$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 154 of 1,023
With 156 players remaining and the field preparing for bubble play, two were eliminated and Flight E was in the money without the need for hand-for-hand mode.
Everyone is guaranteed at last $938 but everyone is trying to be among the 103 who advance to Day 2 tomorrow.
104th-126th: $968
127th-154th: $938
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 180 of 1,023
A.J. Kelsall is getting his exercise this evening in the Event Center. The three-time WSOP Circuit winner has a stack in both the Event 1 Flight E and Event 3 Turbo fields and crossing between as often as he can.
Event 3 is on the actual bubble at the moment and Flight E is getting closer to the money. Kelsall has a chance to make the money twice within minutes and “who loves it more” points.
$400 No Limit Hold’em Turbo (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 190
There are two tournaments running in the Event Center and both are moving along at a nice clip. The $400 Turbo NLH game is down to 34 players and close to the money bubble with 29 getting paid.
Those still in contention include Patrick Eskandar and David Tuthill along with Event 2 PLO final table members Jessica Francis and Joseph Orsino. Reigning Tampa Winter Poker Open Champion David Moses is still in the game working on his second WSOP Circuit ring.
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 1,023
Flight E players recently returned from another break and the field is shrinking at a solid rate. There are 252 remaining with 154 getting paid and 103 advancing to Day 2.
Trung Pham continues to lead the day with 663,500 and Duff Charette is his closest competitor with 540,000.
$400 No Limit Hold’em Turbo (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Players Remaining: 80 of 190
While Flight E of Event 1 was filling most of the Event Center, WSOP Circuit Event 3 pulled in a nice crowd of its own. The $400 Turbo NLH tournament drew 190 entries to create a prize pool worth $62,700 and the last 29 spots will be paid.
A min-cash is worth $610 while the Event 3 champ will walk away with $15,272 and a shiny WSOPC ring.
2020 WSOP Circuit – February
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$400 No Limit Hold’em Turbo (Re-Entry)
Entries: 190
Prize Pool: $62,700
February 8, 2020
1st: $15,272 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $9,438
3rd: $6,637
4th: $4,770
5th: $3,506
6th: $2,636
7th: $2,029
8th: $1,599
9th: $1,292
10th-12th: $1,070
13th-15th: $910
16th-18th: $794
19th-21st: $712
22nd-24th: $657
25th-27th: $624
28th-29th: $610
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 468 of 1,023
Less than half of the field remains which means some stacks are growing. Trung Pham has worked his stack up to 239,000 after the dinner break and among the biggest in the room.
Pham also knows a little something about winning big opening events. The three-time WSOP Circuit winner went all the way in Event 1 of the Hollywood RRPO series and banked $123K after besting a field of 4,558 entries.
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Entries: 1,023
Registration officially closed on WSOP Circuit Event 1 and Flight E drew an incredible 1,023 entries. The biggest single day in our history and the top flight of any Seminole Hard Rock Poker series-opening event.
The combined to put a total of 2,433 entries in the game and the prize pool climbed from the $500,000 guarantee up to $1,252,995.
We will post the Flight E payouts as soon as they are official and the Day 2 payouts will be published at the end of the day.
| Flight | Entries | Advanced | |
| Thurs at 11am | A | 350 | 35 |
| Thurs at 5pm | B | 180 | 18 |
| Friday at 11am | C | 518 | 51 |
| Friday at 5pm | D | 362 | 37 |
| Sat at 11am | E | 1,023 | TBD |
| Totals | 2,433 | 141 |
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight E Entries: 967
Flight E players are getting ready to take their 30-minute dinner break as the entry count nears four-digits. That’s a lot of players in the Event Center.
Two recent entries were Loni Harwood and Phil Hui. The pair are good for a combined four WSOP bracelets and nine WSOP Circuit rings. Harwood has a WSOP National Championship while Hui won the WSOP Poker Players Championship this past summer.
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Entries: 900
The stream of players continues and the entry count clicked to 900 as the field nears its 30-minute dinner break. Another 41 entries today and this field will put $500,000 into the prize pool alone.
$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries: 845
The second break came to an end and the entry count is beginning to tease the 900 mark. With late registration open until 6:05 pm now (thanks to extended breaks for the big crowd), it will easily hit 900 and it might push the prize pool up to $1.5 million.
We found a few more familiar faces in the group including Travis Jackson (with his big 160,000 stack), Justin Zaki, brother/sister team Sean and Michelle Shah, Willie Wiggins, and Alex Ivan. Those are just a few of the massive crew in the Event Center this afternoon.
