$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  473

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 120,000 in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  160,300  (160 bb)
2.  Jim Hamburger  –  134,000  (134 bb)
3.  Ziad Matta  –  128,300  (128 bb)
4.  Elias Nassif  –  128,000  (128 bb)
5.  Simon Hyman  –  125,800  (126 bb)
6.  George Hortelano  –  123,700  (124 bb)

Registration has closed, and as soon as we get confirmation of the field size we will post it here.

The field will play down to the final 10% of this field, and everyone who bags chips at the end of the night will be in the money and advance to Day 2.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 116

Jake Schwartz raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, Michael Yehudai three-bet to 30,000 from the button, Schwartz four-bet and Yehudai called all in for 34,000.

Schwartz: 
Yehudai: 

The flop came , giving Yehudai kings and jacks to take the lead.

The turn fell, giving Schwartz a flush draw along with low outs.

The river was the , giving Schwartz a flush along with the nut low to eliminate Yehudai in seventh place.

Jake Schwartz  –  245,000  (12 bb)
Michael Yehudai  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,475)

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 116

With 7,000 to start the final table, Claudangelo Beaudouin doubled up on the first hand, chopping in a multi-way pot to get to 14,000. The following hand, he was all in from the big blind with side action between Avery Bloom in early position and Joanne Granteed on the button.

The flop was , Bloom bet 10,000 and Granteed called. The turn was the , Bloom bet 20,000 and Granteed called.

The river was the , Bloom checked, Granteed bet 20,000 and Bloom thought for about 20 seconds before showing and folding.

Granteed tabled for the nut flush with an eight-seven low, besting Beaudouin’s for a turned straight that ended second best, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Joanne Granteed  –  345,000  (17 big bets)
Avery Bloom  –  100,000  (5 big bets)
Claudangelo Beaudouin  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,300)

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 116

Seat 1:  Claudangelo Beaudouin  –  7,000  (< 1 big bet)
Seat 2:  Michael Yehudai  –  25,000  (1 big bet)
Seat 3:  Avery Bloom  –  135,000  (7 big bets)
Seat 4:  Michael Bozeman  –  320,000  (16 big bets)
Seat 5:  Tim D’Alessandro  –  135,000  (7 big bets)
Seat 6:  Shelly Roth  –  275,000  (14 big bets)
Seat 7:  Joanne Granteed  –  300,000  (15 bog bets)
Seat 8:  Jake Schwartz  –  195,000  (10 big bets)

Payouts
1st:  $11,330 + Trophy
2nd:  $7,095
3rd:  $4,235
4th:  $2,720
5th:  $2,060
6th:  $1,710
7th:  $1,475
8th:  $1,300

Results Thus Far
9th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $1,145
10th:  Walter Buss  –  $1,145
11th:  Ricardo Quintero  –  $1,010
12th:  Kevin Love  –  $1,010
13th:  Donald Maloney  –  $875
14th:  Scott Matejka  –  $875
15th:  John Simcox  –  $875

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  15 of 116

After a very long Money Bubble, with the board showing on the turn, Barry Levy got it all in under the gun for 15,000 against Michael Yehudai (big blind) and Michael Bozeman (button).

The river card was the , Yehudai bet 12,000, and Bozeman quickly called. All three players turned over their cards:

Michael Bozeman:    (two pair, 8-4 low)
Michael Yehudai:    (eights full of fours, 8-5 low)
Barry Levy:    (two pair, 8-7 low)

Yehudai won the high side of the pot, Bozeman won the low side, and Levy was eliminated on the Money Bubble in 16th place.

Michael Bozeman  –  290,000  (24 BB)
Michael Yehudai  –  115,000  (10 BB)
Barry Levy  –  Eliminated

The remaining 15 players are in the money, guaranteed at least $875 each, and the top prize is $11,330 plus a Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophy.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  16 of 116

During the last break before the Money Bubble, there were 18 players remaining, and Donald Maloney had just 9,000 in chips with limits of 5,000-10,000.

Donald Maloney  –  9,000  (1 BB)

Maloney survived long enough to see two other players bust, and then he was just one bustout away from making the money.

Early in the Money Bubble, Maloney scooped a pot to give himself a bit more of a cushion, but he was still the shortest stack in the field, and the other short stacks appeared to be waiting him out.

The Money Bubble lasted a surprisingly long time, and Maloney eventually folded his blinds to drop down to just 6,000 in chips — a single big blind.

Donald Maloney  –  6,000  (0.5 BB)

A few hands later, Maloney got it all in preflop from the hijack against two other players who checked down the rest of the board.

Board:  

Maloney showed to win the pot with an ace-high straight. Nobody made a qualifying low, so Maloney scooped the three-way pot to triple up to 18,000 in chips.

Donald Maloney  –  18,000  (1.5 BB)

Spoiler Alert — The Bubble has already burst (post coming soon), and Maloney made it into the money.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries:  424

Elias Nassif  –  77,000  (154 bb)
Alain Candales Falcon  –  65,000  (130 bb)
Dave Inselberg  –  47,000  (94 bb)
Yigal Hen  –  45,000  (90 bb)
Perla Ojeda  –  43,000  (86 bb)
Pasqaule Caiazza  –  38,000  (76 bb)
Steve Karp  –  36,000  (72 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  36,000  (72 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  34,000  (68 bb)
Al Norman  –  32,000  (64 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  28,000  (56 bb)
Carlos Rodriguez Rojas  –  27,000  (54 bb)
Diane Linke  –  24,000  (48 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  23,000  (46 bb)
Anthony Askey  –  23,000  (46 bb)
Frank Russo  –  21,000  (42 bb)
Igor Korkhin  –  21,000  (42 bb)
Michael Newman  –  19,000  (38 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  16,000  (32 bb)
Thomas Elder  –  16,000  (32 bb)
Steve Buckner  –  14,000  (28 bb)
Moises Jattin  –  11,000  (22 bb)
Al Gomez  –  7,000  (14 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  5,800 (12 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 522

Flight A: 522 Entries; 53 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 522

Flight A of Event 1 came to an end with 4:58 remaining in Level 17. There were 53 survivors, and the chipleader from this flight is Kevin Payton with 550,000 (92 big blinds). Here are the top five chip counts from this first flight:

1.  Kevin Payton  –  550,000  (92 bb)
2.  Clyde Maliauka  –  506,000  (84 bb)
3.  Craig Pollak  –  429,000  (72 bb)
4.  Amin Akhlaghi  –  426,000  (71 bb)
5.  Ravi Mahtani  –  387,000  (65 bb)

A full list of official chip counts will be posted soon.

There are still five more flights to go (two per day), with Flight B already underway. Day 2 begins Sunday at 1:00 pm, and every player who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money. The prizepool won’t be determined until registration has completed for the final flight on Saturday night.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 522

Moments after Steve Karp’s elimination, and before hand-for-hand play began, a short-stacked player was all in from the big blind for about 26,000 with , trailing Damaso Benalcazar’s on the button.

The board came , giving Benalcazar eights full of sevens to score the elimination and send the remaining 53 players through to Day 2, which begins on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Every player who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

Damaso Benalcazar  –  189,000  (32 bb)