There have been 1,324 entrants so far on the first two starting days of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event, which means the casino only needs 676 entrants today (which is less than Day 1B) to reach the 2,000 necessary to meet the guarantee.

At 12:01 pm, the cards were in the air with 590 entrants on the tournament clock for Day 1C. That number has been rapidly growing all morning, and the $10 million guarantee should be reached by the first break.

Action begins with blinds at 25-50, and each starting stack is 30,000 in chips (600 big blinds). Shuffle up and deal!

Cards will get into the air at noon ET for Day 1C at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. The field will play 13 levels on Saturday at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida and players can enter or re-enter as many times as they like as long as registration is open through the end of the dinner break (8 pm). Levels will be 40-minutes long for the first nine levels, and then after the 90-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 they will increase to an hour in length for the last four levels of the night. Play will end tonight around 12:15 a.m.

Our live updates team will bring you big hands, chip counts, photos, tweets, and videos throughout the day as Friday’s starting flight vies to join the 417 survivors from Day 1A and1B, which attracted a total field of 1,324 players. The Day 1A chip leader that players are chasing is Aaron Schaaf with 326,600, and the top stack from Day 1B is Gjergj Sinishtaj with the overall lead of 376,000..

Check back in at noon for shuffle up and deal.

Picking up the action after the river of a board, the player in the big blind bets 10,000. Gjergj Sinishtaj, on the button, raises to about 35,000 effective and after a few moments, his opponent calls all in. Sinishtaj tables for a full house, his opponent mucks, and Sinishtaj collects the pot to increase his stack to about 370,000.

Fun fact: We’ve had 16 or so players at our table and 2 of them have been non professional players. #valuetown

— Darryll Fish (@The_DFish) August 24, 2013

Among the players to be recently eliminated are Jason Mercier, Dan Kelly, and Kory Kilpatrick.

The blinds are now 600/1,200 with a 100 ante. There are 324 players remaining from the 690 Day 1B entries.

Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100

A player in middle position raises to 3,200 and and Bernard Lee calls on the button. The flop falls and the middle-position player bets 3,200. Lee calls to see another on the turn and calls another 4,400 from his opponent, landing a on the river. This time action is checked to Lee and he bets 9,300. His opponent tank-calls, mucking when Lee tables .

Bernard Lee – 72,400 (72 bb)