2019 WSOP Circuit – February

Re-Entry Flight C: Wally Maddah in Town from Tampa

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 487 (Total Entries: 1,149)

Wally Maddah

As we mentioned yesterday, a brand like the World Series of Poker coming to town not only attracts players from all over the globe, but it provides a world class poker experience for the Seminole faithful.

One of those Seminole faithful that made the journey to Coconut Creek from nearby Tampa is Wally Maddah. No Seminole series would be complete without Maddah and he’s enjoyed some good results right here under this roof.

It was five months ago during the September WSOP Circuit here when Maddah won the tour’s token prize — a gold ring. It came in a $250 turbo tournament and the trophy overshadowed the $6,721 prize for the decorated Maddah.

Flight C is a much different structure than the one-day Turbo Maddah previously won. If he’s able to put together a deep run in this re-entry, it will come over the course of two days and better than 20 hours of play.

Re-Entry Flight D: 4pm Play Playing; Last Chance to Get in the Game

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

The clock ticks to the 4pm hour and the fourth and final flight in the WSOP Circuit $400 re-entry is going at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. Registration remains open in Flight C until about 5:30pm while players can late reg and re-enter in this Flight D until about 10:30pm.

At present, the $300,000 guarantee is already busted and this Flight D will grow it further up toward $500,000.

Here are the Flight D details:

4PM: Event 2 Day 1D – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-18 last 30 minutes; Levels 19+ last 45 minutes
  • Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • Day 1 will end after Level 18 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 2 Structure Sheet

Updates from Flight D will begin after Flight C concludes.

Re-Entry Flight C: Defending Casino Champion Karthik Ramakrishnan

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries: 460 (Total Entries: 1,122)

Karthik Ramakrishnan

Each stop on the World Series of Poker Circuit tour awards two $10,000 entries into the Global Casino Championship. The first goes to the Main Event champion of the series while the second goes to the player anointed the Casino Champion.

The defending February Casino Champion at this property, Karthik Ramakrishnan, is in today’s Flight C field and eyes another berth in the invite-only GCC. 12 months ago, Ramakrishnan record 2nd-, 3rd-, 6th- and 14th-place finishes at this property to don the title.

It’s still early in the series, but tops in the Casino Championship race to this point is Event 1 winner Roberto Bendeck.

Re-Entry Flight C: Saturday Session Good for Michael Newman

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 250/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries: 441 (Total Entries: 1,103)

Michael Newman

Michael Newman is a staunch supporter of Seminole poker series. He’s been a fixture here in Coconut Creek each of the last two days firing entries in Thursday’s one-day $50,000 guarantee and Friday’s flights in this $400 re-entry. Newman went bagless yesterday, but is having some better luck today. Flight C Level 8 is nearing its end while Newman’s stack is nearing 100,000.

Ann Graham Wins Coco WSOP Circuit Main Event Win a Seat Contest

The Seminole Casino Coconut Creek WSOP Circuit Main Event Win a Seat contest entry period concluded last night and the winner is official — Ann Graham of Maryland!

To win, Ann simply visited HardRockPoker.com and provided her name, e-mail and zip code — that’s it! She was chosen at random and earned free entry in next weekend’s $1,700 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed WSOP Circuit Main Event. Ann has already confirmed she’ll make the journey south to Florida and register for Saturday’s Day 1B.

Congratulations Ann and thank you to everyone who entered! Stay tuned for future contests during our major series.

Re-Entry Flight C: Back to Red Lobster for the Harwoods?

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries: 410 (Total Entries: 1,072)

Loni Harwood

“Does she have more chips than me?” Scott Harwood asked of his sister Loni Harwood’s stack in Flight C.

At the time, she did not. But Loni’s poker resume easily exceeds her brother’s with more than $2,900,000 in earnings including two bracelets and five gold ring wins. One of those wins came during this series last year when Loni won Event 5, a $365 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry tournament, for $10,801. Back then, Scott was on the final table rail and suggested to his sister that if she won they could celebrate at Red Lobster. Loni went on to score the win and doubled down telling the WSOP, “We are going to Red Lobster.”

There’s been no confirmation as to whether the Red Lobster winner dinner occurred, but both Harwoods are in action in today’s Flight C and who knows where another win could take them.

Scott Harwood

Re-Entry Flight C: Devin Weinberg Best Following Break

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries: 347 (Total Entries: 1,009)

Devin Weinberg

The combined field hit quadruple digits as the first break in Flight C of the $400 re-entry ring event concluded just moments ago. There are loads of chips in play with the clock showing nearly 350 entries in on the Saturday action and it’s Devin Weinberg that’s accumulated the most of them.

After starting the day with 15,000, Weinberg holds about 90,000. That’s good for a sextuple-up and has Weinberg at the top of the counts to start Level 5.

Devin Weinberg’s chip-leading stack

Re-Entry Flight C: Willie Wiggins Working through Another Big Field; Guarantee Gone

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight C Entries: 304 (Total Entries: 966)

Flight C is living up to its weekend reputation as the field recently crossed the 300-entry mark. That has the tournament at 966 combined entries and puts the prize pool at more than $318,000 and growing.

Willie Wiggins

One player with a resume that fits this big event well is Willie Wiggins. Just last month, Wiggins worked his way through a huge, 4,508-entry field in Hollywood’s Ultimate Re-Entry event. The run ended in a three-way chop, a second-place finish and a $176,120 return on his $360 investment.

With that event in his rearview, Wiggins has a touch smaller, but equally decorated, field to work through here in Coconut Creek.

Re-Entry Flight C: Level 2 with 200+ Entries

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight C Entries: 217 (Total Entries: 879)

The first level of play in Flight C of the $400 re-entry saw a huge influx of players take their seats after the starting bell. The first 30 minutes of action witnessed the field double in size and then some as the clock now shows 217 entries in the game. Registration and re-entry are available until about 5:30pm and the guarantee will be easily beat by then.

Those unable to get in the early game can head to the property for the fourth and final Flight D at 4pm.