$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

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  400/800
Entries:  165

The second break came to an end for the Pot Limit Omaha game and registration closed. The tournament clock shows a very nice 165 entries to put up a very big number right out of the gates.

Tournament staff are running the numbers and we will post the prize pool payout information as soon as it is available.

$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.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  289

The second break is coming up and more familiar faces are joining the big opening flight. Among them we found Zach Mullennix taking his shot after some nice scores over the last 12 months.

He picked up his first WSOP Circuit ring last February in Coconut Creek, earned his second there in September, then won his first Hollywood major last month in the LHPO $1,100 Eight-Handed event.

Now he needs a Tampa to complete the Triple Crown.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  270

The entry count moved up to 270 as the afternoon progresses and they are only halfway through the registration/re-entry period. That is a huge number and the fields will only get bigger as we hit the weekend.

Edwards Muñiz is back in his home casino after quite a trip across the state last month. The Tampa regular played in the WPTDeepStacks Hollywood opening event of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open and went on to win the title for more than $225,000. But that wasn’t the only thing he accomplished.

After bagging the chip lead in Flight B, Muñiz fired the Big O tournament (the first time in his career) on his day off. Naturally, he went on to win that trophy a few days before he took home the huge WPTDeepStacks hardware.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  100/200
Entries:  90

We expected a great field in the Pot Limit Omaha tournament and it is not disappointing. There are 90 entries in the tournament already as the first break nears.

David Prociak was in the game early and has to be considered one of the favorites. He earned a WSOP bracelet in 2016 and followed that up his first WSOP Circuit ring in this very event when it was run in Hollywood.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries:  250

The first break is complete and players are back in their seats. There are a lot of chips in play and it looks like Aaron Speer has the lion’s share so far.

The 2019 Tampa Winter Poker Open Event 1 champion ran his 40K starting stack up to 120,100 in four levels and is pacing the field with eight more levels of late reg available.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries:  235

The clock is ticking down on Level 4 and Flight A players will soon take their first break of the day. The tournament count quickly jumped over 200 with more than five hours left to register.

We have plenty of regular but also a nice group of travelers here already including Michael Wang from the Garden State. He already owns two WSOP Circuit rings to go along with his 2015 WSOP bracelet in the $5K NLH tournament but I’m sure Wang wouldn’t mind adding another.

$600 Double Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries:  196

Flight A of Event 1 is nearing the 200 entry mark well before the first break of the day, a great start to the series and the tournament is at an easy pace to reach the $500,000 guarantee.

Anthony Astarita was an early entry and he can add to his nice list of accomplishments. The Tampa regular has a lot of big scores in our poker room but none bigger than the $131K he banked as the WPTDeepStacks Tampa champion in 2016.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The $500,000 guarantee Double Stack isn’t the only game in town this afternoon; we also have a $400 Pot Limit Omaha game that will award a WSOP Circuit ring tomorrow afternoon. The game is very popular in our area and we expect a talented group of players.

Event 2 entrants will start with 15,000 stacks and the first 22 levels last 30 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and there is a 30-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm.

This is a two-day tournament and the PLO players will make their way through 22 levels today or stop when the tournament reaches the official final table.

Cards go in the air at noon and we will hit the highlights along the way.

• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels 1-22 last 30 minutes; Levels 23+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end at the conclusion of level 22 or final table
• Event 2 Structure Sheet