$200 + $40 Omaha Eight or Better

Blinds: 50/100 – Limits: 100/200

Players are still making their way to the tournament area after registering and the player count continue to click upwards. No big action early as the limits have not put pressure on stacks but players will start to mix it up as the levels increase.

Among the 43 players in the field so far are local regular Errol Massey, one-time Event 1 chipleader Luis Santino, and one gentleman in an awesome cowboy hat.

There are still 90 minutes left to register for Event 3 if Omaha/8 is your game.

$200 + $40 Omaha Eight or Better

The third event in the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” is a change up from No Limit Hold’em tournaments and switching over to Omaha Eight or Better. Split pot games draw a specialized group of players and we expect to see interesting poker as players aim to scoop their opponents on their way to the top prize.

The $240 buy-in tournament has a $12,000 guaranteed prize pool and have 40-minute levels with two hours of late registration/re-entry.

Cards are now in the air and we will provide live updates throughout the day.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Lou White and Juliet Yarina spent a large part of the day sitting in the 6 and 7-seats pleasantly chatting as Yarina built her castle and White worked his short stack higher. It wasn’t all fun and games when the two finally butted heads after the dinner break.

White was all-in with up against Yarina’s and the flop was harmless but Yarina was in the danger zone after the turn. Looking for miracle, the river hit doubling White up to 500,000 while Yarina was down but still not out.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Players are back in their seats after a quick bite, drink, and/or rest. They come back to Level 23 with blinds at 10k/20k/2k ante and average stack of 41,000. After a quick search of the room, the clear chipleader is Brett Bader with 1,400,000 sitting in front and the nearest player showing 850,000.

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’Em Double Stack Turbo

The second event of the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” is underway. Event 2 is a $150 buy-in NLH Double Stack Turbo tournament with a $15,000 guaranteed prizepool. They kicked things off downstairs in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock and there are two hours of late registration or re-entry.

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Schedule

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Crystal Utley is one of two players who used a tournament rule to her advantage and she is now deep in Event 1. Not only were players given the option of re-entering the tournament if they busted in the first four levels of any Day 1, they could also play multiple flights and surrender the smaller stack if making Day 2 more than once.

Utley finished Day 1D with just 5,400 but came back and managed to make it through with 80,400 chip on Day 1H. The first 5,400 came out of play and she recently tripled up.

“It was the last hand of the day and I had a pocket pair,” she commented, “I had a pocket pair and knew my husband had to come back the next day. I had 60k and figured 120k would be better or take another shot.”

Utley lost the hand and bagged that handful of chips but found a way to get back in the game with a bigger stack. She recently tripled up winning pocket Aces against AK and KQ to get near 400,000.

Level 21 is underway with blinds at 6k/12k/1k ante.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Table 37 is seeing a lot of action with Juliet Yarina using her stack to bully a newly seated opponent but also an interesting hand with Lou White with a mis-read hand.

White was facing a raise on a board and ended up just calling to see the on the river. White and his opponent checked the river and White said he had a straight and tabled and was actually playing the board. His opponent showed a Ten for the baby boat which would have been best in any case. “I swore I had ,” said White after the hand.

The field is into double digits with just 10 tables remaining as they are about to head off on their second break of the day after coloring off the 100 chips.