Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 72/216

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah is the most recent elimination here in Flight C of the $570. He was down to 12,500 chips and shoved them from the cutoff. Maddah’s was second best to his opponent’s and an runotu didn’t change a thing. Maddah hit the rail, but not without letting the table know he’d be back for the 6pm flight.

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 90/216

Brandon Byars is in the midst of his second entry in the Winter Poker Open $570. His first came last night and he played all the way to the 10-minute hard stop. After nearly eight hours of action and with only two hands remaining in the night, he got his stack all-in with queens and was bested by his opponent’s kings. Despite the brutal beat ending his hopes at a bag, Byars returned today to give it another shot.

He had his stack up to over 100,000 yesterday, so he’s set the bar heading to today’s play . While he’s not quite to six figures, he sits at roughly 80,000.

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 | Structure
Flight E Players Remaining: 105/216

Ron Manjura was the 16th alternate just a couple hours ago. From there, his number was called, he took his seat and he ran up a stack.  Midway through Level 10, Manjura has piled up about 160,000 chips and tops the counts with registration closed.

Manjura resides nearby the Seminole Hard Rock and has played  his share of tournaments in the region’s premiere room. With two guitar trophies already to his name, Manjura hopes the fast start in Flight E is a sign of good things to come.

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 9: 400/800/100 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 216 | Total Entries: 741

Registration in Flight E closed moments ago and the field is final at 216 entries. That brings the five-flight total to 741 and puts the unofficial prize pool at better than $370,000. While the $500,000 milestone is a bit out of reach, the prize pool will surely hit the mid $400,000 figure

Tournament breakdown through Flight E:

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 8: 300/600/75 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 206 | Total Entries: 731

Level 8 is here and it marks the final chance for open registration and re-entry. When Level 8 expires, players will go on a 15-minute break and the desk closes when cards go back in the air. As is, the Flight E field shows 206 entries bringing the combined number to 731 with an unofficial prize pool of $365,500.

One of the hopefuls in Flight E is Joey Alegria. Alegria has done his part to pad the prize pool firing a few entries into this event over the course of the last couple days. While he’s had no luck yet this year, Alegria has had a good go of tournaments dating back to August of 2016 (his first reported cash). Alegria is primarily a cash game player, but got the taste of tournament play when he final tabled this event last year and followed it up with another final table appearance in the Main Event. Those two cashes earned him combined better than $44,000.

We will provide the final Flight E attendance figure after break.

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 7: 250/500/75 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 199 | Total Entries: 724

Daddy duties first but now on my way to @SHRTPoker for the #WPO 300k from Orlando! #letsgetit

— Neri Sanchez (@mexmover10) December 9, 2017

DNC plo last night
46k 1st break of the reentry tho@SHRTPoker

— john holley (@hohnjolley) December 9, 2017

Down to 25k @SHRTPoker 570 . Some sick bears so far

— leif (@pokerlifestkr) December 9, 2017

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 6: 200/400/50 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 194 | Total Entries: 719

Steve Trizis was an on-time arrival for the start of Flight E. This time, though, the early bird didn’t get the worm. He found his way to the rail after a tough stretch to start, but promptly re-entered and is back in a seat.

Trizis is a regular in the Tampa room and has numerous cashes on his resume. Most notably, he finished runner-up in a Winter Deep Stack $350 for more than $29,000 and final tabled the WPTDeepStacks Main Event for over $14,000.

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 5: 150/300/50 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 180 | Total Entries: 705

Joe Zheng has made the most of the first four levels as he takes his seat following break with a stack of 55,000 god for nearly triple his 20,000 start. The entry count has continued an upward trend with the clock now showing 180. That brings the combined field to over 700 with loads of time still to register.

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 4: 100/200/25 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 159 | Total Entries: 684

Running alongside yesterday’s flights was a one-day Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry. The event kicked off at 2pm and didn’t finish until almost 2am. It was a long day for the players, especially for those that ran deep. Despite the lack of sleep, there’s a handful of Pot Limit Omaha cashers that we see here in today’s $570 Flight E.

Wagner Wysotchanski made the final table before finishing seventh. Martin Markov and Jeffrey Higgins, meanwhile, finished 14th and 18th respectively.

The trio was undeterred and is back looking for another payday here in Saturday’s 11am $570 flight.

Event 1E: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure
Flight E Entries: 80 | Total Entries: 605

With the 75th Flight E entry, the prize pool in the Winter Poker Open $570 officially hit $300,000 matching the tournament’s hefty guarantee. As is, the combined field sits at over 600 with more than four of registration and re-entry left in the 11am flight and the sixth and final flight not set to to go until 6pm. With that, a $500,000 prize pool is within reach.