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2015 RRPO Live Updates

Event 1 Day 1D: 492 Entries (1,685 Total)

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$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 ante

Rock 'n' Roll Poker Open Championship Trophy
Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship Trophy

Registration is now closed for Flight 1D, and with 492 entries, the total field size for Event 1 is up to 1,685, surpassing the 1,667 needed to reach the guaranteed prizepool of $500,000.

There are still two more flights tomorrow (on a Saturday, no less), so the field will be well over 2,000 and completely smash the guarantee.

With about 275 players remaining in this flight, the average chip stack is about 35,700 (45 big blinds). A look at the leaderboard from the break will be posted soon.

2015 RRPO Live Updates

Event 1 Day 1D: $500,000 and Counting!

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$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 ante

Flight 1D Field
Flight 1D Field

The field for Flight 1D just surpassed 474 entries, which was the number needed to reach the guaranteed prizepool of $500,000. Registration is still open for a little while in this flight, and there are two more flights tomorrow. Since tomorrow is Saturday, those should be the two biggest fields of the event.

With about 310 players remaining from a Flight 1D field of 476, the average chip stack is about 30,700 (51 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 14, which should be about 1:45 am.

Here’s a look at some of the notables in this field:

Joel Borden  –  82,000  (137 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  51,000  (85 bb)
Garren James  –  43,000  (72 bb)
Steve Karp  –  41,000  (68 bb)
Timothy “T.K.” Miles  –  39,000  (65 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  30,000  (50 bb)
Marcus Stein  –  25,000  (42 bb)

2015 RRPO Live Updates

Event 1 Day 1D: First Look at the Leaderboard

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$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300/25 ante

Joel Borden
Chipleader Joel Borden

At the first break, there were at least nine players who had built up their starting stacks of 20,000 to more than 50,000, giving us our first look at the leaderboard:

1.  Joel Borden (pictured)  –  64,925  (216 bb)
2.  Travis Holloway  –  56,400  (188 bb)
3.  Wagner  –  54,575  (182 bb)
4.  Carlos Pereira  –  54,000  (180 bb)
5.  Michael Newman  –  52,675  (176 bb)
6.  Michael Chaparro Jr.  –  51,525  (172 bb)
7.  James Kirvin  –  51,350  (171 bb)
8.  Joshua Tran  –  50,700  (169 bb)
9.  Omar Azaitar  –  50,025  (167 bb)

There were 377 entries in Flight 1D at the break, and now, halfway thru Level 5, there are 426. The field needs 48 more entries to hit the guaranteed prizepool of $500,000, so there’s still a solid chance that it reaches that number tonight. If not, there are two more fields tomorrow to really juice the prizepool.

2015 RRPO Live Updates

Event 1 Day 1D: Nearing the Guarantee

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$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200

Event 1 needs to reach a total field size of 1,667 (in a combined six starting flights) to meet the guaranteed prizepool of $500,000. With the first three flights complete, the field has reached 1,193, or 72% of the goal.

Here in Flight 1D, there are 324 entries so far at the start of Level 4 — just 150 entries away from the guarantee. Registration remains open until the start of Level 9, and with re-entries available, its possible that the guarantee could be reached tonight.

Some of the familiar faces in the field early on include Steve Karp, Marcus Stein, Mike Beasley, and Kim Stone. The first break is coming up in 20 minutes or so, and that’s when we’ll take our first look at the leaderboard for Flight 1D.

2015 SHRPO Live Updates

Championship Hand #272: Omar Zazay Wins!

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 32: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Omar Zazay, 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion
Omar Zazay, 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion

Hand #272  –  Omar Zazay moves all in with Ac6d, and Brian Phillis calls all in for 2,325,000 with Ah5h.

The board comes AsJc6s7sKh, and Zazay wins the pot — and the SHRPO Championship — with two pair, aces and sixes.

Brian Phillis finishes as the runner-up, earning $575,000.

Omar Zazay wins the 2015 SHRPO Championship, earning $1,000,000, the coveted SHRPO Championship Trophy, and a custom-framed winner’s photo from IMPDI.

Congratulations to Omar Zazay!

1st:  Omar Zazay  –  $1,000,000
2nd:  Brian Phillis  –  $575,000
3rd:  Dan Colman  –  $310,000
4th:  Larry Moccia  –  $220,000
5th:  Randy Pfeifer  –  $180,000
6th:  Joseph Couden  –  $150,000
7th:  Vlad Mezheritsky  –  $125,000
8th:  Paul Volpe  –  $100,000
9th:  Rick Alvarado  –  $75,000

2015 SHRPO Live Updates

Championship: Hands #266-271

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 32: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Hand #266  –  Omar Zazay folds, giving Brian Phillis a walk. Phillis shows AcKd as he collects the blinds and antes.

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Hand #267  –  Brian Phillis moves all in with Qc8d, and Omar Zazay folds.

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Hand #268  –  Omar Zazay moves all in with unknown cards, and Brian Phillis folds.

