$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 12 of 87

With roughly 400,000 chips, Maurice Paradis is in front of his respective field late in Flight A of the $350. That figure is good for more than 130 big blinds and has Paradis nearly doubled up on the average stack.

Level 13 is about halfway through and we’re just a few minutes from the start of the final level of the night. We’ll provide chip counts after the action concludes.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 36 (Total Entries: 123)

It’s 6pm in Tampa, Florida and Flight B of this Winter Poker Open $350 buy-in with a $100,000 guarantee is freshly underway. Play is slated to follow the same schedule as Flight A with 25,000 chips and 30-minute levels. Registration and re-entry are available until about 11pm with play concluding at about 1:45am. Those still in the game will bag and tag set to return for Day 2 Wednesday at noon.

Details:

6pm: $350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight B

• $350 buy-in and $100,000 guaranteed
• First place receives $1,650 seat
• 25,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~11pm)
• Play concludes following Level 14 (~1:45am)
• Day 2 begins Wednesday, December 12 at noon
• Structure sheet

We will provide the complete chip counts through Flight B tomorrow morning before 9am.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 16 of 87

The Flight A field is under 18 players and they’re past the two-table threshold playing a couple of eight-handed games.

There are some big stacks building — including Anthony Astarita — and we’ll take a look at the biggest following next break.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 26 of 87

The field is narrowing as registration has closed and the blinds have climbed up. From the 87 starters, less than a third remain with the clock showing only 26 still around.

One of the recent eliminations was Tampa pro John Dolan. He got 21,000 in from late position with and was called by his opponent’s . A chop was possible, but the opponent tripped up his fours and sent Dolan home.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight A Entries: 87

Registration is closed in Flight A of the Winter Poker Open $350 and the entry count is final. The first of four starting days drew 87 entries amassing $26,100 toward the $100,000 guarantee. That puts the prize pool well on pace to crack six figures with tonight’s 6pm installment and tomorrow’s 11am and 6pm installments still to come.

Details:

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 83

In addition to the winner’s share of a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, first place in this Winter Poker Open $350 is set to receive the property’s signature guitar trophy. On top of that, they’ll go home with a $1,650 seat in next weekend’s $500,000 guaranteed Main Event.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 79

Tampa’s Tom Nguyen is doing it again doubling up early in a big, re-entry field. With a handful of wins at the property and a number of five-figure cashes, Nguyen is no stranger to deep runs here in the poker room. There’s a ways to go in Flight A, but he’s in position early on to find a bag and earn a day off before Wednesday’s Day 2.

Registration and re-entry area available until about 4pm and we’ll take a look at how the event stacks up at that time.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 62

Bob Gallo isn’t a past champion of this event, per se. However, he did win the exact same tournament June 2017’s WPTDeepStacks event. Back then, Gallo took it all the way to heads-up play before finding an even chop with Collin Wilson. The pair each took better than $29,000, but as chip leader it was Gallo that got the guitar trophy.

Gallo cashed in yesterday’s $570, too, finishing 18th for $4,366. Having made his way through better than 95% of the field, Gallo is back in action here in Flight A of the $350 and looks for another deep run.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 58

Rafael Reis is a standout in any Florida event he plays. It was two years ago now he captured a win in the Hollywood Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open $360 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed re-entry opener.  Adding to the significance and stamping Reis’ name in the poker record books was the fact that event had 5,018 entries and went down as the largest tournament in state history. Reis earned better than $155,000 marking his largest career score at the time.

Reis has found a cash many times since then and hopes to add another to his resume here in the Winter Poker Open $350.

$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 51

Since play began just over an hour ago there’s been a steady tick up in the entry count. Now early in Level 3, the clock shows 52 in the action with registration and re-entry available all the way until about 4pm.

We’ll take a walk through the field shortly and look at some of the notables.