10am: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight E

• $570 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed
• First place receives $1,650 seat
• 30,000 chips and 30-minute levels on Day 1
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~3pm)
• Play concludes following Level 14 (~5:45pm)
• Day 2 begins Sunday, December 9 at noon
• Structure sheet

3pm: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight F

• $570 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed
• First place receives $1,650 seat
• 30,000 chips and 30-minute levels on Day 1
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~8pm)
• Play concludes following Level 14 (~10:45pm)
• Day 2 begins Sunday, December 9 at noon
• Structure sheet

2018 Winter Poker Open Tournament Schedule

A long day of poker play at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open has wrapped. Action resumes Saturday with the final two flights in the $570 buy-in opener and the $300,000 guarantee is expected to be bested during the early stages of play.

Here’s a complete look at Saturday’s upcoming schedule:

• 10am: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight E
• 3pm: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight F

2018 Winter Poker Open Tournament Schedule

Goodnight and see you in the morning!

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Day 2 Blinds: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 84 of 458

Flight A: 101 Entries, 19 Advanced
Flight B: 103 Entries, 17 Advanced
Flight C: 127 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight D: 127 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight E/F: Saturday at 10am/3pm
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Chip counts through Flight D:

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight D Entries: 127 (Total Entries: 458)

Level 10 is upon us and registration is closed in Flight D of the Winter Poker Open $570 buy-in, $300,000 guarantee. The fourth of six starting flights matched today’s 11am flight with 127 entries. With that, the combined field sits at 458 generating $229,000 toward the $300,000 guarantee.

Here’s a breakdown:

The event is just 142 entries away from surpassing the $300,000 guarantee. Saturday’s play is expected to draw the biggest fields yet, and that figure should be surpassed easily during tomorrow’s 10am flight.

Full chip counts through Flight D will be posted later tonight.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries: 108 (Total Entries: 439)

First break has come and gone in the 5pm $570 buy-in, $300,000 guarantee flight. The clock shows a total entry count of 106 with registration and re-entry available until about 10pm. The field is made of up familiar faces including AJ Kelsall and Anthony Dianaty.

The pair are regulars in the Tampa room and have even fired a few entries in Flight A, B and C. Having come up dry, they’re back to the grind in Flight D hoping to find their way to Day 2 and a big Sunday score.

Complete chip counts through Flight D will be posted tomorrow morning before 10am.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 24 of 127

Aaron Speer is tops following 14 levels of play in Flight C of the $570 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Winter Poker Open headline event. Speer amassed a stack of 466,000 and leads his respective Flight C field to sit fourth in the overall counts.

Rounding out the Flight C counts are two-time 2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa winner Quentin Jones and Nick Avena.

Aaron Speer – 466,000
Quentin Jones – 306,000
Nick Avena – 289,000

Complete chip counts will be posted tomorrow morning no later than 10am.

With that, Flight C is on a two-day recess before its advancers join those already moving from A and B and those yet to move on from D, E and F for Day 2 Sunday.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 28 of 127

Level 14 marks the final level of the night in Flight C of the $570 buy-in, $300,000 guarantee. The clock reads 28 players in the action and there’s a number of them just hanging to medium or short stacks looking to find a bag.

Defending champion Gil Aboodi and two-time 2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa winner Quentin Jones headline those in position to advance to Day 2.

We’ll provide a look at the chip leader followed by additional notable chip counts after play concludes.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 37 of 127

The final Flight C break expired a few minutes ago and it’s a logjam toward the top of the counts. Quentin Jones still leads, but no one is separating themselves from the pack with a huge stack.

Joining Jones toward the top of the counts with less than an hour left in the day is Aaron Speer. Speer sits on 248,000 and has a comfortable stack midway through Level 13. Only 37 remain and they’re looking to hang on for a Day 2 berth.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight D Entries: 16 (Total Entries: 347)

Five o’clock is here and so is Flight D of the Winter Poker Open $570 buy-in event. This is slated to follow the same schedule as the other start days with registration and re-entry available for five hours and play expected to wrap in just under eight hours.

Here are the details:

5pm: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight D

• $570 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed
• First place receives added $1,650 seat
• 30,000 chips and 30-minute levels on Day 1
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~10pm)
• Play concludes following Level 14 (~12:45am)
• Day 2 begins Sunday, December 9 at noon
• Structure sheet

We will take a little closer look at this flight after the 11am installment concludes.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 45 of 127

With registration closed and a field that’s getting smaller by the minute, it’s two-time 2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa winner Quentin Jones and Ryan Luker that are on the good side of the flying chips.

Jones leads the field handily with about 250,000. Luker, meanwhile, sits right at 200,000. The pair is best for now in Flight C with about two more hours of play left in the night.