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Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 114

Flight A is down to four tables with 32 players sitting among them. We’ll pick up a few more along the way through Level 14 but a lot will wait until Flight B tomorrow.

Edgardo Rosario is the latest to make a move and the 2020 Winter Poker Open Main Event runner-up is sitting with 269,000 with three levels and change to go.

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Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 112

The entry count is up to 112 in Level 10 and Flight A is down to five tables as we move into the evening hours. That means some stacks are building while the field gets shorter.

Ryan Hogan more than doubled his big stack at dinner and now leads with 275,500. First break chip leader Marcus Huewitt is back up there and sits with 250,000 in the late stages.

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Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries: 102

The dinner break came to an end and players returned to their seats to play out the flight. Siddharth Siddharth continues to lead with 173,000 while sitting side-by-side we have Ryan Luker’s 153,500 and Ryan Hogan’s 129,500 the next two biggest.

Luker quickly jumped above Siddharth on the first hand after dinner when he sent Anthony Askey out with over . That put another 37,500 in Luker’s stack to move into the lead.

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Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 100

Level 8 has come to an end and players were sent on their 40-minute dinner break. The entry count hit 100 on the nose shortly after they left and we should see a few more get in the game as they play through 14 levels today.

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Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 94

Poker Room regular Karl Manouchakian is making the most out of his late entry. He joined the field before the second break with a fresh 30K starting stack and was up to 93,600 in a hurry before the start of Level 7.

Not bad.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 89

Cards are back in the air after the second break and we have a new leader. Siddharth Siddharth was in second on the first break and first after the second break with 178,700. Jason Aldridge sits in second with 153,900 and first-break leader Marcus Huewitt has 107,100.

They will play through the next two levels before taking their 40-minute dinner break.

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Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 86

Level 6 has come to an end and tournament staff sent players on the second break of the day. They’ll return to play two more levels before they will enjoy a 40-minute dinner break.

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Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 81

We had another half dozen join the field over the last level and we should hit 100 before the end of the day. That would set us up for an early hit of the $50,000 guarantee tomorrow and the steady climb higher.

Tony March took a seat in the game this afternoon, a Tampa poker legend for her generosity. He donates 100% of his winnings to his Pay It Backward Foundation and made a big deposit not long ago. March won the $360 NLH tournament during the 2019 Tampa Winter Poker Open and sent in a big check worth $45,851.

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Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries: 75

With 75 entries heading into Level 5, players have put more than $25,000 towards the $50,000 guarantee and we can start to think about a six-digit prize pool when registration closes at the start of Day 2 on Sunday.

SHR Tampa regular Jeremy Becker was among the players hopping in before the first break and Ricardo Eyzaguirre joined us after making the trek from the east coast of Florida.

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Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 61

The first break has come and gone and cards are back in the air with the blinds up. The entry count clicked up a few spots while they were gone with more expected.

Marcus Huewitt is the big stack in early action after running his 30K starting stack up to 104,700 in three levels. Siddharth Siddharth has the second biggest stack with 74,500 and a few others hovering with double starting stacks.