$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  125 of 580

The under-the-gun player limped for 2,000, Roni Zelichonok limped from UTG+1, and Sheldon Kahrim raised from the button to 8,000. The UTG player limp-shoved all in for 62,500, and Zelichonok folded.

Kahrim asked for an exact count and thought for a while before he called with .

The UTG player turned over , needing his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Kharim rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from Flight A.

Sheldon Kahrim  –  200,000  (100 bb)

With about 125 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 93,000 (47 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 16
$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 111
Prize Pool:  $58,275
July 29, 2021

Registration closed for the $600 Limit Omaha 8 Freeze-out it drew 111 players for the biggest field for this game at this price in our history. The last 13 players will earn some money with $1,390 for a min-cash and $17,330 plus the SHRPO trophy for the Event 16 champ.

1st: $17,330 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $10,780
3rd: $6,470
4th: $4,225
5th: $3,265
6th: $2,680
7th: $2,275
8th: $1,980
9th-10th: $1,700
11th-12th: $1,545
13th-14th: $1,390

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  155 of 580

The players return from break to begin Level 12, with blinds at 1,000-2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jimmy Corrales  –  266,000  (133 bb)
2.  Jason Klass  –  245,000  (123 bb)
3.  Tomy Brown  –  230,000  (115 bb)
4.  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  200,000  (100 bb)

With about 155 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 74,800 (37 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  175 of 580

After a flop of , Bobby Crain was all in from the button with for a set of nines, and he needed it to hold against his opponent’s in the hijack — a pair of sevens with a gutshot straight draw.

Crain needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Crain won the pot with a full house, nines full of sevens, to double up in chips.

Bobby Crain  –  108,000  (68 bb)

With about 175 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 66,300 (41 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 8:  800/1,600 Limits
Players:  109

Level 8 is underway which means time is running out if you want to be part of this big Limit Omaha 8 field. The player count moved over 100 for the freeze-out with a few more getting in before registration closes at 4:30 pm.

A few familiar faces include Jerry Wong, Ari Engel, Amon Filippi, Allen Kessler, A.J. Kelsall, and poker-dealer-turned-poker-pro Shelly Roth.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  195 of 580

A short-stacked player was all in from middle position with , and dominated by the of Barry Roth in the hijack.

The board came , and Roth won the pot with a higher two pair, kings and deuces, to eliminate his opponent from Flight A.

Roth is part of the poker staff at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa, but down here in Hollywood, he’s able to sit back and relax and play poker with the rest of the players.

Barry Roth  –  51,000  (43 bb)

With about 195 players remaining from a Flight A field of 580, the average chip stack is about 59,500 (50 big blinds). Action will continue until there are 73 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Entries:  580

The numbers are in and Flight A of Event 15 drew 580 to the $600 Deep Stack NLH tournament. That puts the tournament nearly a third of the way to the $1,000,000 guarantee and it should get there sometime tomorrow.

Flight A will play down to the last 73 players who will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  580

The players returned from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 with a big blind ante of 1,000.

Registration has closed, and as soon as we receive official numbers from the tournament staff, we will post them here in the updates. The final 12.5% of each starting flight will advance to Day 2 and finish in the money. (Players must bag chips at the end of Day 1 to finish in the money.)

A scan of the field during the break turned up 10 players with at least 100K in chips, and four with at least 150K, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Roni Zelichonok  –  173,600  (174 bb)
2.  Tomy Brown  –  169,800  (170 bb)
3.  Lucky Pericles  –  160,000  (160 bb)
4.  Michael Capo  –  158,600  (159 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  570

Level 8 came to an end and tournament staff sent players on their second break of the day. We have 570 entries showing on the clock but will pick up a few more before registration closes at the start of Level 9.