Event 1 Day 1G and 1H Recap

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

Through Friday, over the course of three days 1,372 players had forked over $125 hoping to take home a part of the $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. Today, was the largest in terms of turn out and by the time registration closed, 726 was the number for the day at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open”. This was the last day for entering the event and that brought the total number to a very impressive 2,098. This created a prize pool of $209, 800. 152 players had made it through to Sunday prior to today and with the additional 81 that survived today the total that will be battling it out for the $45,121 first place prize tomorrow is 233. The top 10 in chips for day 1G and 1H were:

NameChip CountStart Day
Jason Ibrahim232,8001H
Sea Smith225,0001G
Anthony Campo222,5001G
Allan Bieler218,0001G
Alan Slakman215,2001G
Mark Tarich181,4001H
Richard Blanchar181,4001G
Michael Goldberg173,0001G
Vicki Holmes160,0001H
Nicholas Manabee147,5001G

 

The top 10 heading into Day Two action are as follows:

PlaceNameChip CountStart Day
1Luis Santoni286,8001F
2Max Jones284,2001B
3David Poces235,7001C
4Jason Ibrahim232,8001H
5Osvaldo Amor232,2001E
6Sea Smith225,0001G
7Anthony Campo222,5001G
8Allan Bieler218,0001G
9Alan Slakman215,2001G
10Kimani McKoy208,2001F
11Jose Galvez198,6001B

 

In addition to fighting it out for Event One honors, players are looking to win our Leaderboard Promotion. Players will return at 1 p.m. with 107 being the number of players that need to be knocked out before we reach the money.