$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry)$1,000,000 Guaranteed | StructureLevel 5: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 355 (Total Entries: 801) 2718
Tommy Bates
As the combined entry count moved over 800, we found Tommy Bates mixing it up in a blind versus blind battle. No stranger to the Hard Rock brand, Bates looked down at kings and got a couple streets of value from Nagui Yassa before it went check-check on river. Bates’ was best over Yassa’s ace-king and took the pot.
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 350 (Total Entries: 796)
Seven-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring winner Cory Waaland
Seven-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring winner Cory Waaland had his starting stack cut in half early on Day 1B. With just about 10,000 left, he got it all in versus Seminole Hard Rock Poker regular Eli Levy. Waaland’s was good versus Levy’s and he doubled back up to around the 20,000 mark.
Waaland is one of the Circuit’s most decorated players and is in the midst of his first-ever trip here to the Seminole Hard Rock.
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 100/200
Flight B Entries: 316 (Total Entries: 762)
Dantonio Brown
Three levels plus a 15-minute break are in the books and Level 4 is underway. The clock continues to go up reading 316 Day 1B players in the game and a combined field of 762. Dantonio Brown is off to a hot start in today’s play more than quadrupling up over the first three levels. His stack total 83,400.
If you following the Seminole Hard Rock Poker scene, Brown is a familiar name. He placed runner-up to the aforementioned Player of the Year, Nathan Papp, in last January Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event. Brown earned a solid first prize of $178,209.
Here’s how he stacks up compared to some of the other notables here on Day 1B:
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 3: 75/150
Flight B Entries: 277 (Total Entries: 723)
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak
There’s a pair of Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Years in action in today’s Day 1B. 2016 POY David Prociak is back again after firing off both his allotted entries in yesterday’s Day 1A.
Firing the @shrpo@WSOPC $1675 Main again today. Didn’t play my best yesterday but woke up feeling great and ready to make it happen today
Reigning POY Nathan Papp, meanwhile, is making his first appearance here in the ballrooms during the WSOP Circuit.
2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Nathan Papp
This event is eligible in the 2018 POY race. This year’s contest awards its winner entries in all SHRP Championships and Main Events along with hotel and dining credits at each property.
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 228 (Total Entries: 674)
It’s been a steady — and fast — climb for the Day 1B entry count. After kicking off with just about 120 in the game, more than 100 more have ed in the first 60 minutes. After cracking 221 entries, the combined prize pool officially crossed the $1,000,000 threshold besting the tournament’s seven-figure guarantee.
With that, there’s a six-figure score, a WSOP Circuit gold ring and a $10,000 Global Casino Championship seat up for grabs in the Seminole Hard Rock finale.
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 205 (Total Entries: 651)
Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui
With fellow Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Jessica Dawley already finding a bag, Sheddy Siddiqui is back here in the ballrooms giving it another go. Like Dawley, Siddiqui fired yesterday’s action, but left empty handed. The South Florida resident was an on-time arrival today and is mixing it up in the early stages.
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 25/50
Flight B Entries: 176 (Total Entries: 622)
Marvin “The Duckman” Karlins
As usual, it’s all smiles at Table 46 with Marvin “The Duckman” Karlins in the game.
Karlins comes to South Florida from the Tampa area in search of a six-figure score and some World Series of Poker gold. He enjoyed his poker career highlight in November of 2015 finishing fourth in a $5,000 WPT Main Event in Jacksonville for nearly $120,000. He’s not without successes here in Hollywood, though. In April of last year he finished 52nd in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship good for more than $13,000.
Karlins is a Seminole Hard Rock Poker regular and makes his debut at this year’s Circuit series here on Day 1B.
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1B (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 25/50
Flight B Entries: 127 (Total Entries: 573)
Seminole Hard Rock Tournament Director Tony Burns
Seminole Hard Rock Tournament Director Tony Burns has announced the ceremonial shuffle up and deal and cards are in the air for Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event. Yesterday’s play saw a strong field of 446 entries pony up the tournament’s $1,675 buy-in and today’s installment is expected to be a barn burner as well.
Here are the Day 1B details:
12PM: Main Event Day 1B – $1,675 No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-15 last 40 minutes; Level 16+ last 60 minutes
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 13
Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
$1,675 Main Event NLH Day 1A (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Returning to Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 78 of 446