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Hand #269  –  Brian Phillis moves all in with As7s, and Omar Zazay folds.

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Hand #270  –  Omar Zazay folds, giving Brian Phillis a walk.

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Hand #271  –  Brian Phillis moves all in with 3d-X, and Omar Zazay folds.

2015 SHRPO Live Updates

Championship: Hands #256-265

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 32: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Hand #256  –  Omar Zazay folds, giving Brian Phillis a walk.

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Hand #257  –  Brian Phillis folds, giving Omar Zazay a walk.

Omar Zazay – 25,325,000
Brian Phillis – 1,675,000

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Hand #258  –  Omar Zazay folds, giving Brian Phillis a walk.

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Hand #259  –  Brian Phillis raises with Jc2d, and Omar Zazay folds.

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Hand #260  –  Omar Zazay moves all in with 9h7d, and Brian Phillis folds.

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Hand #261  –  Brian Phillis moves all in with Jh10h, and Omar Zazay folds.

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Hand #262  –  Omar Zazay moves all in with 7s5d, and Brian Phillis folds.

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Hand #263  –  Brian Phillis moves all in with 10d4h, and Omar Zazay folds.

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Hand #264  –  Omar Zazay moves all in with QhJc, and Brian Phillis folds.

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Hand #265  –  Brian Phillis moves all in with 4c-X, and Omar Zazay folds.

2015 SHRPO Live Updates

Championship: Hands #248-255

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 32: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Hand #248  –  Omar Zazay folds, giving Brian Phillis a walk.

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Hand #249  – Brian Phillis folds, giving Omar Zazay a walk.

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Hand #250  –  Omar Zazay limps with 8h7s, and Brian Phillis checks his option.

The flop comes Kc8d5h, Phillis checks, Zazay bets 300,000, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #251  –  Brian Phillis raises, and Omar Zazay folds.

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Hand #252  –  Omar Zazay limps, and Brian Phillis checks his option.

Both players check to the turn on a board of KcQd2d4h, Phillis checks, Zazay bets, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #253  –  Brian Phillis raises to 600,000 with 7d4c, Omar Zazay reraises to 1,600,000 with QsJd, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #254  –  Omar Zazay raises to 600,000 with 9d-X, and Brian Phillis folds.

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Hand #255  –  Brian Phillis raises to 600,000 with Ad2h, and Omar Zazay calls with 10s7h.

Both players check to the turn on a board of Jh10h2cJc, Zazay bets 700,000, and Phillis calls.

The river card is the Zazay bets 1,100,000, and Phillis calls. Zazay shows his 10s7h to win the pot with a pair of tens.

2015 SHRPO Live Updates

Championship: Hands #241-247

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 32: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Hand #241  –  Brian Phillis limps with 4s3d, Omar Zazay raises to 800,000 with AcJh, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #242  –  Omar Zazay folds, giving Brian Phillis a walk.

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Hand #243  –  Brian Phillis raises to 650,000 with 6s4s, and Omar Zazay calls with Ks2c.

The flop comes Qc10h9h, Zazay checks, Phillis bets 700,000, and Zazay folds. Phillis takes the pot.

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Hand #244  –  Omar Zazay limps with 9c2c, and Brian Phillis checks his option with Jh3c.

The flop comes 8c6h2h, Phillis checks, Zazay bets 300,000, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #245  –  Brian Phillis limps with Qh2d, and Omar Zazay checks his option with Js9c.

Both players check to the river on a board of Kc10c4cJc7d, Zazay bets 500,000, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #246  –  Omar Zazay raises with 9s9c, and Brian Phillis folds.

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Hand #247  –  Brian Phillis folds, giving Omar Zazay a walk.

2015 SHRPO Live Updates

Championship: Hands #234-240

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 32: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Hand #234  –  Omar Zazay limps with Qc10d, and Brian Phillis checks his option with 8s6s.

The flop comes 10h4c2d, Phillis checks, Zazay bets 400,000, and Phillis check-raises to 1,100,000. Zazay folds, and Phillis takes the pot.

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Hand #235  –  Brian Phillis folds, giving Omar Zazay a walk.

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Hand #236  –  Omar Zazay limps with Qh6d, and Brian Phillis checks his option with 8h5h.

Both players check to the turn on a board of Kc5c2cKs, Phillis bets 350,000, and Zazay folds. Phillis takes the pot.

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Hand #237  –  Brian Phillis limps with Kd9s, and Omar Zazay checks his option with 6c3d

Both players check to the turn on a board of Qd8d8c[8], Zazay checks, Phillis bets 300,000, and Zazay folds. Phillis takes the pot.

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Hand #238  –  Omar Zazay raises to 600,000 with As10s, and Brian Phillis calls with 10d7c.

The flop comes 4c3c2d, Phillis checks, Zazay bets 600,000, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #239  –  Brian Phillis folds, giving Omar Zazay a walk.

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Hand #240  –  Omar Zazay folds, giving Brian Phillis a walk.