$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 237

The second break of the day is underway and players are taking advantage of the facility outside of the poker room.

We will track down our top stacks and a few notable counts while they are away.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 232

With 232 entries in Flight B, they are closing in towards to magic number of 500 combined to hit the guarantee. It will hit this afternoon, now the question is if it gets there before or after the next break in 30 minutes.

We continue to see more of our regulars join the series for the first time including SHRP favorite Al Gomez. He’s always having a good time and can win some cash while enjoying himself. Gomez latest score came earlier this year win he finished second in the $250 Seminole Hard Rock Escalator Series event.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 210

The count continued to climb after the break and we are on the verge of hitting the magic number of 251 to notch the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool. At this rate, doubling up that number is a possibility when you consider the huge Saturday crowd we expect tomorrow.

The field is not getting any softer and we found two more of our successful regulars taking their first shot of the series.

Abbey Daniels hit the big time here in Hollywood back in 2011. She made the big WPT televised final table during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and binked a solid $286K payout.  She has tournament wins from around the state including a Fun in the Sun win right here and a WPT Regional score at our sister room in Coconut Creek.

Nancy Thomas has a handful of final table appearances in our major events but none bigger than last January. She went deep in the 4,756-entry opening tournament during the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, one of the biggest fields in state history, and took home more than $100,000 for a runner-up finish.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 186

Walking amongst the table during the break, it was pretty obvious which stack was the biggest.  Some were inching towards the 100K mark but Chad Millward blasted past in.

He ran his 30,000 stack to over 130,000 in the first two hours of play for a fine start to his day.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 178

It’s time for the first break of the day with 180 entries on the horizon. A nice number to leave the Event 1 field only 70 away from making the $150,000 with plenty of time to run it up.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 140

Things are moving right along in the poker room and Flight B is on a steady pace to beat yesterday’s opening number of 249. With late registration open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, we should have no problem hitting the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool later this evening.

John Magnetta was one of the recent additions and his last tournament result was a victory. The SHRP regular padded his stats a bit last month when he closed out April with a win in our $130 Big Stack event. Magnetta also owns two titles from the 2012 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and he cashed big with a fifth-place finish in the opening event of our WSOP Circuit series in September.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 123

The early numbers look great for the second flight of Event 1 with more than 100 entries in the first level and it continued to climb with a steady line at the registration desk.

Nancy Birnbaum and Jacquelyn Scott are two of the more successful players in early action and they are sharing a table, separated only by the dealer.

Birnbaum owns three WSOP Circuit rings plus two runner-up finishes and two handfuls of final table appearances. Scott only has one tournament title to her credit, but it was a doozy. She won the WSOP Ladies Championship in the summer of 2015 for more than $150,000.

South Florida has some poker talent.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The May Deep Stack Poker Series is rolling into its first weekend which means it is time for the second flight of the $150,000 Guarantee opening event.

The $350 buy-in tournament drew 249 entries yesterday to put it nearly halfway to the guaranteed prize pool with two more flights to go. Only 28 made it through the initial session and we expect a few more later this evening.

Entrants sit down to 30,000 starting stacks and the tournament runs 40-minute levels on Day 1. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, so plenty of time to get to the poker room before Flight B is through after Level 15.

Cards are in the air and we’ll let know how it goes from start to finish.

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 16-25 last 60 minutes; Levels 26+ last 90 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Day 2
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• $1,650 Event 4 seat added to 1st place
• Final ten players receive $560 Event 3 seat
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1B – $350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 16-25 last 60 minutes; Levels 26+ last 90 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Day 2
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• $1,650 Event 4 seat added to 1st place
• Final ten players receive $560 Event 3 seat
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

6PM: $140 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 4 packages guaranteed
• Package: $350 Event 1 seat; $560 Event 3 seat; $330 in cash
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Satellite Structure Sheet

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 249

Flight A: 249 Entries, 28 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11am
Flight C: Saturday at 11am
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm