$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 180 of 3,570
Ultimate Re-Entry players made their way through the remainder of Level 16 and the hour-long Level 17 before taking their first break from the action.
It was a mass gathering in the payout line and 134 players were unable to make the first break. That leaves 20 tables in play and they will return for two more hour-long levels.
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 189 of 3,570
Julien Durity was already sitting pretty before taking a seat today after he collected two Multi-stack awards worth $5,000. Now he’s trying to run up his 101,000 returning stack for more cash.
Durity looked like he was in trouble after he put his final 70,000 in the middle with a big pair that ran into a monster.
Durity: Opponent:
Durity needed a miracle to crack those aces and found the first part of it on the all-spade flop. The turn did not help but he found the flush on the river to double up.
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 214 of 3,570
The Ultimate Re-Entry restart is down 100 players in less than an hour and there seems to be no slowing them down. Some of those recent eliminations are joining the Black Chip Bounty Turbo across the hallways.
SHRP regular Marc Duquette was one of the recent eliminations when his small ace couldn’t catch against a bigger ace. He moved all in from the button for 106,000 and Julio Ruiz called in the big blind to put him at risk.
Ruiz: Duquette:
Duquette needed some magic to stay in the tournament but missed the flop. He added four outs for the wheel draw but the turn and river missed him.
Julio Ruiz – 268,000 (27 bb) Marc Duquette – Eliminated in 216th ($1,100)
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 270 of 3,570
The line at the payout desk formed quickly and it’s staying consistent over the first 30 minutes. Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah was an early casualty along with LaDarryl Alexis.
Alexis’ end came when he open/shoved for 24,000 from early position and Daiane Mendes moved all in over the top for 130,000 from middle position. A few players considered coming along but ultimately released for the heads up hand.
Alexis: Mendes:
Mendes was ahead but Alexis had two suited live cards then flopped an open-ended straight draw on the board. The turn left Alexis with 14 big outs to stay in the game but the river was not one of them. He joined the line at the table while Mendes stacked up.
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Returning to Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 314 of 3,570
The opening event of the series has gone through eight starting flights over four days to leave us with 314 players vying for the trophy along with more than $200,000.
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak bagged a huge stack in Flight C and his 579,000 is good enough to return today as the chip leader. Emile Schiff is not far behind when he returns to 570,000 with Benjamin Scrogins, Daniel Young, and Jose Luis Gonzalez rounding out the top five.
The huge tournament drew 3,570 entries for a prize pool over $1 million to easily surpass the $500,000 Guarantee. Each flight played down to the money so everyone today is already guaranteed a $600 min-cash, but all will be shooting for the top prize of $204,320.
With no bubble play today, action will be fast from the beginning. There will be a steady parade of short stacks hitting the payout desk as the short stacks try to double or get their money.
All 314 players will return at 1pm, check out their stacks, then begin playing their way down to the final table and Event 1 champion.
The end of the first weekend of the series is near and we have a fast-paced, one-day tournament for those who want to close it out with some action along with their Sunday football.
Event 5 is a $360 buy-in Black Chip Bounty Turbo that will move along quickly and reward players for taking out each other. In addition to getting closer to the trophy, players will also earn a $100 black cash chip for knocking an opponent out of the game.
They’ll begin with 15,000 stacks and play 15-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 3:30pm and they will head off on dinner around 6pm. This is a one-day event and they will continue battling until we have our Event 5 champion.
Action gets underway at noon and we’ll track them during the day.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Returning to Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 314 of 3,570
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Returning to Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 314 of 3,570