$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
The 51 remaining players are off on their 40-minute dinner break after a quiet hour with no bad beats and short stacks trickling out the door.
We are pulling together the list of payouts so far and tracking down chipleader.
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Luck and poker go hand in hand sometimes no matter the math. Vicki Holmes as all-in with two other players and needing a lot of help with 
up against 
and another player taking one of her outs with 
. The board ran out nice and low for Big Slick until the river popped a two-out 
to more than double her stack and knocking out a tough opponent.
Unfortunately Holmes gave back half of those chips while still stacking the previous hand by calling down against her new opponent’s straight but she is still alive for the big payouts.
The tournament area is emptying at a steady pace with Garren James and Nicholas Mahabee among the most recent bustouts. Only 89 players remain mid-way through Level 20.
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
The post-money parade to the rail has begun and Aces continue buck the math with two more players getting them with their tournament life on the line only to have them cracked. Table 37 saw one hero get a call from 
and asked the dealer for a second while he crossed himself. Asking for help from the Almighty did not help when the dealer pealed a deuce right off the top. Elsewhere on Table 33 we saw Aces got down to the mighty 
and a flopped full house.
All downstairs tables have broken which means the final 117 players are now in the upstairs tournament area. Among those in the money and moving forward are former ?Seminole Hard Rock winner Juliet Yarina, electronic poker innovator Lou White, former chipleader Luis Santoni, and Garren James from the show Gigolos.
Players are now in Level 19 with blinds at 4k/8k/500 ante and average stack of ~180,000.
Today at Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open”, Event 2, a $150 Double Stack Turbo No Limit Hold ‘Em tournament will get underway at 6 p.m. This is a one day tournament with 12,000 starting chips and 15 minute levels. Registration is open until the end of the 8th level.
The headline event of the day though will be the conclusion of Event 1, a $125 No Limit Hold ‘Em Deep Stack tournament. 2,098 players started the event creating a prize pool well in excess of the $150,000 guarantee – $209,800 to be exact. 233 players earned the right to return today and a lucky 126 will end up taking home some cash before it’s all said and done. The chip leader heading into play will be Luis Santoni with 286,800. The winner will take home over 300 times the $125 buy-in – $45,121. Not bad for a couple days of work. The full payouts for Event 1 can be found here:
Event 1 Prize Pool And Payout Information
We will be reporting continuous updates for both events including in-depth final table coverage for Event #1 on our live updates blog. Coming up in just a few weeks is Event #18, the $500,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold’Em Championship Event. It starts on Friday, November 29th. Here is the full schedule of events that you won’t want to miss out on:
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Schedule
In addition, here is additional information you can find regarding the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open”:
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Satellites
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Leaderboard Promotion
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Social Media Information
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Blinds 400/800 Ante 100
As players returned from the color up break, many of them were staring at the tournament clock and getting a look at the payouts. There is still a long ways to go though before any of them can realize dreams of cashing. Not only do they have to make it through today but they’ll have to go through about 100 players on Sunday before we reach the money. There are 108 players remaining right now, meaning all the tournament action is upstairs. It’s a good thing too because the cash games are overflowing downstairs.
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
There was 2,098 total entries in Event 1 of Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” creating a prize pool of $209,800. 126 places will be paid and payouts are as follows:
1st $45,121
2nd $26,825
3rd $18,975
4th $13,215
5th $9,125
6th $7,030
7th $5,350
8th $3,925
9th $2,810
10th-12th $2,014
13th-15th $1,574
16th-18th $1,322
19th-27th $1,112
28th-36th $944
37th-45th $797
46th-54th $692
55th-63rd $608
64th-72nd $545
73rd-81st $483
82nd-90th $441
91st-99th $399
100th-108th $336
109th-117th $315
118th-126th $294
Cards are in the air for the final table of the $10 million guarantee Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship Event. The starting field of 2,384 entries is down to just six players, howeer Samuel Guilabert has yet to arrive.
Here is the final table lineup, chip counts, and payouts:
Seat 1. Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert – 4,675,000 (31 bb)
Seat 2. Justin Bonomo – 18,500,000 (123 bb)
Seat 3. Blair Hinkle – 22,800,000 (152 bb)
Seat 4. Greg Lehn – 2,200,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5. Ray Qartomy – 13,050,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6. Mukul Pahuja – 10,200,000 (68 bb)
1st: $1,745,245
2nd: $1,163,500
3rd: $872,625
4th: $639,925
5th: $494,490
6th: $378,138
The starting field of 2,384 entries is down to just six players. Here is the final table lineup, chip counts, and payouts:
Seat 1. Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert – 4,675,000 (31 bb)
Seat 2. Justin Bonomo – 18,500,000 (123 bb)
Seat 3. Blair Hinkle – 22,800,000 (152 bb)
Seat 4. Greg Lehn – 2,200,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5. Ray Qartomy – 13,050,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6. Mukul Pahuja – 10,200,000 (68 bb)
1st: $1,745,245
2nd: $1,163,500
3rd: $872,625
4th: $639,925
5th: $494,490
6th: $378,138
Photo: 1996 WSOP Main Event champion Huckleberry Seed was the 2,000th entrant into this event, the number needed to reach the $10 million guarantee. There were 384 more entrants after Seed.
When the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was first announced with a $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event, the poker world was skeptical there would be 2,000 entries at $5,300 each.
As it turned out, there were 2,384 entries.
With 1,060 entrants on the third and final starting day, the field reached 2,384 players, easily surpassing the 2,000 needed for a $10 million prizepool.
The prizepool is worth $11,920,000, and first prize is $1,745,245. The top 338 players will finish in the money, earning at least $7,500.
There are 768 survivors heading into Day 2, where the blinds will be 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante. Here’s a look at the top of the leaderboard:
1. Jesse Chinni – 377,500 (188 bb)
2. Gjergj Sinishtaj – 376,000 (188 bb)
3. Benjamin Berg – 331,100 (165 bb)
4. Justin Bonomo – 326,900 (163 bb)
5. Aaron Schaaf – 326,600 (163 bb)
6. Raj Vohra – 322,000 (161 bb)
7. Alan Le – 309,800 (154 bb)
8. Robert Kleinfeld – 293,400 (146 bb)
9. Chino Rheem – 284,800 (142 bb)
10. Jacob Naquin – 276,500 (138 bb)
Click here for a PDF with the complete list of payouts and the official chip counts.
The casino has double-checked and verified the official numbers, and there were 1,060 entrants in today’s Day 1C field as it this event soared past the $10 million guaranteed prizepool.
Total Field Size: 2,384
Total Prizepool: $11,920,000
First Prize: $1,745,245 (plus the trophy pictured above)
# of Players Paid: 338
Here is the complete list of payouts:
1st: $1,745,245
2nd: $1,163,500
3rd: $872,625
4th: $639,925
5th: $494,490
6th: $378,138
7th: $290,875
8th: $232,700
9th: $174,525
10th-12th: $116,350
13th-15th: $90,170
16th-18th: $69,810
19th-27th: $58,175
28th-36th: $46,540
37th-45th: $40,723
46th-54th: $34,905
55th-63rd: $29,088
64th-81st: $23,270
82nd-99th: $17,453
100th-150th: $14,544
151st-200th: $11,635
201st-300th: $8,726
301st-338th: $7,500