$360 Main Event
Day 1b Started
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Seminole Hard Rock
$360 Main Event
Day: 1b
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC Continues in South Florida!
The Moneymaker's Road to PSPC continues today in South Florida with Day 1b flights at both Hard Rock Hollywood and Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.
We're on site at the former property to offer live updates from the $360 buy-in, $100K GTD Main Event. The winner of the tournament, which will be determined on Sunday, will walk away with an added $30,000 Platinum Pass Package to attend the PSPC hosted in Barcelona, Spain in August 2020.
The surviving players from all flights at both venues will combine at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for Sunday's Day 2, which will get underway at 11 a.m. All players who make Day 2 are in the money.
Players will start with 20,000 in tournament chips and levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9.
In yesterday's pair of flights, 177 runners participated between the two properties. Of those, just 19 bagged including 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker, who was the chip leader at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek with 284,000. Over at Hard Rock Hollywood, three players bagged bigger stacks in chip leader Scott Baumstein (470,000), Charles Odenz (420,000), and Isaac Ebron (300,550).
Others to make it through were Sheldon Gross (222,500), Mark Cannon (174,500), WSOP bracelet winner Jackie Scott (156,000), Joe Teixeira (104,000), and Marc Wolfe (40,500).
Recent Platinum Pass Winners
PokerNews has been on hand at several tournaments recently where players have walked away with Platinum Passes. Click on a link below to check the live updates from the event!
- Andrew Barham - winner of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Hippodrome London
- Daniel Stancer - winner of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
- Valdir Santos - winner of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London
- Victor Antoci (pictured) - winner of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Dublin
Future Opportunities to Win Platinum Passes
The PokerStars Blog has a dedicated page detailing future chances for players to get their hands on a coveted Platinum Pass, with plenty more opportunities before the end of 2019!
- 14th December - Chase Your Dream - EPT Prague
- 15th December - PSPC Mega Path Final
- 15th December - Moneymaker's Road to PSPC Florida
- 20th December - University Championship Paris
- 20th December - Road to PSPC Paris
- 20th December - PSPC Mega Path Final
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Players in the Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Welcome to the Party!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Wiggins Off to Hot Start
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Willie Wiggins had gotten off to a great start here on Day 1b and already sits with more than double the starting stack.
In a recent hand, Ariel Rosello Quintana limped under the gun and the next player to act did the same. Willie Wiggins then raise to 400 from the cutoff, the players on the button and in the small blind called, and both limpers came along to make it five-way action to the 
flop.
All five players checked, the dealer burned and turned the 
, and Quintana bet 1,000 after the big blind had checked. Wiggins raised it to 2,300 and action folded back to Quintana, who opted to call.
Quintana then checked the 
river and Wiggins said, "That was a bad card."
Wiggins then checked back while tabling the 
for a straight. It was good as Quintana sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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14,000
-6,000
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-6,000 |
Pocket Rockets Propel Yassa to a Double
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Nagui Yassa got his last 3,000 or so all in preflop after looking at one card, or so he claimed. He was at risk against both Nick Shamlou and David Poces, who checked it down on the 
runout.
Nagui Yassa: 
Nick Shamlou: 
David Poces: 
Yassa's aces were best and he tripled up to about half starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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33,000
-3,000
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13,500
-6,500
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10,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200