$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante Flight C Entries: 414 (Total: 1,069)
Kevin Chan
Flight C is playing out the clock on Level 8 which means we are ready to send them on their second break. Registration will remain open during that time but it will close once cards go back in the air.
Kevin Chan is another familiar face in the room that will not need to refire Flight C. The last time we saw Chan, he finished fourth in the WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $89,000.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante Flight C Entries: 387 (Total: 1,042)
Tony Dunst
We missed his brief appearance yesterday, a bullet that misfired after a max late reg, but we caught up with WPT Commentator Tony Dunst as he takes a shot in today’s field.
Dunst is here for two reasons, three if you include trying to win Event 1. In addition to his booth duties with the World Poker Tour, the WPT Champions Club member will be leading the LearnWPT Ladies Brunch tomorrow. It will be a great afternoon of food and beginner instructions from Dunst before we start the $10,000 Guarantee Ladies Event at 3pm. Also at the brunch, we are raffling off fives seats into the Ladies Event to freeroll a few forthe fun game.
The admission cost is $50 and open to the first 50 women who sign up in the poker room or at the tournament information desk in the Event Center.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante Flight C Entries: 353 (Total: 1,008)
Justin Sharpe
The count is climbing high and it officially crossed over 1,000 after the first break. That puts the prize pool over $500,000 on the path to $1,000,000.
Justin Sharpe took a seat this afternoon, another visitor from out of state trying to win some South Florida money. He earned his first WSOP Circuit ring at the end of 2018 and came close to another in February. Sharpe finished third out of 1,607 entries in the Coco WSOP Circuit $400 opener for a nice $40,000 payday.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante Flight C Entries: 321 (Total: 976)
Mario James
Flight C players are back from the break and it hit 300 entries while they were gone, plus some more. They are nearly halfway to the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with two hours of late registration here, Flight D at 6pm, and two massive flights tomorrow to run it up.
Our early leader is Mario James and his 95,000 is far ahead of everyone else. Fernando Eguez looks like the second biggest with 76,000 with other notable big stacks Michael Alan (71,100), Tony Nashaat (70,000), and Douglas Decker (67,200) the nearest contenders.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante Flight C Entries: 296 (Total: 951)
Lisa Pickell
Flight C is creeping up on 300 entries this afternoon as they prepare to go on the first break of the day. With the weekend here, we are starting to see some of our out of town guests take a seat.
Lisa Pickell hopped a flight this morning from the cold Northeast and came straight to the Event Center for some action. The Jersey grinder has been hitting some nice results of late and looking for another big score.
The Massey Brothers, Aaron and Ralph, are practically South Florida pros with the amount of action they have down here. But they are Chicago boys and both have been going big over the last year with Aaron the latest big score, his third WSOP Circuit ring back in January.
The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown kicked off on Thursday with two flights of the $1,000,000 Guarantee opener along with a one-day Omaha 8 trophy event.
Flights A and B of Event 1 drew a combined 655 entries to put it on pace to hit the guaranteed prize pool early on Saturday. Flight A saw 42 players advance to Day 2 on Sunday and Flight B returned the exact same number.
Of the 84 already set for Day 2, Kyle Carino put away the biggest stack and his 362,000 is the early leader. Adam Mann came close to matching him in Flight B but he was two 1K chips shorter with 360,000 in his bag.
Other notables advancing include T.K. Miles, Jason Bral, Eli Levy, Jacquelyn Scott, Michael Tureniec, Marcus Stein, and current SHRP Player of the Year Brett Bader.
Harry Eisenberg Wins Event 2 for his Second SHRP Trophy
Event 1 wasn’t the only action in the Event Center on Thursday, we also awarded our first trophy of the series. The schedule is jam-packed with non-hold’em tournaments and the first was Event 3.
It was a $360 buy-in Limit Omaha 8 game for our split-pot fans. The tournament drew 67 entries to push the prize pool over $20,000 and the last nine players took home some money. Phil Hui was the headliner at the final table trying to earn back-to-back SHRP Omaha titles. He won the $570 Omaha 8 tournament during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open in January but fell one spot short of another this time around.
Harry Eisenberg beat Hui, the WSOP Omaha 8 bracelet winner, heads up for the title and outright win. This is the second major SHRP title for Eisenberg to go along with his 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open H.O.R.S.E. trophy,
Phil Hui
Event 2 results:
1st: Harry Eisenberg – $7,034 + Showdown trophy 2nd: Phil Hui – $4,020 3rd: Stephen Reid – $2,462 4th: Donny Rubinstein – $1,759 5th: Robert Mangino – $1,357 6th: Vasu Amarapu – $1,055 7th: Hoyt Verner – $905 8th: Cory Zeidman – $804 9th: Monte Adler – $704
Images courtesy of Eric Harkins and IMPDI. If you would like to place a custom picture order from your time at Showdown, you can find his booth in the hallway outside the Event Center.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante Flight C Entries: 242 (Total: 897)
Arkadiy Tsinis
The Event Center is quickly filling and we added another 100 entries in the last 30 minutes. There’s a steady presence at the registration desk and a parade of players joining the field. A few more levels like this and we’ll be looking at the guarantee early tomorrow.
South Florida’s Arkadiy Tsinis took an early seat this morning with an eye towards his first SHRP title. He already has plenty of success elsewhere with a 2011 WSOP bracelet and four career WSOP Circuit rings. Tsinis came close to a fifth ring at our sister property in Coconut Creek when he made two final tables during their WSOP Circuit series in February.
The Seniors Event is always a popular choice every time we put it on a schedule. We expect today to be no different.
The Seniors Event is open to anyone 50 years of age or older and they will have a lot of fun playing down to a champion later this evening. Action gets underway at noon with a great group of players.
Seniors Event entrants will start with 12,000 stacks and all levels will run 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm with a 40-minute dinner break scheduled at 6pm.
This is a one-day tournament and we will award our second trophy of the series before the night is through.
This event is open to players 50 years of age or older
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Flight C Entries: 142 (Total: 797)
Kelly Minkin
Flight C got a little tougher with the recent introduction of Kelly Minkin and Cindy Muchnick into the field. Minkin announced herself with a laugh and a snarl from tablemate Michael Newman. Muchnick is relaxed and taking chips.
Minkin deals more with tournament while Muchnick gets the reaction when she walks up to a cash table on the other side of the house.
Minkin has nearly $1.3 million in career earnings with her biggest cash coming here in 2015 when she finished third at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship final table. She followed that up with her second biggest in the WSOP Main Event that summer when she was the “last woman standing” in 29th place.
“I play tournaments to knock people out. I’m sorry, it’s nothing personal, but that’s the way I play.”
“I ain’t pushin’ in unless I got the cold nuts.”@shrpo I’m home baby
For anyone looking to join these two talented players at the top of their games, we have a LearnWPT Ladies Poker Brunch tomorrow morning for those looking to improve their game. It is geared towards beginners and WPT Commentator Tony Dunst will be the instructor. The brunch is $50 and open to the first 50 who sign up plus WPT will raffle off five seats into the Ladies Event which starts at 3pm.
