$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out Level 3: 75/150
It was a slow start for the big bounty tournament but action is picking up. There were just a few tables running when it kicked off at noon but it is quickly filling up with newcomers, including several who busted out from Day 2 of Event 8.
There are currently 80 players registered with plenty of time to register. Tournament staff did have to issue a reminder that this is a freeze-out as a few people assumed they could re-enter if they were eliminated.
just entered event 11 @SHRPO $560 NLH w $200 bounties, 10K start stack
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 16: 2k/4k/500 ante
Patience is a virtue, unless you’re a short-stack a good distance from the money bubble. Dealers are calling out “seat open!” on a regular basis as several tables have already been broken. The unofficial number count on the tournament information board shows 504 players remaining midway through the first level of the day but it’s likely a few less than that.
Eric Piderit was one of the early exits when he busted his 55,000-sized stack on the very first hand of play. He was cruising in the early going of Flight 1A but Piderit’s tournament began going downhill shortly after he appeared here in the live updates. No blame was accredited but the regular here at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open will be back to take another shot at another game.
It’s time for Day 2 of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open H.O.R.S.E. tournament and it starts at the final table. Event 10 drew 144 players and they paused play when Tom Nasuti went out in the 9th spot. Everyone is guaranteed at least $497 but everyone is shooting for the top prize of $5,749.
Nancy Cope begins the day with the chiplead while Grady Yeager will be looking for a lot of help early with his short stack.
Seat 1: Richard Shtrax – 29,000 Seat 2: Jack Deutsch – 67,000 Seat 3: Faith Kilmzack – 51,500 Seat 4: Nancy Cope – 191,000 Seat 5: Nicholas Kost – 107,000 Seat 6: Anita Pearl – 89,500 Seat 7: Peter Walsworth – 182,000 Seat 8: Grady Yeager Jr – 23,000
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 16: 2k/4k/500 ante
Bret Beebe – Chip Leader
Event 8 featured a $1 Million guaranteed prizepool and players came out in force to build it much higher. The tournament drew 2,767 entrants to create a prizepool worth $1,377,500 and paying out $239,585 to the winner, all for a $560 buy-in.
Only 532 of them were able to make it through 15 levels of play in their first flight and they all returned today with the intention of playing down to a winner. The first hurdle will be making it into the money with less than half of today’s field getting paid. The final 250 in the tournament will earn some money with a min-cash picking up $1,157.
Bret Beebe walked into the room as the player to chase as his leading stack of 694,000 is more than 200,000 better than second place Jordan Cutter. Players will have plenty of space to make moves as the average stack is over 32 big blinds and they will working with 40-minute levels all day long.
Players were eager to take their seats and they are now underway.
Top ten chip counts to start Day 2:
Bret Beebe – 694,000 Jordan Cutter – 491,000 Brian Hawkins – 451,000 Ricardo Rodriguez – 442,500 Jose Galvez – 382,000 Dipak Chaudhari – 360,000 Jong Kim – 359,000 Riley Fuller – 348,500 Anthony Cesare – 334,500 Robert Bourkney – 329,500
$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out Level 1: 25/50
It’s a big day at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino as the ballroom will be packed with four separate tournaments running throughout the day.
The first of the day is built for those poker players who love action. Event 11 is scheduled as a 1-day $560 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament where players earn $200 for each opponent they knock out of the tournament. It is also running as a freeze-out so players only have one shot at the title, no re-entry is allowed so players need to do the most with their one bullet into the tournament.
Players will sit behind stacks of 10,000 and play 30-minute levels with late registration open until the start of Level 7.
Tournament instructions are complete and cards are in the air.
As officially announced earlier, PokerStars.tv will be live streaming final tables of both the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller and $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event. They will bring their broadcast team and live stream technology to provide commentary and hole cards on a broadcast delay.
This news required a tweaking of the Super High Roller structure. The event was originally schedule to run as a 3-day event but it has now been adjusted. The new structure will have the starting field on September 1 play down to its final table of eight players before pausing the action. Those who make the Super High Roller final table will return on September 2 to the Paradise Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in front of their fans, friends, and family.
Spectators over 18 years old are welcome to watch the final tables live in the Paradise Live theater along with a world-wide audience on the internet.
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 15: 1.5k/3k/500 ante
Flight 1E has ended and the tournament has a new chipleader. It’s not even close.
Bret Beebe, fresh off a 14th place finish in the Seniors Event, amassed an impressive stack of chips as the flight wore down. He finished his day stacked with 694,000 which is currently more than 200,000 over Jordan Cutter’s now second place stack at the end of Flight 1D.
The flight drew 669 entrants and only 144 of them will return with chips for Day 2 tomorrow.
Big stacks for Flight 1E:
Bret Beebe – 694,000 Yu Lin – 354,000 Alberto Rodriguez – 306,000 Mario Hudson – 303,000 Ismael Patel – 296,000 Andrew Mueller – 269,000 Daniel Stien – 254,000 Michael Rannelli – 253,000 Tristan Wade – 226,000 Luis Hernandez – 225,000 Jose Reyes – 229,500
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
The final chance to get advance in Event 8 is underway. Flight 1F of Event 8 kicked off in an already packed ballroom where players are trying to make it through into tomorrow’s final day. The prizepool surpassed $1,000,000 during the first flight of the day when 660 entrants put their money up to make a combined field of 2,161 from the first five starts.
Players begin with 25,000 stacks and will play 30-minute levels until stopping with the completion of Level 15. Those who managed to bag chips at the end of the day will merge with the survivors of previous flights to play down to a winner.
Catchin some rays with @PakmanMMA at the pool trying to get dark enough to harness some #brownmagic for day 2 #SHRPO
