Event 9: Flight D Underway

$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The fourth of six starting flights for this half-million dollar guaranteed event is underway!  Players began with 25,000 chips and levels are 30 minutes long on Day 1.

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (about 10:30pm).  Players who bust out may re-enter this or any subsequent flight until registration closes.

Upcoming flights:

D – Underway
E – 11am Saturday
F – 6pm Saturday

Day 1 will end at the conclusion of level 14 and surviving players will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1pm.

Event 9: Break Time Chips

$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13:  Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 ante

Jonathan Gold is leading the way with two more levels left to play and the only one in the room over 200,000. Still plenty of time to catch him or Francis Margaglione’s 331,500 from last night.

Jonathan Gold – 208,600
Andre Crooks – 171,000
Gregory McNealy – 169,400
Alfred Forman – 157,100
Russell Dohan – 140,500
Nancy Birnbaum – 126,700
Kathy Fleck – 120,600
Ramone Batista – 114,800
Blake Ovind – 106,900

Event 9: Last Break

$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12:  Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Players are off on the final break of Flight C with 70 players remaining of the starting 212. Ronnie Monroe, Marsha Wolak, and Abbey Daniels were among the recently departed.

Back shortly with chip counts and we’ll track down our leaders.

Event 9: Schwartz Enjoying a Massage

$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 8:  Blinds 300/700/75 ante

One of the many amenities players enjoy here at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll” Poker Open is table-side massage.

Noah Schwartz with Shannon
Noah Schwartz with Shannon

Noah Schwartz is one of the players enjoying that luxury early today. Masseuse Shannon is working on his shoulder while Noah is working on building his stack.

Noah has over $4 million in career earnings, including a WSOP-Europe bracelet he won last year playing PLO.

Event 9: Familiar Faces

$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 6:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante

176 entries already in this flight with registration and re-entry still available until the start of level 9 (about 3:30pm).

Lots of familiar faces turning up in this flight:

Richard Clayton
Debra Dorcy
Blake Ovind
Blain Ovind
Elie Joseph
Jay Romano
David Jackson
Larry Bass
Michael Ortiz
Antoine Bunkley
Elliott Zaydman
Abbey Daniels
Errol Massey
Perry Johnston
Joe Calabia
Steven Bennett