$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  727

Players returned from the second break and registration closed for Flight C. Tournament staff are running the numbers and we should have an official count before too long.

What we do know is that everyone is chasing Mustafa Lobut at the moment. He has a clear lead on the rest of the field with 167,700. Ryan Luker is also among the leader with a healthy 118,000 heading in the middle portion of the day.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight C Entries:  715

Time is running out if you want to be a part of this big Flight C field. They will play out Level 8, take a 15-minute break, and registration will close when they return.

A few more visitors were found in today’s field include Tampa regulars Jeremy Becker and Thomas Elder, who both own guitar trophies from our friends on the other side of the state.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries:  660

We found two more friendly faces in the field, two players who won a lot of money here in 2021.

Mali Cagatay made a huge splash a few months ago when she went deep in the biggest tournament in state history. RRPO Event 1 drew an astonishing 6,196 entries and Cagatay took home more than $138K for fifth place. Fifth out of 6,196 is a great way to close out the year.

Nadya Magnus began her 2021 campaign with a runner-up finish in the LHPO $2,200 tournament for $93,566. Followed that up with a third-place finish in the $1,100 Showdown event for another $63K and she final tabled the SHRPO $25K High Roller for another nice score.

Magnus cashed a couple of dozen times last year, earned more than $426,000, and that all added up to her being named the 2021 GPI Female Player of the Year.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries:  634

With plenty of time to spare in Flight C and still three more flights to go, LHPO Event 1 surpassed its $1,000,000 guarantee and now every new entry will spin it higher.

We will continue to keep an eye as it climbs and hit the milestones along the way.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Entries:  581

There are enough players in the registration line to lock up at least 600 entries in this afternoon’s flight and leave the field only a couple dozen away from a seven-digit prize pool.

A few familiar faces here already include Rafael Reis, David Jackson, Luke Brereton, Thomas Elder, Jake Ferro, Nancy Birnbaum, and Jeremy Becker

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries:  520

Level 4 has come to an end and tournament staff sent players on the first break. They can take a 15-minute breather and return refreshed for the next two hours of action.

With 520 entries so far, the $1,000,000 milestone can be seen on the horizon.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries:  475

Flight C hit the last level before the first break and the field is nearing 500 entries with three hours to let it grow. It looks like we’ll hit the $1,000,000 guarantee in this flight, the midpoint of the tournament with three huge flights to go.

We found a couple of recent winners in the game early, both from opposite sides of the state. John Colucci took home the first trophy of the series last night when he captured the $150 Big Stack crown.

Tony March is a Tampa poker regular and won their Mega Stack tournament last weekend for a $28K cash. But March doesn’t hold on to the money; he donates all his earnings to his Pay It Backward Foundation so they now have more money to help the less fortunate.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries:  375

It’s awfully cold in the Northeast right now and that means we’re seeing a lot of players retreat south for better temps and some poker. We ran into Tim Kelliher this morning, one of those leaving single-digit degrees of Massachusetts and taking his shot in Event 1.

A lot of people may recognize “TK” from his time walking the floor with a notepad and camera as a live poker reporter but he also has some skills at the table. Keliher has a half dozen WSOP Circuit final tables to his credit including a 2013 win to take home a ring of his own.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries:  290

We ran into Fernando Rodriguez in early action, ready to take down the title he earned last year. Live tournament poker returned for the 2021 LHPO series and Rodriguez outlast the huge field and banked $205,000 for winning that opening event.

That win kicked off a huge year for Rodriguez with dozens and dozens of cashes, a bunch of wins around the state, and one at Aria during this fall.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight C Entries:  189

Cards are in the air for Flight C of Event 1 and we are getting the weekend underway. There are 189 entries here at the start with many more expected throughout the day.

Registration will remain open until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm.