$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 269

On the first round of hand-for-hand, Nick Yunis limped from the small blind and Raminder Singh shipped all in from the big with a slightly bigger stack. Yunis called and the two players had to wait for the action to finish on the other three tables.

Once their business was complete, the hands were tabled.

Yunis:
Singh:

It was a flip and Yunis faded the suited over cards on the run out. The dealer counted down his stack and he doubled to 325,000 while leaving Singh with only 30,000.

The second hand was uneventful but the third saw Matthew Lambrecht call a 44,500 shove from the hijack while he was in the cutoff. The button and blinds released, the other tables finished their action, and the cards were flipped up.

Lambrecht:
Hijack:

Lambrecht was in good shape to put the field in the money and the no-paint board sealed the deal.

Event 1 payouts:

1st: $21,749 + WSOP C ring
2nd: $13,438
3rd: $9,709
4th: $7,145
5th: $5,353
6th: $4,079
7th: $3,160
8th: $2,488
9th: $1,990
10th-12th: $1,617
13th-15th: $1,333
16th-18th: $1,117
19th-21st: $950
22nd-24th: $819
25th-27th: $717

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 269

As Level 16 came to an end, Event 1 reached 28 players to kick off the hand-for-hand portion of the tournament. Each table will play one hand at a time, with two minutes coming off the paused clock for each hand, until one player is eliminated to put the field in the money.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 269

Event 1 players returned from break and they are a handful of eliminations away from making some money. Only 32 remain with 27 getting paid and everyone is chasing Roberto Bendeck.

He returned to a stack worth 354,500 and the clear leader going into bubble play. Bendeck hit his biggest score a few months ago during the SHR Hollywood WPT RRPO Championship in November. He made the final table ten but fell one spot of the WPT live-stream final table when he went out in seventh place for $79,650.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
End of Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 269

Event 1 flew through three breaks after dinner and the field was whittled down to the last four tables (minus a few heads). The black chips are coming out of play and they will return looking to make the money in the first level back.

We mentioned Martin Ryan, the defending champ from this event last February, but he is no longer in contention to repeat. Bryce McVay is still in with a chance to improve last year’s position by a little. He lost to Ryan in Event 1 last year to fall one spot short for the ring.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 269

We have our final accounting and Event 1 drew 269 entries to create a prize pool worth $88,770. That easily surpassed the $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and it topped the turnout from September.

The last 27 spots will be paid out with min-cash earning $717 and the winner will walk away with $21,749 plus the first WSOPC ring of the series.

2019 February WSOP Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut  Creek
Event 1
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 269
Prize Pool: $88,770
February 7, 2019

1st: $21,749 + WSOP C ring
2nd: $13,438
3rd: $9,709
4th: $7,145
5th: $5,353
6th: $4,079
7th: $3,160
8th: $2,488
9th: $1,990
10th-12th: $1,617
13th-15th: $1,333
16th-18th: $1,117
19th-21st: $950
22nd-24th: $819
25th-27th: $717

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 269

The accounting is complete and Event 1 officially drew 269 entries. We are still awaiting the prize pool and payout information and will post as soon as it is available.

We have some WSOP Circuit royalty this evening with Jonathan Hilton holding one of the few WSOPC National Championship titles. He won the third ever National Championship back in 2014 which was good for more than $335,000 of his $1.4 million in career earnings.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 267

The dinner break is complete and registration has closed for Event 1 of the series. The tournament clock shows an unofficial 267 entries but there is some accounting to be done before we know exactly how many jumped in the game.

Once the numbers are crunched, we will post the count along with the prize pool and payouts.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 263

Level 12’s a wrap and players in the $400 buy-in no limit hold’em re-entry tournament are on a 30-minute dinner break. The big field has narrowed significantly, but registration remains open until the end of dinner break.

Cards go back in the air at roughly 5:50pm and we’ll provide the final tally on the field at that time.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 259

The $400 buy-in, $50,000 guarantee field continues to grow here in Level 11. With now 259 registered for the action, a new batch of notables is emerging. One such player is WSOP gold bracelet winner Jonathan Hilton.

Hilton burst onto the poker scene in 2013 winning the WSOP National Championship in New Orleans. That performance was good for a $355,559 win and a gold bracelet. In the time since, he’s carded dozens more cashes and ultimately claims more than $1,500,000 in tournament earnings.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Entries: 230

The World Series of Poker Circuit brand brings a world-class product to South Florida. As such, players from all over the globe are set to converge here in Coconut Creek between now and the 18th. Not only do travelers have a great event to play, but Florida locals have a top-notch product come to them right in their backyard.

Michael Newman, Ory Hen, Ido Ashkenazi and Raminder Singh are just a few of the regulars we’ve seen here during the early stages of Event 1. Newman has had a good go of Seminole events lately just last month scoring a huge win in Hollywood’s Ultimate Re-Entry for $181,025.