$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 261 of 748

The numbers are in and Flight E was officially a big one. It pulled in 748 entries on a Saturday afternoon to push the combined total to 2,419. The prize pool is now over $1.2 million with a full flight to go this evening.

Flight F starts at 6pm with late registration and re-entries open until 10:30pm.

Chip counts through Flight D

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries: 748

Flight E returned from its second break of the day and registration closed on the penultimate flight of the big opener. The tournament board shows 748 entries but we will await word on the official number. Either way, it sets us up for another huge prize pool.

There was only one stack over 100,000 at the first break, Kevin Hazzard, but now there are many. DJ Morris has the biggest and his 180,000 tops the field at the money with Tom Nguyen not far behind with 170,000

Top ten stacks:

1. DJ Morris – 180,000
2. Tom Nguyen – 170,000
3. Jay Romano – 145,000
4. Collin Bramlett – 143,000
5. Carlos Rojas – 137,000
6. Paul Zerwal – 135,000
7. Pedro Palacio – 130,000
8. Ramy Boctor – 125,300
9. Juan Endara – 120,000
10. Kevin Hazzard – 120,000

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries: 737

After a series of raises, Victor Figueroa put his entire 20,800 stack on the line from the small blind and ran smack into the button’s aces.

Button:
Figueroa:

The former RRPO champ stood up from his seat when he saw the hands. He caught a flush draw on the flop, blanked the turn, but got there on the river for the double.

Figueroa sat back down.

“What? Is this your first time playing a tournament?” Jake Schwartz joked from across the table. A fine needle about Figueroa standing up before the board was run.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight E Entries: 712

More than 700 entries are now in Flight E and we are closing in on the 735 entries we picked up for this flight during last year’s series. That is a strong number and the prize pool will hit $1,200,000 before registration closes.

Former SHRP champ Jay Romano looks likes one of the biggest stacks in the room. He was among the leaders at the first break and now sits with 140,000. Other new, familiar faces in the room include Sheddy Siddiqui, Tristan Wade, Victor Figueroa, and Jacquelyn Scott.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight E Entries: 606

The first break is complete and players are back in their seats. The entry count crossed over 600 during the break and continues to climb at a steady pace.

It was a quick walk around the room and we only found one stack over 100,000. It belongs to Kevin Hazzard and his 109,000 leads after four levels. Some other big stacks belong to Jay Romano (90,000), Kevin Blewitt (80,000), and Gerard Forrester (72,000).

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight E Entries: 580

The Event Center is packed now but getting ready to empty as the first break nears. We have 580 entries so far and working our way higher up the prize pool numbers.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight E Entries: 540

Players keep piling in the door of the Hard Rock Event Center and they put another $100,000 on top of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Event 1 is on pace to top the 3,173 entries it attracted last year and it’s turning out to be a great starting weekend.

SHRP favorite Frankie Flowers is making his return to the Event Center after a good summer that saw him make the money 11 times in Las Vegas in various rooms and events. He’s trying to earn his second SHRP trophy to go along with the one he picked up during the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight E Entries: 442

A nice pot developed at that front of the Event Center that ended up with two open seats. A short-stacked opponent moved all in from early position and picked up calls from the hijack and button players.

Sev Mandel three-bet from the small blind and only the button called to create a 10K side pot. Mandel moved all in for 11,700 after the flop and the button player called for the three-way all in hand.

Mandel:
Button:
Early Position:

Mandel was in good shape with the over pair but had to dodge an open-ended straight draw for the main pot and some odd combo draws for the side. The turn was a blank and the case king river was overkill to improve Mandel to a set. Two players were sent out and Mandel moved over 40,000.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight E Entries: 329

We thought they might get there before the first break but we were wrong. The 329th entry in Flight E took a seat before the end of the first level.

The combined entry count hit 2,000 and Event 1 has officially reached its $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Now they’ll continue to push it higher until registration closes on Flight F this evening at 10:30pm.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight E Entries: 215

With the tournament announcements out of the way, tournament staff announced “shuffle up and deal” to get the busy Saturday underway.

We already have 215 players in action at the start and we might hit the Guarantee before the first break at 1pm.