$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 Ante
Flight A Entrants: 240

The difficult Table 23 has just gotten a little difficult-er, with the addition of 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe McKeehen. The Philly pro has nearly $13 million in career tournament earnings, including a deep-ish run in a Championship Event on this property in 2013.

McKeehen has taken the open seat to Jason Koon’s direct left, which puts him two to the left of the reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year, David Prociak.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 2: 75/150
Flight A Entrants: 224

Wally Maddah is one the latest players to join the Championship and the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador is ready to ride a hot streak to another big score. He hit nice, twice in the two biggest fields of the series.

Maddah was part of the record-breaking Event 1 field and finished 18th out of 5,018 entrants to start off his series. He followed that up with a fouth-place finish out of 807 entrants in the $250,000 Guarantee Event 6. Maddah doesn’t have an easy table draw, facing off with SHRP team member Sheddy Siddiqui at the other end of the table.

Championship players are only a few minutes away from going on their first break of the day and we’ll take a look at the bigger stacks in the room.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 2: 75/150
Flight A Entrants: 207

Flight A of the Championship crossed over 200 entrants at the start of Level 2 and we’re climbing ever higher towards the $2 Million Guarantee.

One of the late entrants was our defending champion Jake Bazeley. He is just shy of $3.3 million in career earnings with his biggest cash coming last year when he outlasted 765 other entrants to take home the trophy. Bazeley’s third-biggest cash was also on property with a fourth-place finish at the televised WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship. He also owns a WSOP Circuit ring and his fair share of close calls for a WSOP bracelet.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 1: 50/100
Flight A Entrants: 195

There won’t be many soft spots in the Championship field but Table 23 has to deal with two bad spots in the 3 and 4 seats. David Porciak and Jason Koon have posted some impressive results in the career with some of them coming right here.

Koon has cashed for more than $5.6 million in his career and his biggest came this past August when he won the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship. He added another $125,000 to his bankroll a few days ago with a fourth-place finish in the $50,000 High Roller event.

Prociak is the reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year and he kicked off his run with a second place finish in this Championship last year. He followed that up with a WSOP bracelet this summer and another SHRPO title in August.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 1: 50/100
Flight A Entrants: 175

The Championship count continues to climb at a brisk pace and we have two of our Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members here at the start.

Sheddy Siddiqui and Matt Affleck took their seats before the start of action, giving them plenty of time to pick off the rest of their table.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 1: 50/100
Flight A Entrants: 147

After a few instructions to the players, Tournament Director Tony Burns issued the “shuffle up and deal” command to kick off the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship.

We’re already seeing positive numbers at the start with nearly 150 entrants when cards went in the air, a significant increase from last year’s numbers.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 1: 50/100

Nine prelims are in the books and the Thanksgiving holiday break is complete. Now it’s time to get down to the business of finding our next Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Champion.

This is the sixth year of the series and the Championship continues to grow. We have placed the Champion crown on the head of some great players with Chris Bolek, Matt Waxman, Victor Figueroa, and Farhan Madhani taking the honors. This is the third year the Championship runs with a $3,500 buy-in and last year Jake Bazeley joined that stellar group of players.

2011: Farhan Madhani
2012: Victor Figueroa
2013: Matthew Waxman
2014: Chris Bolek
2015: Jake Bazeley

We don’t know who will be the next Champion but they will be in our crowd of players over the two starting flights starting a noon today.

Those flights will play out today and tomorrow with the survivors returning on Sunday for Day2. Each entrant will sit down to a 30,000 starting stack and levels will last 60-minutes for Day 1 and 2. Late registration is open for the starting flights until the start of Level 7 after the dinner break, approximately 8pm this evening, and unlimited re-entries are available during that time.

They are scheduled to play ten full levels in each starting flight and those with chips will return on Day 2 for another ten levels. It will be a busy day in the ballroom and we’ll be here updating all the action.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 60-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

Main Event Schedule

12PM: $3,500 RRPO Championship Day 1A – $3,500 NL Hold’em

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 60-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 40 – $390 Turbo Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
• Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in The Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 40 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 41 – $200 Deep Stack Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 41 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 42 – $390 Championship Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

• 5 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
• Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 42 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 43 – $150 Survivor NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• One (1) in ten (10) players will win $1,200 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 43 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 44 – $390 Turbo Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
• Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 44 Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 45 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
• Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 45 Structure Sheet

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship begins tomorrow with the first of two starting flights. Boasting a $3,500 buy-in and $2,000,000 guarantee, the event is expected to draw a field well in excess of 600 entries. Last year’s tournament enjoyed a turnout of more than 750 generating a prize pool of nearly $2,500,000. Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Jessica Dawley finished 6th while the title of champion went to Cincinnati’s Jake Bazeley. For his championship efforts, Bazeley earned over $568,000.

Tomorrow’s event runs as part of the 2016/2017 SHRP season and will be live streamed on SHRPO.com as well as filmed for a later airing on Poker Night in America’s “The Final Table”. Here are the details:

$3,500 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship:

• $2,000,000 guaranteed. $5,250 SHRPO Championship seat added
  
• Day 1A, Friday at 12-noon — Day 1B, Saturday at 12-noon
• Players begin with 30,000 chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels are 60 minutes, Day 3 and 4 levels are 90 minutes, Day 6 levels are 60 minutes and heads-up levels are 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 6
• This is a five-day tournament with two starting flights
• All in-the-money finishers earn SHRP Player of the Year points
• Championship Structure Sheet

Cards are in the air at noon tomorrow and updates throughout the day will be available right here at SHRPO.com.

If you are interested in playing in the $2 Million Guarantee Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship for a fraction of the $3,500 buy-in, Wednesday is the day for you.

Mega satellite day kicks off at 9am on Wednesday morning as the first of six satellites running throughout the day with 44 combined seats guaranteed. The biggest one runs at 11am in the ballroom with 20 seats guaranteed and the final runs at 8pm with a $200, 2 seat turbo.

9AM – $390 Turbo Championship Satellite, 2 seats GTD (1-in-10)
11AM – $390 Mega Championship Satellite, 20 seats GTD (1-in-10)
1PM – $390 Mega Championship Satellite, 10 seats GTD (1-in-10)
3PM – $390 Mega Championship Satellite, 5 seats GTD (1-in-10)
6PM – $390 Mega Championship Satellite, 5 seats GTD (1-in-10)
8PM – $200 Turbo Championship Satellite, 2 seats GTD (1-in-20)