$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 22:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 350

Flight A: 350 Entries; 35 Advanced
Flight B: Thursday at 5 pm
Flight C: Friday at 11 am
Flight D: Friday at 5 pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 12 pm

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 22:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 350

After a long day at the office, Flight A of WSOP Circuit Event 1 hit the 10% mark of their field with 5:36 left in Level 22 and the 35 remaining players are set for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Edward Johnston made a push late and bag a huge 1,486,000 stack followed by Mayank Shah’s 941,000. We will publish the full Flight A counts as soon as they are available.

Top five Flight A stacks:

Edward Johnston – 1,486,000
Mayank Shah – 941,000
James Kerr – 717,000
Anthony Astarita – 677,000
Michael Wang – 639,000

Flight A results:

36th: Alan Percal – $996
37th: David Brown – $960
38th: Michael Spada – $960
39th: Nathaniel Galliford – $960
40th: John Dolan – $960
41st: Donald Manns – $960
42nd: Bruce Bailey – $960
43rd: Melissa Kaiser – $960
44th: Joseph Deguido – $960
45th: Alexi Hernandez – $960
46th: James Aman – $944
47th: Edith Norman – $944
48th: Nicolas Egarhos – $944
49th: Anh Lu – $944
50th: Michael Cohen – $944
51st: Joel Bigham – $944
52nd: Erik Greulach – $944
53rd: Steven Bellas – $944

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 350

It took a long time for Flight A to reach the money bubble portion of the day and another good chunk of the clock to burst it. Several players were getting very short and that slowed down the action as players tried to sweat the bubble.

On the 10th round of hand-for-hand, one player was all in from the big blind for only 7,000. Monica Payraudeau came along from early position and the small blind player stayed in. The flop came and Payraudeau bet 20,000 after the small blind checked dark.

He folded and the tabled their hands after the rest of the action was completed on the other tables.

Payraudeau:
Big Blind:

The big blind player picked up a solid hand, paired his ten, but could not find a double as the board finished and .

On happy player was Erik Greulach. He was one of the other short stack players and slid into the money with only 7,000 of his own when he was next up in the big blind.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 350

The action has slowed way down in Flight A with a lot of chips in play thanks to the double starting stacks. There are still nine tables remaining and the next milestone will be the money bubble when 54 players are around.

Anthony Astarita looks like the current chip leader and stacked a few chips more than 500,000 with another deep run in the works.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries:  115

Flight B recently returned from their first break of the day and their entry count is up to 115. Combined with Flight A, the tournament is nearly halfway to the $500,000 guarantee with three huge weekend flights left to go.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  144 of 350

Tournament staff released the Flight A payout information with 350 entries. That means the last 53 players will make some money with a min-cash worth $944.

Flight A will come to an end when 35 players and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday.

34th-36th: $996
37th-45th: $960
46th-53rd: $944

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  160 of 350

The dinner break is complete and players are back in their seats with registration closed. Flight A drew exactly 350 entries to put more than $180,000 in the prize pool on the way to the $500,000 guarantee.

Paying 15% of the field, the last 53 players in Flight A will make the money and their day will come to an end when 35 remain.

Flight A payouts will be posted as soon as they are available.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  340

Level 12 came to a close and tournament staff sent the Flight A players on a 30-minute dinner break. Plenty of time to grab a bite in the snack bar or hit the food court.

When they return, registration will close for this Flight but the 5 pm is going strong if anyone wants another shot.

A count shows 19 tables in action so we have right around 171 players remaining.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight A of the opening event on the WSOP Circuit schedule is still cruising along on one side of the Event Center and we are ready to start the second. More than 300 entries are in the morning flight for a great start and it will continue to build in Flight B.

The $600 Double Stack NLH tournament has a big $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and at the current pace, it will be beat pretty early in the weekend.

Event 1 players start with 40,000 stacks and the first 24 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until 11:50 pm following the 30-minute dinner break. Flight B will come to an end after Level 24 or when the field reaches 10% of the starters. Those players will return on Sunday for Day 2.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 13
• Day 1 will end at the conclusion of level 24 or 10% of the field
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  297

The players returned to their seats after the break and they are chasing a new leader. Steven Veneziano sits atop the counts and it looks like he got a lot of his 179,800 from former leader/tablemate Aaron  Speer.

Flight A will play four more levels, take a 30-minute dinner break, and close registration when they come back.