Day 1A at WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown has ended for the night in South Florida and ~175 players have advanced to Day 2 on Sunday. The chip leader at the end of play tonight is Justin Young with 313,200. Other top stacks were bagged up by Ryan D’Angelo (271,300), Mark Darner (238,700), Francois Gagne (211,500), Kyle Keranen (210,400), and Tuan Le (202,900).
The players who fell on Day 1A, but have another chance to play again tomorrow include Jeff Madsen, Matt Stout, Justin Zaki, Jennifer Tilly, Jonathan Aguiar, Mike Sowers, Todd Terry, Phil Laak, Paul Klann, Dan Heimiller, Amir Babakhani, Darryll Fish, James Calderaro, Jared Jaffee, Blair Hinkle, Mohsin Charania, Sean Jazayeri, and Jason Mercier.
Tune back in today at noon ET for another ten levels of poker from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Registration will remain open until the start of Level 7 tomorrow and players can enter or re-enter as many times as they like in this $3,500 buy-in event with a $5 million guarantee. The WPT Live Updates team will bring you all of the action to follow in live updates, chip counts and photos.