$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  105

Flight B took its first break of the day with more than 100 entries putting the tournament on the verge of hitting the $100,000 guarantee. They need 118 today to hit the mark and it should get there easily with registration open for two more hours.

Kyle Rignola is back in the room less than a month since he won his first Tampa tournament. He took part in the September Super Stacks series and took down the $250 Deep Stack Event 6 title.

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

After a successful start to the series, we move into the first weekend with Flight B of the $500 Mega Stack. Flight A drew 115 entries to leave Event 1 only 118 away from hitting the $100,000 guarantee and we should get there this afternoon.

Players start with 40,000 mega stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. Flight B will continue into the evening until only 10% of the field remains.

Those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money along with the 12 from Flight A and those who make it through Flight B.

Cards go in the air at 11 am and we will pick up coverage when they reach the first break.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of the field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Chip counts from Flight A

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 115

Flight A: 115 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 115

After extended bubble play that saw them move 20 minutes into Level 20, Steve Blackmon was a big race to burst the bubble. He had his opponent at risk with versus and found a king on the flop. It held after the turn and to knock the field down to 12.

Blackmon bagged the biggest stack with a very nice 976,000 followed by Zachary Eisenbaum with 658,000 and Emmanuel Santos with 586,000.

Those 12 players will return on Sunday at noon for Day 2 in the money. We will post the full list of counts as soon as it is available.

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 115

After a long stretch of play, Flight A reached the money bubble when Charlie Kapetanakos was eliminated by Zachary Eichenbaum in a tough beat. Kapetanakos was flipping to double, flopped a set of eights, but Eichenbaum went runner-runner for a straight to send him out.

They will now play hand-for-hand until one more player is eliminated.

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 115

Kevin Blewitt was one of our max late reg players today but not by his choice. The Tampa Poker regular found an unlucky river on the last hand before registration closed, re-entered, but making the most out of this shot. Blewitt is up to 190,000 and only a handful of eliminations away from a Day 2 seat.

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 115

The final break of the day is complete with 20 players vying for 12 spots it the Day 2 field. Steve Blackmon continues to lead the field on pushed his stack up to 556,000 as they eye the money bubble.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 230,000 (29 bb).

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 115

Flight A players are getting ready to take their last break of the day (probably). There are still 20 players in the mix and they will return to play down to the last 12 with those advancing to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 115

Action has been slow as the field cruised into the late parts of the day. The money bubble is still some distance in the future and they will hit another break before they get there.

The field dropped one spot closer in a battle of Poker Tampa regulars. Herbert Woodbery open-shoved for 52,000 from the hijack and Hassan Hakim called on the button to put him at risk.

Hakim:
Woodbery:

“Fair fight,” said a tablemate.

Woodbery needed his threes to hold to double up but Hakim paired his ace on the flop to take the lead. The turn and produced no other three or running cards to save Woodbery’s buy-in.

Hassan Hakim – 245,500 (49 bb)

$500 Mega Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 115

Cards are back in the air for Flight A after the third break and they should see one more before calling it a day. We have 36 players remaining and action will come to an end when 12 remain.

Emmanuel Santos made another run to become the chip leader but fell a few yellow chips short. Steve Blackmon is the new leader with 415,000 going into Level 13 with Santos right behind with 412,000.