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Event 1 Day 1B Final Chip Counts

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 1 Flight B drew 369 entrants with 62 players returning for Day 2.

FIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
ROBERTOBARRETOPARKLANDFL316,000
STEVENKASIMOWMIAMIFL283,000
IVANSAULBUENOS AIRES277,500
EYALREVAHSHERMAN OAKSCA265,000
JOSEPHDIPASCALENAPLESFL263,500
VLADISLAVGRACHBOYNTON BEACHFL251,500
ROSTANTRAMLALPALM BEACH GARDENSFL233,500
PHILLIPWASSERMANSARASOTAFL196,000
CHRISTOPHERHANSENMIAMIFL195,000
IRASCHWARTZWESTONFL186,500
KEITHMOREABOCA RATONFL186,000
ZACHARYGOODMANBOCA RATONFL177,000
LOUOJEDAMIAMIFL176,500
BRIANAPPELLMIRAMARFL171,000
ROBERTLANGSETTFORT LAUDERDALEFL170,000
VIORELCHELARIUBRASOV144,500
JOSEPHPELTIERMIAMIFL136,500
DAVISADAMSTALLAHASSEEFL129,500
WILLIAMBEASLEYDAVIEFL128,500
THEODOREPRYSTAL IIICOCONUT CREEKFL123,000
NELSONPEREZMIAMIFL122,000
OKTAYALTINBASFORT LAUDERDALEFL121,000
JOSHUADICHKEWICHGREEN ACRESFL121,000
CESARFUENTESDEERFIELD BCHFL120,000
SHEASMITHFORT LAUDERDALEFL120,000
BRANISLAVVELJKOVICONALASKATX114,000
ROBERTTANNERWELLINGTONFL109,500
EDWARDMEDOFFMARGATEFL107,500
EDUARDOCHRISTRIO DE JANIERO107,000
brianzekusWASHINGTONDC106,000
ANGELJARAORLANDOFL104,500
MICHAELMORTONDAVIEFL102,000
ZACHARYZAFFOSWESTONFL102,000
GEORGEHORTELANOWESTONFL100,500
JUANARIASMIAMIFL97,500
DEVISDIAZBARTLETTTN95,500
DAVIDTYLICKIMIAMIFL95,000
CARLORODRIGUEZWESTONFL93,000
ARIFAMIRALIMIRAMARFL89,500
RAYMONDROBERTYMIRAMARFL88,000
STEVENSOLLASOVIEDOFL87,000
MICHAELWASSERMANSARASOTAFL81,000
DANIELVANBRONKHORSTCORAL SP RINGSFL80,500
SEBASTIANGALLEGOMIAMIFL74,000
RYANLETOTAMPAFL73,000
BARRYCHAZENFORT LAUDERDALEFL71,000
ANTHONYSTRUKNAPLESFL70,000
DavidFINKELSTEINMIAMI BEACHFL68,000
ALFREDORATMIROFFCORAL GABLESFL67,500
RAYMONDRUSZKOWSKICUTLER BAYFL65,500
LUKEROSENBERGPARKLANDFL65,000
SCOTTKRAUTMANDELRAY BEACHFL62,500
MINHNGUYENWEST PALM BEACHFL62,500
NorisBarcimantoCORAL SPRINGSFL62,000
MARSHAWOLAKPOMPANO BEACHFL57,000
MICHAELHICKSMONTICELLOGA54,500
JOELLEGUARINOPARKLANDFL52,000
JAIMECAMPOSMIAMI BEACHFL49,500
MICHAELMASELLADAYTONA BEACHFL42,000
NICOLASRIVEIRAPEMBROKE PINESFL39,500
JIELIUORANGE PARKFL38,500
DavidSuraciWEST PALM BEACHFL21,000

Event 1 Day 1A Final Chip Counts

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 1 Flight A drew 336 entrants with 60 players returning for Day 2.

FIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
THAOLEHOLLYWOODFL316,000
JORMANCANOBoca RatonFL246,000
HUNTERCICHYCOON RAPIDSMN241,000
ANTONIOALBANESCROSS KEYFL240,500
JOSEDE HOMBREMIAMIFL204,000
ERICRILEYDEERFIELD BCHFL200,500
ROBERTARONBOCA RATONFL185,000
DUSTINMURPHYARCADIAFL183,500
BRADLEYRUBENHERNANDOFL171,500
YOSSIBENDAVIEFL168,500
PAULVIEIRAHILLSBORO BCHFL168,500
JAMESMORRISONPENSACOLAFL162,000
THANHNGUYENCORAL SPRINGSFL154,000
ALEXCABRERAMIAMIFL152,000
RAFAELOROPESACLERMONTFL149,500
NATACHAGOUREAUBAL HARBOURFL145,000
AUBREYCUSTALOWTAMPAFL142,000
PHILIPCONSOLOMIAMI SHORESFL136,000
ADAMSPIGELHOUSTONTX134,500
GEORGEMIROROYAL PALM BEACHFL128,000
WILLIAMADKINSKEYSTONE HEIGHTSFL126,500
YVESFEQUIEREMIAMIFL125,000
KEITHWAGNERDAVIEFL121,500
SERGIOLARRAIN OLLERLIMA117,000
GENEPAOLINIPLANTATIONFL116,000
HANYAYOUBMIAMIFL112,500
JOSEPHLEVITTDELRAY BEACHFL111,500
THOMASMCFARLAND IVHOLMES BEACHFL111,000
JOHNCOMPTONSUMTERSC110,500
DANIELCOYADEERFIELD BEACHFL108,500
VINCENTGUERRAROCHESTERNY105,000
ROBERTOALBERROCORAL GABLESFL93,500
KYLELAZZAROATLANTAGA91,500
JEFFREYSILVERSTEINDELRAY BEACHFL90,500
SCOTTHARTPARKLANDFL89,000
MARKGAUDINODAVIEFL87,500
MARIOJAMESPEMBROKE PINESFL87,000
DARYLCAHUASQUI-VEGAHOLLYWOODFL80,000
KENNETHBRUNOATLANTISFL78,000
FREDERICODABUSDORALFL75,000
GEOVANYCRUZMIAMIFL71,000
ROBERTDUKESMARIETTAGA69,000
PAULIUSBIKUSVILNIUS66,000
ROBERTCHUSIDSUNRISEFL65,000
YAROSLAVNAKONECHNYYGOLDEN ISLESFL63,500
JOSEPHDEGLIBOCA RATONFL63,000
JOELHARWOODHALLANDALEFL63,000
JONLANCARLAKE WORTHFL61,000
BRANDONMILLERPALM BAYFL59,000
RICHARDBOWERSFT LAUDERDALEFL56,000
MICHAELLIPMANMIAMIFL54,500
ABBEYDANIELSCORAL SPRINGSFL52,500
JACOBTHOMASSURFSIDEFL51,500
michaelelbiliaCORAL GABLESFL48,000
NANCYTHOMASLAUD BY SEAFL41,500
GAUTAMLILLANEYKINGSTON 641,000
PHILIPPEGOUREAUBAL HARBOURFL40,500
BERNARDLUBITZSTUARTFL38,000
JOSEPHDEFORCACOMMACKNY20,000
JUSTINHOOKERTUSCALOOSAAL18,000

Schedule for August 1

Main Event Schedule

11am: Event 1 Day 1E – $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1F – $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Qualifier Schedule

3PM: Event 32 – $135 Event 4 Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 5 seats guaranteed into $1,100 buy-in Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 4
  • Players begin with 6,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 32 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 33 – $570 Championship Turbo Mega Satellite (1 in 10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into the $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in tournament 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 33 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Day 1C: Back in the Game

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 Ante

After a few minor technical difficulties, we are back to reporting and catching up.

Flight 1C is just going off on its final break of the day with less than 140 players remaining of the starting 440. They’ll return for two more levels when the survivors will bag up their chips and return for Day 2 on Sunday with the 122 who made it through 1A and 1B.

Event 1 Day 1C: Registration Closes; Tarkamani Cross 100K

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

Tournament staff pulled the green quarter chips out of play during the color up break and it was Mohammed Tarkamani with the biggest stack when the process was complete.

His 150,300 clearly passed the rest of his opponents with a few hanging close including first break leader Gerald Dunn with 82,700.

Registration is closed for Flight 1C with 441 entrants bringing the total count for Event 1 up to 1,146 with three more flights ahead of them. There should be somewhere between 70 and 80 players moving on from this flight to join the 122 already making Day 2.

Mohammed Tarkamani
Mohammed Tarkamani

Event 1 Day 1C: Big Numbers Going Up

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

The count for 1C climbed over 400 with time running out to build on the number. It reached 420 midway through the level making it a real possibility the event will hit the $500,000 guarantee later this evening in 1D.

It’s a long shot, but we already know we’ll blow past it before long.

Event 2: Omaha Getting Bigger

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 400/800 Limits

While Event 1 Flight C continues to build in the main section of the ballroom, Event 2 has quietly built itself into a big non-Hold’em event in the back corner.

Last year’s Limit Omaha/8 tournament drew 76 players and this version hit 80 entrants with more than two hours remaining for late registration or re-entry. It’s going to have a nice, big number by the time the close the books and they are scheduled to finish sometime this evening.

Michael Moed is one of those recent entries and he’s looking to add to his already impressive résumé in this game. He has nine tournament wins in his career with seven of them coming in Omaha/8 events, including this event a few months ago during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

Michael Moed
Michael Moed