$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 70 of 517

Chris Perry – 360,000 (72 bb)
Roberto Bendeck – 260,000 (52 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas – 225,000 (45 bb)
Michael Tait – 195,000 (39 bb)
Eric Piderit – 173,000 (35 bb)
Scott Blackman – 170,000 (34 bb)
James Calderaro – 140,000 (28 bb)
Angelo Miele – 95,000 (19 bb)
Nancy Thomas – 90,000 (18 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 45,000 (9 bb)
Allan Bieler – 18,000 (4 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  95 of 517

A player is all in from the hijack for 44,000 with , and needs to improve to stay alive against the of Brandon Schaefer, who is UTG+1.

The board came — the hijack paired his queen on the flop and turned a gutshot straight draw, but missed his outs on the river. Schaefer won the pot with his pocket kings to eliminate his opponent from Flight A.

Brandon Schaefer  –  110,000  (28 bb)

With 90 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 115,000 (29 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  95 of 517

A scan of the field during the break made it very clear that Chris Perry had a huge lead over the rest of the field with 451,000 (113 big blinds) — he has 56% more chips than anyone else in the field.

Here’s the top of the leaderboard from the break:

1.  Chris Perry  –  451,000  (113 bb)
2.  Michael Johnally  –  290,000  (73 bb)
3.  Mahmut Urkun  –  267,000  (67 bb)

Nobody else in the field had a chip stack above 235K.

With 95 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 109,000 (27 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight B of the opening Seminole Hard Rock Poker tournament is ready to go at 6 pm in the ballroom and will build on the great start from Flight A. The morning session drew 517 entries and we expect something similar this evening.

Players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels run 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until 10:30 pm with a single re-entry option available per flight. The night will continue until only 12.5% of the field remain and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

• $500,000 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 9 (10:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  135 of 517

Harry Silver was all in from the small blind for 27,500 with , and he was facing elimination against the of James Calderaro (UTG+1).

Silver stood up to leave as if he were expecting the knockout, and Calderaro jokingly called him out on it.

“Don’t use that old ‘Walking Away’ trick!”

Sure enough, the board came , and Silver turned an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Silver said, “Sorry about the suckout.”

Once again, Calderaro smiled and called him out. “You’re not sorry. You’re definitely not sorry.”

Harry Silver  –  59,000  (24 bb)
James Calderaro  –  80,000  (32 bb)

With about 135 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 76,500 (31 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  160 of 517

A scan of the field during the break showed the chipleader to be Chris Perry with 188,500 (94 big blinds), followed closely by Joe Teixeira with 186,000 (93 big blinds).

But there are five more players with at least 170K in chips, so there are quite a few players on their heels.

With about 160 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 64,500 (32 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  185 of 517

There were a couple of players knocking on the door of 200K in chips, but one of them just took a solid hit to drop down to about 150K.

That leaves Carlos Velasco as the chipleader at the moment with about 190,000 (119 big blinds).

With about 185 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 55,900 (35 big blinds), and the field will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of the day will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  198 of 517

With the poker action going strong in South Florida, we’re seeing more than a few players come down for the series from the Northeast. Three weeks of tournaments will do that.

Howard Wolper is an Atlantic City regular with more than 100 Borgata cashes to his credit including three titles. Now he’s down here looking for cash number one in Hollywood.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  517

Registration closed on the first flight of Event 1 with 517 entries put nearly $175,000 towards the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Today’s action will continue until only 65 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  511

The clock is running out on Level 8 which means Flight A players will soon be taking their second break. That will also be the last chance to register for this session but Flight B gets going at 6 pm if you miss out.