Event 5: $150 Deep Stack Turbo Double Green Chip Bounty $10,000 GuaranteedLevel 2: 100/200 Entries: 48 5x5v4h

The 6pm $150 Deep Stack Turbo Double Green Chip Bounty got underway about 15 minutes ago. A big field is expected as the Saturday night crowd comes out to play a little weekend poker.

Here are the details on the event:

6pm: Event 5: $150 Deep Stack Turbo Double Green Chip Bounty ($10,000 Gtd)

• $150 buy-in, $10,000 guaranteed
• 20,000 chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 13 (~9:30pm)
• Structure Sheet

We will post the payout information when it’s finalized.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 9: 500/1,000/100
Flight C Entries: 187 (Total Entries: 412)

Players are on a 40-minute dinner break. Cards go back in the air at roughly 6:10pm. Here’s a look at some of the notable chip counts:

• Chad Eveslage – 224,000
• Ory Hen – 201,500
• Haim Toorgeman – 170,000
• Evan Teitelbaum – 143,000
• Josias Santos – 128,000
• David Shmuel – 123,000
• Michael Newman – 102,000
• Jacob Snider – 75,000
• TK Miles – 71,000
• James Dorrance – 70,000
• Bradley Snider – 65,500
• Michael Tait – 60,000
• Nigel Murray – 59,500
• Matt Waxman – 50,500
• Cesar Fuentes – 48,000
• Josh Beckley – 40,500
• Stewart Newman – 39,000
• AJ Gambino – 36,500
• Mukul Pahuja – 24,000
• Josh Gibson – 22,000
• Karl Manouchakian – 21,000

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 9: 500/1,000/100
Flight C Entries: 180 (Total Entries: 405)

With 180 entries in Flight C, the combined field has crossed 400 putting the prize pool at over $600,000. Late registration is available until the start of Day 2 tomorrow at 12pm.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 9: 500/1,000/100
Flight C Entries: 175 (Total Entries: 400)

With Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah already having bagged, another west coast regular is in search of the same. Karl Manouchakian, who claimed Player of the Series honors during the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa last summer, made the trek across the state and is among the field here in Flight C. He sits at pretty much starting stack midway through Level 9.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 8: 400/800/100
Flight C Entries: 167 (Total Entries: 392)

With a limper already in, Michael Merisier popped it to 2,000. The player to his direct left three-bet to 5,500. The remaining players in the hand folded and it was back on Merisier. He called.

Both players checked the flop. The turn was the and Merisier lead for 7,000. The opponent called and it was on to the river.

Fifth street fell the and Merisier plopped a 25,000 chips in the pot announcing, “12,500.” The opponent took his time, but found a fold.

Merisier scooped a nice pot and began to grow his stack back toward 50,000.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 7: 300/600/50
Flight C Entries: 162 (Total Entries: 387)

Like the aforementioned Sheddy Siddiqui, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja too made a deep run in this event last year finishing third earning over $50,000.

Pahuja is one of the most recent entries in this year’s event having late ed following break. His stack has shrunk over the first couple orbits, most recently raising, then calling three streets in a hand with Scott Efron in which Efron’s top pair was good. Pahuja sits on about 35,000.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 7: 300/600/100
Flight C Entries: 151 (Total Entries: 376)

Haim Toorgeman had a great first few levels and sits with 141,000 chips to begin Level 7. Toorgeman has a long list of accomplishments here at the Seminole Hard Rock that include three runner-ups and a tournament victory.

Having nearly tripled his starting stack, he appears to lead the way over the growing field.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 6: 250/500/75
Flight C Entries: 145 (Total Entries: 370)

David Shmuel claimed victory in last year’s $250 Deep Stack Series Holiday Deep Stack. He came out tops following a four-way chop and pocketed $11,283 along with a $5,250 buy-in seat in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

This year’s Holiday Deep Stack begins on Monday and again features $30,000 guaranteed and a $5,250 seat added. Schmuel hopes to be unable to defend his title as he’s among the Flight C field in today’s $1,650. The final table for this event will run alongside the Holiday Deep Stack.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 6: 250/500/75
Flight C Entries: 143 (Total Entries: 368)

Defending Seminole Immokalee Poker Championship winner Josh Gibson is among the early goings here in Flight C. Gibson has recorded numerous notable cashes including a third-place finish in the 2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship and a final table appearance at the 2016 World Series of Poker. His Immokalee win came during the property’s February series. He defeated 125 entries and pocketed $50,000.

Event 4: $1,650 Deepest Stack
$300,000 Guaranteed
Level 5: 200/400/50
Flight C Entries: 139 (Total Entries: 364)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui is back on the Hollywood felt looking for another deep run in this event. Last year, he chopped heads up with Scott Heiligman earning his second largest score to date — $110,000.

We’ll keep an eye on him as he goes for another final table and six-figure score.