$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 39 of 255

The money bubble in Flight A took a lot longer than anticipated but it almost ended on the first hand. Right out of the gates, Charles Odenz open-shoved for 23,000 from under the gun and the big blind called to put him at risk.

Odenz:
Big Blind:

Odenz was in great shape for a bubble double but the gave his opponent trip kings for the lead. Odenz began getting out of his seat when the hit the turn and he sat right back down with the filled his flush for a double.

Then Flight A settled in for a long grind. There were a few small double ups including one short stack player getting aces twice in three hands.

It took 11 full hands to get there and it was a tough beat. The same player with double aces picked up queens and shipped in for 33,000. Larry Kang called next to act and they waited for the rest of the tables to finish their action.

Kang:
Opponent:

Kang was looking good but his opponent made a set on the flop. The table thought it would be another double until the dealer put the turn to put Kang’s set of kings back out front. The river finished the board to burst the bubble.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 40 of 255

With 40 players remaining in Flight A, tournament staff paused the clock to begin bubble play with 39 getting paid. They will play hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 153 (Total Entries: 408)

Flight B hit the first break of the day with more than 150 in the game so far pushing the total count over 400.

We have a lot of familiar faces in the late flight including Michael Newman, Howard Mash, David Inselberg, James Salmon, Richard DeVivo, Larry Klur, Lisa Teebagy, Matthew Zarcadoolas, Erik Christensen, Zachary Mullennix, and Steven Bennett.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 62 of 255

Level 12 has come to an end and Flight A players are taking a 15-minute break as tournament staff color the black chips out of play.

There are 62 players remaining and they will hit the money bubble before they see another break with 39 guaranteeing some cash.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 72 of 255

We missed the action but we heard the reaction. After a little rundown from the of the table, we found Johann Tiemann sitting with a huge castle of chips worth 132,800.

He sent two players out, including Stuart Greenbaum who seems to have made a big shove on the river. Tiemann’s massive call with big slick and his ace-high was good enough to put him in the late lead.

Tiemann has a nice run of cashes over the last few months including a $55K score in the Hollywood Escalator series, two cashes during their Deep Stack Poker Series, and a deep run in the monster-field WSOP Big 50 tournament this summer.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 255

SHRP regular Abbey Daniels made a long run into the day but fell short after some bad luck. She lost most of her stack when her pocket aces were cracked by pocket jacks and the unfortunate runner-runner straight.

She was down to 9,500 and moved all in from middle position. The small blind woke up with a hand and she needed a lot of help with versus . Any thought of a comeback quickly went away after the flop. Daniels was drawing dead after the turn and promised to return tomorrow.

Daniels has earned more than $700,000 in her career including a WPT Showdown televised final table in Hollywood and a WPT Regional tournament win here in 2012.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 108 of 255

Tournament staff completed the math on Flight A and the official numbers were released. With 255 entries, Flight A put the Event 2 prize pool at $84,150 and this field will make it into the money when 39 players remain. They will be guaranteed a $551 min-cash and action will continue until only 21 players remain.

Those players will return on Sunday at noon for Day 2 with the survivors from the other three flights.

22nd-24th: $726
25th-27th: $656
28th-30th: $606
31st-33rd: $574
34th-36th: $556
37th-39th: $551

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The second flight of WSOP Circuit Event 2 is set to kick off at 4 pm in The Pavilion and they will build on the already big crowd from the first flight. Flight A drew 255 entries for a great start to the multi-day tournament with three more flights to go.

Event 2 is a $400 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool and players will sit down to 15,000 starting stacks. The first 24 levels will last 30 minutes and those will increase to 45 minutes from Level 25 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:20pm.

In a new twist on the format, each starting flight will make the money with 15% of the field getting paid. The flight will continue to play until only 8% of the field remains (or Level 20) and survivors will return on Sunday for Day 2.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 24+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• 15% of each flight will make the money
• Day 1 will end after Level 20 or when flight reaches 8% (rounded up)
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries: 255

Registration closed on the first flight of Event 2 and the 255 entries put the tournament on an easy path toward its $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The unofficial math says that the last 39 players in this flight will make the money and Flight A will come to an end when 21 players remain.

Or when they play through Level 20 but hitting 21 first is more likely.

We will post the Flight A payouts as soon as they are available.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 36 of 230

Flight B finally dropped down to the last four table to put the field on the money bubble with 36 remaining and 35 getting paid.

Tournament staff will keep the clock paused and take two minutes off for each hand dealt until they reach the money.