$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 347

Flight A: 347 Entries; 41 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Saturday at 11am
Flight D: Saturday at 4pm
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 41 of 347

Less than halfway through Level 17, Flight A hit 41 players remaining to hit 12% of the starting field. They got there when Walter Bravo checked a flop and his opponent moved all in for 61,000. It was an easy call with his set of eights having drawing to runners. The turn and river finished the board and Flight A was done for the day.

Kelly Minkin had the chip lead for the last few levels and her hot run. She bagged up a massive 487,000 which is far above anyone else so far.

The chips are being counted and we will have the full Flight A counts later this evening.

Top five Flight A stacks:

1. Kelly Minkin – 487,000
2. Haim Toorgeman – 261,500
3. Walter Bravo – 254,000
4. Steve Karp – 237,500
5. William Valladares – 225,500

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 51 of 347

There was an early position shove for 57,500 and it folded to the player in the small blind. He called the shove, leaving 14,000 behind, and Bryce McVay reshipped from the big blind with the bigger stack. The small blind called and McVay found a big blind monster.

McVay:
EP:
Small Blind:

McVay was in great shape and made the overkill flush on the board to send two out and move up to 248,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 2,400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 60 of 347

Flight A players are taking their last break of the day with 60 players remaining and the day set to stop when only 42 are still in.

We found two big stacks at the tables and two big names to go with them. Kelly Minkin looks like your current leader with 252,000 and she’s followed closely by fellow pro Steve Karp with 220,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 72 of 347

Flight A is flying right along and they are down to 72 players from the starting 347. That leaves eight tables and tournament staff discussed the plans to end the day.

Per the structure, they are set to play 18 full levels or stop when the field reaches 12% of the starters. That magic number is 42, rounding up, and the field will reach that point for the end of Level 18. The remaining three flights will play to that point on the clock unless something drastic occurs like a really fast playing session.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Entries: 347

The third break of the day is a wrap and registration is closed in Flight A of the $400 re-entry. The first of four starting days drew 347 entries putting the tournament well on pace to best the $300,000 guarantee. They’re slated to join those from Flight B, Flight C and Flight D to make the complete player pool.

Here’s a look at the event breakdown:

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Entries: 337

A quick walk through the dwindling Flight A field shows a number of big stacks emerging and one of the biggest belongs to Angelo Miele. Miele was in the process of stacking a modest pot he won with a rivered pair of nines and all smiles as he piled his chip on top of one another.

Miele has a number of career cashes here in South Florida and he’s putting himself in position for another with just under 200,000 chips late in Level 12.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries: 331

“Loni, we got an hour,” Michael Newman said to tablemate Loni Harwood in regard to late registration in Flight A.

The registration desk is set to close at roughly 5:30pm and Newman and any other player looking to get in on the early play will be cut off from buying in or re-entering at that time. At present, the clock reads 331 in the game and that number shouldn’t go up to much now that Flight B is underway.

Newman has rebought a few times today, but hopes to run up his roughly 20,000 chips between now and reg close. Regardless, the Florida grinder has no shortage of Seminole accomplishments including a title and $374,000 score in Hollywood’s 2017 RRPO as well as a $180,000 score in last month’s LHPO Ultimate Re-Entry event.

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

The second of Friday’s two flights in the $400 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed WSOP Circuit re-entry event is underway. This Flight B installment is set to match Flight A with its players taking their seats to 15,000 starting chips and logging 30-minute levels throughout Day 1. Registration and re-entry is available about 10:30pm while play is slated to wrap at around 1:40am.

Here are the details:

• $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

Flight B’s predecessor — the 11am Flight A — is slated to wrap around 8:40pm and Flight B updates will begin at that time.

Good luck, Flight B players!

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries: 322

Coconut Creek’s proximity to Hollywood has the two properties sharing some of their tournament player base when big series come to town. Michael Graffeo skyrocketed in the wins column when he took down more than $290,000 in Hollywood’s WPTDeepStacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event back in 2017. At the time he was new to South Florida but he settled in quickly earning numerous additional cashes and more than $100,000 since then. Graffeo is here in the WSOP Circuit and hopes for some Coco accolades to tack onto his resume.

The Flight A entry count is leveling out with Flight B kickoff just about 20 minutes away.