$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 269

Nick Yunis continues to add to his lead and heading towards the first seven-digit stack. He sits with 954,000 as three more players hit the rail.

The average stack is now 269,000 for 34 big blinds at 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante.

16th: Jeff Rodriguez – $1,117
17th: Jaroslaw Osinski – $1,117
18th: Truyen Nguyen – $1,117

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 269

There was a quick run for the door after the color up break and four players were eliminated to trigger the two-table redraw. Only 18 players remain including Nick Yunis, Jason Young, Ory Hen, Matt Bretzfield, and Bryce McVay.

19th: Eric Leinwand – $950
20th: Shamica Lamar – $950
21st: Jeffrey Satinoff – $950
22nd: Mark Kottler – $819
23rd: Juan Madrid – $819

Remaining 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

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 269

From all-in and at risk with a flip on the bubble to the chip lead, Nick Yunis went on the next break with 420,000 for the biggest stack in the room. The 500 denom chips are out of play and the blue 25K chips are now in action.

Juan Madrid was the only player eliminated over the last part of the level and they return with 22 players remaining. The average stack is 183,000 for 31 big blinds at the new 3,000/6,000/1,000 level.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 269

Event 1 pumped the brakes after the money bubble with only four players hitting the payout desk over the last level and change. Raminder Singh was the first out after the bubble after doubling Nick Yunis but he picked up another SHRP cash.

With the average stack sitting at 35 big blinds, they are in for the long grind to get to the final table and ring winner.

24th: John Freidkdes – $819
25th: Steven Carswell – $717
26th: Jonathan Hilton – $717
27th: Raminder Singh – $717

$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.