$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1000/100 Ante

“Miami” John Cernutto has been fighting for his tournament life for the past few levels.  But he finally caught a break on a board.  Having checked off the turn, his opponent checked the river and Cernutto quickly pushed his remaining stack of around 20k into the middle forcing the fold and getting him back to around 40,000.

While John has survived, the rest of the field has not.  At this point we are already down to 45 players approximately halfway through to today’s scheduled end time of 11 PM ET.  At this rate, it may be a very small returning field for tomorrow’s Day 2.

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1200/200 Ante

We arrived to find Igor Skochilo extremely short-stacked pushing all-in.  His opponent quickly calls and says “Cowboys” showing a pair of kings.  Skochilo turns over pocket sevens and calls for the kings to be cracked.

Igor’s wish is granted with a 7 on the turn and Skochilo stays alive in Flight 1C with 171 players remaining.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

Sometimes not falling back on stereotypes is hard as we found out in the Seniors event.

One player actually questioned the tournament director at the start of the break if they players could go take a nap .  The tournament director then jokingly got on the mike and offered the players the option of napping if they so chose.  Lots of laughs, ooohs and aahhhs came out from the players getting ready to leave the room.

Sometimes the oldies are the goodies.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

We have reached the second break of the day in the Seniors Event with Level 8 completed.  72 players remain from the 144 entries.

Some of the larger chip counts remaining include:

Daniel Genachte – 77,000
Woodrow Bass – 72,000
Alan Feller – 69,000
Stanley Quinn – 60,000
Ronald Unger – 53,000

Play will resume shortly at Level 9 – 400/800/100 Ante

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

An interesting duel took place between Jose Aliva (Miami, FL) and Francis Margaglione (Davie, FL).

Five players limped in and got a .  After a 2200 chip bet from Margaglione and a call from Avila, the came on the turn.  This time Avila fired out and after some thought, Margaglione made the call.  With the on the river, Aliva bet 15,200 and was insta-called by Margaglione saying “Straight” and shows .  Avila quickly turned over for the chop.

A frustrated Avila hit the table and complained Margaglione had called his bet on the turn with nothing and Margaglione then came back with telling Avila he stayed in with nothing on his bet after the flop.

Either way, both their nothings turned into something and the players would have be satisfied with sharing the hotly contested pot.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 200/400/50 Ante

Woodrow Pass (Tampa, FL) managed to take down one of the largest pots of the tournament so far.

With three players in the hand and a pot already around 10k, the players faced a board of .  Everyone checked around to head to the river.  With a on the river, Pass’s first opponent fired 4200 only to have Bass go all-in with a massive stack and the third player rocking back in his chair shaking his head.  Both players folded and Pass built his stack to approximately 60k with the win.

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500/50 Ante

One of the most well-known and liked players from the Northeast adds to the luster of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open as Dave Inselberg has joined in the party.

The Long Beach, NY native is coming off a final table at the 2014 World Series of Poker in Event #9 and is slowing chipping up to start today’s play.

The excitement continues to build as more and more top pros from all over the US and around the world continue to arrive here in Hollywood, FL building toward the 10 Million Dollar Guaranteed Main Event starting on August 28th!