake Ristich raised all in for 47,000 from the cutoff and got action from Cangir Elcin in the small blind.

Ristich:
Elcin:

The board ran out , giving Ristich a pair of tens to double through Elcin.

Jake Ristich – 104,000 (21 bb)
Cangir Elcin – 94,000 (19 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 400

Solange Lucas raised al in from the cutoff for 40,000 and Matt Yorra called from the big blind.

Lucas:
Yorra:

The board ran out , safe for Lucas after a scary turn, giving her the double.

Solange Lucas – 86,000 (22 bb)
Matt Yorra – 82,000 (21 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 231 (Total: 631)

Cards are in the air for Flight B of LHPO Event 1 and the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool was already surpassed before they got underway. The combined count stands at 631 to put the prize pool up to $331,000 with five full flights to go.

Players sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and all Day 1 levels will last 30 minutes long, going up to 40 on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm and players are limited to a single re-entry. The field will be capped this evening at 400 unique players, at that point only re-entries will be allowed.

They will continue into the evening until only 12.5% of the field remaining. Survivors will advance to Day 2 in the money and return on Sunday to play it out.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (2:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• 400 players max per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 400

With 58 players remaining in Flight A of the opening event, the field is just eight players away from cashing. Play will conclude once the field is down to 50 players.

As a reminder, players must make Day 2 in order to cash.

Here are some chip counts from a few players remaining in the field:

Scott Baumstein – 440,000 (110 bb)
T.K. Miles – 194,000 (49 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 151,000 (38 bb)
Jonah Miller – 138,000 (35 bb)
Theo Lawson – 125,000 (31 bb)
Matt Yorra – 120,000 (30 bb)
Scott Stewart -107,000 (27 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 65,000 (16 bb)
Solange Lucas – 58,000 (15 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 57,000 (14 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Players Remaining: 128 of 400

It looks like Flight A players will have plenty of time to build a Day 2 stack. With 128 players remaining, the stacks are still very deep with the average at 78,000 and 65 big blinds.

They’ll need to make the last 50 to advance to Day 2 and that is still a good ways off in the distance.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 400

Players returned from their second break and registration closed for Flight A of the opening LHPO event. An even 400 entries took part this afternoon, including unique and single re-entries, to put more than $200,000 in the prize pool towards the $300,000 guarantee.

Flight A will continue playing this evening until only 50 players remain, 12.5% of the field, and those who survive will return for Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

Flight B goes tonight at 6pm with two more flights each on Friday and Saturday.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 356

The entry count continued its climb over the last level and the 356 so far has the prize pool more than halfway towards its $300,000 guarantee. With five more full flights to go, plus another 90 minutes in Flight A to enter, we are going to have a pretty big number in the end.

We found two successful Youngs in the field this afternoon. Six-time WSOP Circuit champ Max Young joined the Tampa Winter Poker Open Main Event in December and added another title to his résumé with a win for $226,510.

Jason Young is a regular in our Poker Room and a former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year. His crowning moment during his run that year came was a live-streamed WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event win in 2019 for $263K. Young’s biggest win came in 2008 when he captured the $1,500 NLH Shootout WSOP bracelet for some nice jewelry.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 333

The staggered break is over and the field is back together at the start of Level 5 with 333 entries. We are getting an updated number on the unique count as it nears.

The new break format made it a little more interesting to find chip leaders with a fluid movement of chips at all times. It looks like Rick Kalgstein has the biggest stack at the moment with 73,000 but things could change quickly.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 317

To protect our players, the Flight A players are being sent on a staggered break schedule to limit the number of people outside of the tournament area at one time.

A third of the field was given their break before the end of Level 4 and returned while another third grabbed some fresh air. The last third has the normally scheduled 15 minutes and the entire field will hit Level 5 at the same time.

Robert Mantin is among the last group and another of our Poker Room regulars. He booked a nice $163K score a few years ago with a tenth place finish in the 2018 WPT Five Diamond $10K Main Event.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 291

The entry count is nearing 300 at the end of Level 3 and it looks like Flight A will hit the 400 unique player limit before registration closes. We will keep everyone up to date on the exact number as we creep towards it.

Thomas Gari didn’t have to stress about getting in. The Poker Room regular was here on time and grinding a stack in the back of the room. Gari is the eldest member of the field at a spritely 93 years young. He has a ton of results to his credit including a big Poker Showdown final table in 2017 and Gari made history during the 2019 WSOP Big 50 tournament as the oldest participant.