$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

Flight A of Event 1 is nearing an end to its day and now we kick off the second flight of the day. The 11am session drew 106 entries for a great start and we expect another nice crowd this evening.

The $360 buy-in tournament features a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool and seven starting flights. Players start with 20,000 stacks and 30-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 around 10:25pm and they will continue playing through 14 full levels. Those with chips at that time will put them in a bag for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

They will get underway shortly and try to join the Flight A survivors.

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips with 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• 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

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 29 of 106

The last break of Flight A is complete and a closer look at the stacks found the biggest. Kenneth James returned to a stack worth 163,000 but there are more than a few in the neighborhood.

They have three more levels to play today before bagging up.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 36 of 106

Flight A is about to take its final break of the day not long after dropping down to 36 players remaining at four tables.

We’ll take a longer look at the stacks once they depart the area but right now it appears Edward Kane leads the way with 137,500 with three more levels to go.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 45 of 106

Flight A players are wasting no time mixing it up, getting their chips in the middle, and trying to run up a stack. They are already down to the last five tables with a couple more hours to go. They’ll get close to one table before the end of the day and set themselves up for a Day 2 return.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 106

Level 9 is underway and registration is now closed on the first flight of Event 1. The final tally is 106 entries to put the tournament on pace to easily top the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool with six more flights to go, the next at 6pm.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries: 104

As the clock was running down on Level 8 and the second break neared, Tara Schwartz went big. With the flop reading , there were two all-ins ahead of her, including Wayne Daley, and she called all in from the button for a massive pot.

Schwartz:
Daley:
EP:

Schwartz caught set-over-set-over-top pair and it held after the turn and . She is up to 130,000 in early action with registration closing after the break.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 99

Joseph Orsino ran into a bit of a problem with his first bullet in Event 1. The Tampa regular had an opponent five-bet shove into him for 24,300 and it was a cooler.

Orsino had  but he was dominated by and nothing on the board could keep him from shipping most of his stack across the table. He was left with only a few chips and went out not long after.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 89

Flight A is back in action after the first break of the day and they are on the verge of crossing 90 entries. That’s a great turnout to start the series and puts the tournament on an easy path to the $250,000 Guarantee.

There are several big stacks in the room including the previously mentioned Jonta Mention. He sits with 59,500 for a near double starting stack and his good day continues.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 81

Jonta Mention began his day with a bang. Way back in Level 1 we caught a hand with the Tampa regular when he sent the first player out of the series.

With the board reading , Mention moved all in for his remaining 16,000 and picked up a call after a few moments. He tabled for flopped trip sixes and cracked the of his opponent.

Mention has some nice results in this room including a final table finish in last week’s Wednesday $10K tournament.

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 62

After a minor glitch on the clock, we have an updated count on the entries and it jumped quite a bit. We have 62 in the game so far for a great turnout on a Wednesday morning/afternoon. A nice chunk of those players just hit their seats after winning their way in via the 9am satellite.