The players in the Day 1C flight are currently taking their seats. Another 500ish entries are expected tonight, bringing the total amount of entries near the 1,800 mark.
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Mark Spies Leads After Day 1A of Event #1 of Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida kicked off Thursday night with Day 1A of Event #1: $350 No-Limit Hold’em Deep Stack. After 14 levels of play, the starting field of 631 entries is down 121 players, each guaranteed a seat on Day 2 (to be played on Sunday). On top of the chip counts is Mark Spies with 427,000. He is followed by Michael Lipman (279,700), Chad Eveslage (270,000), and Jose Avila (230,400).
Also surviving the day were David Diaz (175,200), Peter Chin (88,200), Mike Beasley (84,000), Michael Morton (65,000), and Nancy Birnbaum (53,600). Among those who failed to survive Day 1A were Adam Levy, Darryll Fish, Corey Burbick, Raj Vohra, and Dan Buzgon. Since the event is a re-entry, you can expect to see those players back in action.
Here are the remaining flights for Event #1:
Day 1B: Friday, August 9 – 11 a.m.
Day 1C: Friday, August 9 – 7 p.m.
Day 1D: Saturday, August 10 – 11 a.m.
Day 1E: Saturday, August 10 – 7 p.m.
The 126 survivors from Day 1A have the option to re-enter in a later flight and will advance to Day 2 with their largest stack. Play resumes at 11 a.m. Friday morning and be sure to check out http://www.seminolehardrockpokeropen.com/live-updates for live updates on all of the action.
Mark Spies Leads the 121 Day 1A Survivors of Event #1
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida kicked off Thursday night with Day 1A of Event #1: $350 No-Limit Hold’em Deep Stack. After 14 levels of play, the starting field of 631 entries is down 121 players, each guaranteed a seat on Day 2 (to be played on Sunday). On top of the chip counts is Mark Spies with 427,000. He is followed by Michael Lipman (279,700), Chad Eveslage (270,000), and Jose Avila (230,400).
Also surviving the day were David Diaz (175,200), Peter Chin (88,200), Mike Beasley (84,000), Michael Morton (65,000), and Nancy Birnbaum (53,600). Among those who failed to survive Day 1A were Adam Levy, Darryll Fish, Corey Burbick, Raj Vohra, and Dan Buzgon. Since the event is a re-entry, you can expect to see those players back in action.
Here are the remaining flights for Event #1:
Day 1B: Friday, August 9 – 11 a.m.
Day 1C: Friday, August 9 – 7 p.m.
Day 1D: Saturday, August 10 – 11 a.m.
Day 1E: Saturday, August 10 – 7 p.m.
The 126 survivors from Day 1A have the option to re-enter in a later flight and will advance to Day 2 with their largest stack. Play resumes at 11 a.m. Friday morning and we’ll be back here to provide live updates on all of the action.
Full Day 1A Chip Counts
A Few More Chip Counts
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
Mark Spies – 335,000 (167 bb)
Michael Lipman – 195,000 (92 bb)
Mike Beasley – 84,000 (42, bb)
David Diaz – 70,000 (35 bb)
Alex Bolotin – 54,000 (27 bb)
Raj Vohra – 40,000 (20 bb)
Michael Tait – 38,000 (19 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 28,000 (14 bb)
Pete Rios – Eliminated
Adam Levy – Eliminated
Joey Couden – Eliminated
Lipman Takes One Out
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
After two players in early position limped in, Michael Lipman raised to 6,000 from middle position. The player in the hijack called, the UTG+1 player folded, and the UTG+2 player called to see a 
flop.
A check from the player in early position led to a bet of 20,000 from Lipman. The player in the hijack folded after about 60 seconds in the tank, leading to the early-position player raising all in for about 50,000. Lipman called with 
for bottom set, ahead of his opponent’s 
for two pair.
The 
turn and 
river were safe for Lipman, upping his stack to roughly 270,000 and increasing his lead on the field.
Nancy Birnbaum Doubles Up
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
A short-stacked Nancy Birnbaum was all in for about 10,000 from the cutoff with 
against an early-position opponent’s 
. The board ran out 
, giving Birnbaum top pair to score the double up to about 21,000.
A Few Chip Counts
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Michael Lipman – 100,000 (166 bb)
Mike Beasley – 95,000 (158 bb)
Raj Vohra – 50,000 (83 bb)
Joey Couden – 42,000 (70 bb)
James Hoeppner – 41,000 (68 bb)
Michael Tait – 38,000 (63 bb)
Leif Oskarsson – 37,000 (61 bb)
David Diaz – 33,000 (55 bb)
Zo Karim – 23,000 (38 bb)
Alex Bolotin – 19,000 (31 bb)
Adam Levy – 16,000 (26 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 15,000 (25 bb)
Jason Sackler – Eliminated
Barry Hutter – Eliminated
Recent Eliminations
Dan Buzgon, Darryll Fish, and Corey Burbick are among those who have recently been eliminated. Roughly 400 players remain in today’s flight.
Lipman Leads the Way
Level 6 (Blinds: 200/400 with a 50 ante) is coming to an end and on top of the chip counts is Michael Lipman with 105,000, after his 
cracked an opponent’s 
when a fell on the river.