$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante Flight G Entries: 965
The tables are packed and the room is hopping but time is running out to get into this flight of the $1,000,000 Guarantee opener. They will play out Level 8, take a break, and registration will close on Flight G when they return.
But have no fear, you will still one last chance to earn some of the big money when Flight H closes out Event 1 starting at 6pm.
$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante Flight G Entries: 925
Cliff Conners
The amazing pace of entries continued, the entry count jumped over 900 and they are screaming toward 1,000. That will be a tough mark to hit with an hour remaining in late registration but it is not out of the question. The combined total hit 3,500 entries with an entire flight left to go.
We took another walk around the packed Event Center and found a lot of our SHRP regulars taking their shot today.
$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante Flight G Entries: 816
Zoltan Czinkota
For a few minutes this afternoon, the Hard Rock Event Center was (relatively) quiet as more than 70 tables empty into the halls for the break. Every table is in use between Flight G and the Big O tournament and most of them left the room.
It was a quick walk while they were gone and we found two big stacks standing out. SHRP regular Zoltan Czinkota looks like the current leader with 101,000 to 5x his starting stack and James Milles is not far behind, only a few chips short of 100,000.
$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante Flight G Entries: 692
With a few minutes remaining before the first break of the day, Flight G hit 692 entries. That is good enough to push the combined total for Event 1 up to 3,334 and officially put the prize pool over $1,000,000.
They will continue running it up today with late registration/re-entry available for Flight G until 3:30pm and Flight H goes at 6pm.
On Friday, the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” saw a packed Hard Rock Event Center host two more flights of Event 1 and a one-day Pot Limit Omaha trophy event.
Flights E and F combined to put more than 1,200 entries into the $1,000,000 Guarantee opening event and the tournament is on the verge of pushing the prize pool into seven-digit territory. Another 163 players booked a seat in Day 2 on Sunday as the Event Center stayed busy all day long.
The one-day Pot Limit Omaha event continued the trend this series of topping the fields from last year. In November 2017, the PLO tournament drew 89 entries and this time around it was a huge 137 entry turnout.
As per usual with PLO tournaments, it played down quickly then slowed as they reached the final two tables. It came to an end when the last three players agreed on a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool evenly and chip leader Igor Tretyakov earned the third trophy of the series.
Event 4 results:
1st: Igor Tretyakov – $7,673 2nd: Pavel Bystrov – $7,672 3rd: Alexander Orlov – $7,672 4th: Josh Clanton – $2,589 5th: Stephanie Clayton – $2,014 6th: Edison Barrera – $1,685 7th: Michael Rosenberg – $1,459 8th: Matthew Bretzfield – $1,297 9th: Piragibe Ataide – $1,149 10th: Oleh Ferkalyuk – $1,007 11th: Hamid Kashvari – $1,007 12th: Jason Wells – $1,007 13th: Tony Tran – $873 14th: Aleksey Filatov – $873 15th: William Marsh – $873 16th: Robert Giardini – $750 17th: Aaron Kupin – $750 18th: David Moreno – $750
Pavel Bystrom (left), Igor Tretyakov (center) and Alexander Orlov (right)
$360 Big O “Five Card PLO8” (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 25/50
Event 1 keeps blasting along and taking up most of the seats in the Hard Rock Event Center but the RRPO schedule continues to keep something around the non-hold’em folks. The first three, one-day events (Limit Omaha 8, H.O.R.S.E., and PLO) all surpassed their numbers from last year and we have a brand new RRPO game today.
Big O is a popular game these days and we put it on the schedule for the first time in August during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. Today they will play the five-card Pot Limit Omaha 8 game again and we will award another trophy later this evening.
The eight-handed tables will start with 10,000 stacks and all levels last 30 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm.
Cards go in the air at noon and this should be a fun one.
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/200 Flight G Entries: 400
Lou Stadler
Tournament staff announced the blind increase to start Level 2 and the tournament clock hit exactly 400 entries at the same time. The field is less than 300 away from making the $1,000,000 Guarantee and it will not take too long to get there.
Walking the early field, we found three former SHRP winners in early action. Lou Stadler, Chris Nomikos, and Jeff Kessler each conquered won a tournament here but only Kessler owns an RRPO title. His came back in 2013 when he won the Seniors Event.
The three days of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” all set us up for a huge Saturday of poker. Event 1 has a $1,000,000 Guaranteed prize pool and drew big crowds but today will top them all.
We have 2,642 entries already in the game and we will hit the guarantee before the day is through. There was already a big group of players waiting to take their seats 20 minutes before cards go in the air at 11am.
The tournament has a $360 buy-in and players sit down to 20,000 deep starting stacks. All Day 1 levels last 30 minutes long and they will switch over to 40-minute levels on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm and they will play 14 levels today before bagging up.
If players miss out on advancing in Flight G, their last chance will be Fight H this evening at 6pm.
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion