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

“You have to gamble to win!” said the 3-seat on Table 31.

Several times.

He had every right to be happy and excited and stacking chips after knocking out two opponents as Level 5 was coming to an end.

Our hero in the 3-seat called an early position raise before the button responded by shoving in his small stack. The big blind took his time before reshoving and the 3-seat asked for a count. He called before a complete count was done when he realized he had both players covered only to see his was behind the button’s and ahead of the big blind’s .

It looked like the short-stack was going to get a much needed triple up when the flop came out and the on the turn did not change the situation. “Holy (expletive), did I just win that?”, the 3-seat said when the two-out hit the river. He then educated the table “You have to gamble to win!” and started stacking chips.

Only 90 players remain of the starting 175 entrants as they move into Level 7 with blinds at 250/500/50 ante and average moving closer to 20,000.

Players are back from the first break of the day which also signaled the end of late registration and re-entries. The numbers are in and there were 175 entries for Day 1C bringing the combined total to 602 total so far. The field will play 10 more levels today and those who survive will join the 52 players from Day 1A and 1B.

The remaining players are now in Level 5 with blinds up to 150/300/25 ante.

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

Level 3 began with 120 players and they continue to push the action with just one hour left before closing re-entries. Where several tables were used in the cash game area for the early field on Day 1A, most of the players have been recycling through the upstairs tables with multiple entries.

While there have been a lot of knockouts, few of them have been of the bad beat variety causing people to raise their voice. One gentleman was unhappy with, in his words, “black cat luck” after a hand but that didn’t let it stop him from adding money to the prizepool.

Players usually don’t want to hear their opponent say, “I’m just trying to bust my stack so I can re-enter” when facing an all-in with a superior hand. The superstitious among them think it invites bad results. The 6-seat at Table 40 made that exact comment after tabling his against the 8-seat’s . They were holding similar sized stacks when the flop brought the bad luck board of and the 8-seat was sent the cage shortly after no help on the turn or river.

Blinds are up to 100/200 as they enter Level 4, the last for late registrations and re-entries.

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

The field crossed over 100 entrants shortly after the start of Level 2 and the action has not been as passive as 24 hours ago. Table 36 once again produced another big pot and this time the losing player did not opt to re-enter.

We caught the action after the flop when the 8-seat called all-in with and flush draw on the board. The 7-seat was probably feeling good with for the open ended straight and flush draws until he realized he was drawing thin. The turn ended the hand quickly and he left the room muttering.

Not every big hand during the level ended with a knockout but Table 30 did create some noise. The table is up against the railing of the second floor so most could hear the 6-seat asking the 8-seat repeatedly, “do you have the best hand or just think you have the best hand?” when faced with a raise. The 8-seat stayed stoic in the face of his opponent trying to get a read. We were there in time to see the 6-seat finally call with flopped two pair which was good against the smaller, rivered two pair with . The hand did not send anyone to the rail but it increased the entertainment.

Players are now on Level 3 with blinds at 75/150.

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

The deep stack structure of the Event 1 gives players 200 big blinds at the start of play and it usually takes a pretty big hand to get them all in the middle early. Table 36 found one of the few situations where it can happen.

Seats 2 raised the action preflop and called a three-bet from seat 6. Fireworks lit off after a check-raise on the flop before all the chips ended up in the middle. Seat 2 made his way to the cage to re-enter when his flopped set with was dominated by a bigger set of Eights . It was the second instance of a player losing to set over set in the first level.

Day 1C is outpacing the field from Day 1A as the number of entrants is close to 100 at the end of the first level. Players are onto Level 2 and blinds are up to 50/100.

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

Players have taken their seats and Event 1 Day 1C is underway in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock. Players are still lining up as play begins and late comers have four levels of late registration. The first two flights drew 427 entrants and the numbers will continue to grow as we approach the weekend.

Event 1 is a $125 buy-in tournament with a $150,000 guaranteed prizepool. Players begin with 10,000 stacks and blinds at 25/50 and play through 14 levels today.

Follow along as we will bring you live updates throughout the day.

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

Wednesday was a great start to the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” as Event 1 Day 1A and 1B combined to draw 427 entrants. After 14 levels of play during each flight, 52 players were left with chips and will come back on Sunday.

Max Brooks emerged at the chipleader near the end of Day 1B with 284,200 which is 85,600 more than 2nd place Jose Galvez. Day 1A leader Syed Shah finished his flight with 147,400 and good enough for 5th place of those moving on.

Two more flights are set to run today with Day 1C at 11am and a 7pm kickoff for 1D later this evening. Late registration and re-entry is available through four levels with players receiving a full starting stack. The tournament has a $125 buy-in and a guaranteed prizepool of $150,000.

We expect another great day in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock.

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

The final 36 players have returned from their short break to Level 13 and blinds of 1k/2k/200 ante. The average stack is 52,222 with just two more levels in Day 1A. Day 1B will get underway at 7pm, the same $125 buy-in with late registration and re-entries through four levels.

For those who prefer to play cash games, there are currently 14 tables in action with both Limit and No Limit Hold’em games.