$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 57 of 296

Structure Sheet

Flight A: 105 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight B: 93 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight C: 98 Entries, 18 Advanced
Flight D: Friday at 6pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at Noon

Day 2 chip counts through Flight C:

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with 25 ante
Flight C Entries: 64

We have 64 entries into the fourth flight of Event 1 at the start of the second hour, enough skins in the game to push the prize pool into six-digit territory. It will be quick work tomorrow reaching the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Daniel Pearlman made the trek across the state to sling cards on the west coast of Florida. His most recent cash came last two weeks ago when he final tabled the $360 Six-Max tournament during the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” series.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 20 of 98

The clock is paused with 10 minutes remaining in Level 14 and tournament staff just instructed dealers to burn and turn three more hands before play wraps. Barring anything crazy, the title of chip leader will go to Mal O’Connor who owns a stack of almost 200,000. Steve Trizis, who’s been a go-to for action pots today, is also within reach of the lead.

Other notables likely to bag include Karl Manouchakian and Filipp Khavin.

In addition to Tom Nguyen and Brian Blanchard, Mike Raimon is among tho who hit the rail in Flight C.

Complete chip counts through Flight C will be posted within the hour.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 26 of 98

Steve Trizis recently sent a player to the rail in a vs. battle. Trizis, who held the aces, had his opponent at risk preflop and joked about a bad beat. A flop left no chance of a bad beat as the at-risk player could — at best — only hope for a chop. The turn and river fell blanks and Trizis scooped a sizable pot mid-massage. His stack of 154,000 is contending for the Flight C chip lead with one more level schedule in the day.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

Three flights are locked down for the opening event of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open and we have three more to go. The fourth flight is underway in the poker room and ready to get us one step closer to the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Event 1 has a $250 buy-in and the first three flights combined for 296 entries to put us easily on the pace needed to break the big number.

Entrants sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 around 10:30pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. Their day will end at the completion of Level 14 and survivors will bag up for Day 2 return on Sunday.

• $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Heading to Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 30 of 98

The 30 remaining players in Flight C of the Winter Poker Open $350 are on their final break of the night. Out in front with only two more levels to go is Greg Salem with a stack of 158,000. If he’s able to hang on to his advantage, he’ll likely bag a top-10 stack overall and head to Day 2 in great position for a cash.

Joining Salem in the late stages of Flight C play are a slew of notables including Mike Raimon.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 41 of 98

Just 41 players remain from 98 starting entries meaning more than half the Flight C field is on the rail. Despite the mass exodus, the late stages of play are littered with notables. In addition to Steve Trizis and Karl Manouchakian, regulars Tom Nguyen and Filipp Khavin are in the fray.

Nguyen, who cashed in this event last year, owns nearly $300,000 in career earnings. Khavin, meanwhile, sits on over $441,000 in cashes including a victory in the 2015 WPTDeepStacks-Immokalee Main Event.

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 51 of 98

The final Flight C attendance figure settled in at 98 entries. They join the 198 from yesterday’s Flight A and B to create a three-flight total of 296 entries — well ahead of last year’s pace to this point.

Flight-by-flight breakdown:

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Heading to Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries: 97

Players are on their second break of the day and the close of registration is right around the corner. Leading the way is none other than Steve Trizis. Trizis has turned his 20,000 starting chips into 131,000 and has the advantage with the end of the day just about three hours away.

Tournament staff is currently coloring up the green 25 chips and they’ll verify the attendance figure for us shortly after registration closes. Stay tuned!

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight C Entries: 91

With Flight C’s 91st entry, the Winter Poker Open $150,000 guaranteed opening event has officially enjoyed an attendance increase in each of the first three flights. The field continues to grow and tonight’s flight in addition to tomorrow’s 11am and 6pm installments are expected to be even larger than their predecessors.

Registration and re-entry is available in Flight C until about 3:30pm. The final attendance figure will be posted shortly thereafter.