$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 70 of 503

The clock was ticking down on the evening when there was a ruckus at one of the tables. Dozens of people rushed over, including your trusty reporter with his camera, to see the damage.

Michael “Shades” was all smiles looking at the board that helped his beat . His opponent flopped a set on the board against his paired nine. “Shades” was 0.4% to win the hand but improved on the turn to one out going to the river.

The case hit the river and was exactly what he needed for quads over kings full to the cause of the loud, late scene.

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 70 of 503

With the clock running down on the day, Al Gomez faced an all in bet for 37,700 from an early position player. He pulled out the calling chips, checked the clock, thought some more, and eventually called.

“Show me pocket eights,” Gomez pleaded.

“Two over,” was the reply he received.

Gomez:
Opponent:

Gomez was flipping for most of his stack and his pair held as the board ran out to move him up near 100,000.

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 80 of 503

The pace is much quicker than anticipated and players are hitting the rail in a hurry. Only 80 players remain after the final break with the goal set for 65 at the end of the day.

Carlo Buzzetta did his part when he put his last 46,000 in the middle with on the board. His open-ended straight flush draw had 19 river outs against and the was good enough to give him the pot. Buzzetta didn’t hit his royal flush but the regular flush did the job.

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 110 of 503

Flight D is on the verge of dropping down into double-digit players remaining and we expect the pace to be slower tonight than the previous three flights. This is their last chance to advance.

Anthony Cicali is grinding away in the front of the room, making a rare appearance in this part of the poker world. The Northeast grinder is in the Sunshine State for some WSOP Circuit action where the weather is much better and aiming for his first ring. Cicali is cruising right along and we sitting with 82,000 after the second break.

2018 World Series of Poker Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek, Florida
Event 2
$365 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$300,000 Guarantee
Entries: 1,766
Prize Pool: $529,800
February 9-11, 2018

The official prize pool and payout information was released for the $300,000 Guarantee Event 2. The tournament drew 1,766 entries to create a prize pool worth $529,800 with the last 189 earning some money.

A min-cash will take home $599 but everyone is shooting for the top prize of $86,067 along with the World Series of Poker Ciruit gold ring.

1st: $86,067 + Gold Ring
2nd: $53,505
3rd: $39,873
4th: $30,209
5th: $23,142
6th: $17,918
7th: $14,024
8th: $11,089
9th: $8,864
10th – 12th: $7,158
13th – 15th: $5,838
16th – 18th: $4,811
19th – 21st: $4,005
22nd – 24th: $3,370
25th – 27th: $2,861
28th – 30th: $2,453
31st – 33rd: $2,124
34th – 36th: $1,854
37th – 45th: $1,637
46th – 54th: $1,457
55th – 63rd: $1,309
64th – 72nd: $1,187
73rd – 81st: $1,086
82nd – 90th: $996
91st – 99th: $917
100th – 117th: $842
118th – 135th: $774
136th – 153rd: $710
154th – 171st: $652
172nd – 189th: $599

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 170 of 503

The Flight D field is thining quickly and one of our regular faces was among the crowd sent to the rail. Steve Moreno moved all in from the button for 6,700 after a 1,600 open from the cutoff. The big blind players moved all in for 22,000 to isolate and the original raiser released his hand.

Big Blind:
Moreno:

Moreno was ahead for the double but his opponent took the race lead on the flop. Moreno needed to hit a set to stay in the game but blanked the turn and river to exit short of Day 2.

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Flight D Entries: 503 (Total Entries: 1,766)

Flight D players returned from their second break and registration officially closed on the huge Event 2 field. The final flight drew 503 entries to push the combined total to 1,766 and the tournament easily moved over the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.

They will have $529,800 up for grabs sometime tomorrow for a great start to the series. Official payout information will be posted as soon as it is official.

Event breakdown:

Chip counts through Flight C

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Returning to Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 151 of 1,263

Flight A: 375 Entries, 46 Advanced
Flight B: 370 Entries, 42 Advanced
Flight C: 518 Entries, 63 Advanced
Flight D: Underway
Day 2: Sunday at Noon

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 63 of 518

Flight C is done and wrapped up for the evening with 63 players remaining of the starting 518 entries. David Inselberg grabbed the late lead and held on to set aside 242,500 chips for tomorrow’s restart. That is good enough for the second overall on the Day 2 counts so far, behind Phil Knapic’s 297,000, but there are a few players in Flight D that can catch them.

Full chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Top ten Flight C stacks:

1. David Inselberg – 242,500
2. Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 203,000
3. Andrew Thompson – 155,000
4. Manuel Toribio – 151,000
5. Mark Edwards – 148,000
6. Carlo Rodriguez – 141,500
7. Israel Tzivin – 134,000
8. Brandon Berkenfeld – 131,000
9. Ben Sriqui – 130,500
10. Josh Wasserman – 130,000

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 70 of 518

Flight C players didn’t sit back and wait for the end of day, they lit off some big hands as the clock counted down.

One saw Chip Reed get his chips in the middle with after the flop against an inferior flush draw and top flopped pair . He didn’t have to wait long for his heart when the dealer put out the turn to lock up the hand. He stacked up a nice Day 2 castle and sent two players out.

On the last hand of the night, Event 1 final table member Danny Calway-Fagen was involved with a three-way all-in pot. It was anticlimactic for him and one opponent, they each had aces while the other player hit the rail with her pocket nines while they chopped the pot.

Play is wrapping up for the flight and we will check the counts when they are official.