Main Event: Hollywood’s Casino Champion, Nagui Yassa

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 250/500 with a 75
Flight B Entries: 390 (Total Entries: 760)

Nagui Yassa

In addition to the lion’s share of a prize pool that’s now better than $1,100,000, the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Circuit Main Event Champion is set to earn a gold ring and a seat in the Global Casino Championship. The season-ending GCC is slated to boast a $10,000 buy-in and players will compete for a minimum prize pool of $1,000,000. For many, the extra $10,000 value is quite enticing, but for Nagui Yass, it’s old hat.

Yassa, a regular at any Seminole Hard Rock series, earned Casino Champion honors during Hollywood’s Circuit. Like the Main Event Champion, the Casino Champion earns entry in the prestigious, unique event. Yassa earned the honors following four cashes and two final table appearances. With a GCC seat already locked, Yassa is in action here in Coconut Creek looking for a big score, but is down to about half starting stack.

Event 11: One-Day Ring Event Gets Going

$365 Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure
Entries: 40

Event 11 of the World Series of Poker Circuit at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is underway. The $365 turbo event affords players an opportunity to win a ring in a day as it’s structured with 20-minute levels throughout. They begin with 10,000 chips and registration and re-entry is available through the dinner break.

Details:

4PM: Event 11 – $365 Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 11 Structure Sheet

With Flight B of the Main Event in full swing, most of our live reporting efforts will be concentrated there. We will provide the turbo prize pool and final table lineup along with the final results and a winner photo after the event concludes.

Good lucky, turbo players!

Main Event: Flight B Better for John Dolan

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50
Flight B Entries: 363 (Total Entries: 733)

John Dolan

Florida’s John Dolan got knocked down to half starting stack in Level 1 of yesterday’s Flight A. He recovered, but hit the rail shy of a bag. He returned to today’s Flight B and has had a much better go of it. The second break of the day wrapped just a few moments ago and Dolan sits on better than 50,000.

The clock shows 363 players bringing the running two-flight total to 733 and unofficial prize pool of $1,099,500.

Main Event: Farid Jattin Takes a Little from Neil Blumenfield

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 25
Flight B Entries: 339 (Total Entries: 709)

Farid Jattin (right) and Neil Blumenfield (left)

Farid Jattin lead an As4d2s flop from the small blind and Neil Blumenfield called from the button. The turn was the Th and Jattin casually fanned 13,500 in the middle. Blumenfield, who had Jattin covered, eyed the bet to see if Jattin was all-in (he wasn’t). Blumenfield re-checked his hole cards and then found a fold. Jattin took a small pot and stacked about 24,000 chips.

Like the aforementioned David Bradshaw, Jattin enjoyed some success at the Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa. He, too, claimed victory in the Winter Poker Open Championship earning more than $240,000.

Main Event: David Bradshaw Flops Two Pair, Rivers a Flush

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 100/200 with a 25
Flight B Entries: 330 (Total Entries: 700)

David Bradshaw

David Bradshaw, who won the 2016 Winter Poker Open Championship in Tampa to catapult him into Player of the Year contention back then, recent;y doubled through an opponent.

Flop: Qc7h4d — Bradshaw had his last roughly 6,600 at risk in the middle. A lone opponent matched the bet and Bradshaw was in good shape to double.

Bradshaw: 7c4c for bottom two pair
Opponent: QsJs for top pair

Runout: 6cTc

Bradshaw improved to a flush and doubled up. Despite the good fortune, he still sits at just under starting stack with about 15,000 chips.

Main Event: Guarantee Gone, $1M+ Up for Grabs

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200
Flight B Entries: 297 (Total Entries: 667)

With the 297th Flight B entry, the $1,000,000 guarantee in the World Series of Poker Seminole Casino Coconut Creek has been surpassed. There’s officially seven figures up for grabs and the prize pool will be padded even more between now and registration closing time — 8:45pm.

Main Event: Plenty of Reasons for AJ Kelsall to Smile

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200
Flight B Entries: 287 (Total Entries: 657)

AJ Kelsall

Tampa’s AJ Kelsall has plenty of reasons to be all smiles in Flight B of the $1,000,000 guaranteed.

First, Kelsall’s Philadelphia Eagles are fresh off a Super Bowl victory that Kelsall was in attendance for. Second, Kelsall has ran hot to start the first few levels of today’s play and holds one of the biggests stacks in the room — roughly 53,000.

Players are back in their seats following the first break and the clock shows 287 in the action to this point. That puts the tournament just 10 entries shy of the seven-figure guarantee.

Main Event: Dominique Mosley Fresh off a Win

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight B Entries: 266 (Total Entries: 636)

Dominique Mosley

Dominique Mosley won the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek co-headliner yesterday claiming victory in the High Roller ring event. Mosley bested a 74-entry field in the $3,250 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed tournament pocketing $75,480. He’s back in the game today playing Flight B of the $1,000,000 guarantee. He had worked his way up to slightly above starting stack, but recently surrendered a small pot and sits at roughly 20,000.

Main Event: Strong Start with 200+ in the Flight B Game

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 207 (Total Entries: 577)

The Pavilion is filling up for Flight B of the $1M guaranteed WSOP Circuit Main Event

Saturday’s play isn’t disappointing with a strong showing of more than 200 entries in the game shortly after 12pm local time. The $1,000,000 guarantee will assuredly be bested later this afternoon and by the time registration closes tonight at roughly 8:45pm the total prize pool will have climbed deeper into seven-figure territory.

Main Event: A Pair of Promo Winners at Table 10

$1,675 WSOP Circuit Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 179 (Total Entries: 549)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Nathan Papp

There’s a pair of players at Table 10 that earned their entries in today’s $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event at no cost. The first, Nathan Papp, got in the action via his 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year title. Papp was awarded a free buy-in to all of this season’s Seminole Championships/Main Events as well as a pile of comp dollars.

7pm leaderboard 2nd-place finisher Ellen Lambeth

The second, Ellen Lambeth, scored her seat via the property’s 7pm Nightly Tournament Leaderboard. The contest boasted events February 8th through the 16th and Lambeth placed second earning a Main Event entry along with a little cash.

Two other promo winners — John Magnetta and Maria Shanahan — aren’t quite in the game yet, but we expected them in soon.