$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 105

On a flop of , the player in the small blind checked and Ben Scrogins checked from under the gun. Zoltan Czinkota bet 1,300 from the cutoff and was called by both players.

The turn was the and action checked to Czinkota again, who bet 2,500. The small blind called and Scrogins folded.

The river was the and both players checked. Czinkota showed , but the small blind won the pot with .

Czinkota loses the pot, but is still very healthy on chips with almost double his original starting stack.

Zoltan Czinkota – 36,000

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 145

Flight A: 145 Entries: 28 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Tuesday at 11am
Flight D: Tuesday at 6pm
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 28 of 145

Play has come to an end in the first Flight of Event 6 and Blake Vita is the early leader returning for Day 2. It looked like Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah was going to lock up those honors but Vita took a nice pot off of Timothy Kegel on the last hand to move ahead, his 246,000 just a little bit better than Maddah’s 212,000.

There were 28 players still around after 14 levels and they will return on Wednesday at 1pm to play to a champion.

Full Flight A chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Top five Flight A stacks:

1. Blake Vita – 296,000
2. Wally Maddah – 212,000
3. George Khoriaty – 198,500
4. Haim Toorgeman – 195,500
5. Andre Rakusa – 160,500

$360 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 12: 800/1,600
Players Remaining: 20 of 94

The Pot Limit Omaha/8 tournament has been sent off on its 40-minute dinner break with 20 remaining including a tough section of Darryll Fish and Phil Hui in back-to-back seats.

They’ll return to play down to the money when 12 remain, on to the final, and the eventual champion.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Flight B Entries: 47

Flight B is building up while Flight A plays its last level of the evening. We have 47 entries in Flight B at the start including a unique chance to see Tony Ruberto this early.

“This never happens,” Ruberto joked. “I’m never here for the first hand.”

“It might be five years since I was here at the start.”

Ruberto picked up some jewelry here a few months ago. The WPT Champions Club member won his first WSOP Circuit ring in September to add to his $2.1 million in career earnings.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

The second of four flights of the $250,000 Guaranteed Event 6 is ready to go in the back of the ballroom and move the tournament closer to the hitting that number.

Flight A drew 145 entries to set the pace and this evening’s flight should post similar numbers. That will put them on target to hit the guarantee tomorrow evening for the $570 buy-in tournament.

Players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and 30-minute levels throughout the flight. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. They are scheduled to play 14 full levels and those with chips at the end will bag them up for a return on Wednesday for Day 2.

They’ll get underway at >6pm to finish off another great day of poker.

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 6 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 54 of 145

Flight A players are taking their second break of the day and will return to play two more levels. When they wrap up Level 14, those with chips will bag them up for a Day 2 return on Wednesday.

Two of the bigger stacks remaining belong to SHRP regular Andre Rakusa (130,000) and Timothy Kegel (124,000). We will track them over the next two levels and see who will bag the first chip lead.

2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
Ultimate Re-Entry
$360 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 3,570
Total Prize Pool: $1,071,000
Multi-Stack Payouts: 38 @ $2,500 = $95,000
Day 2 Prize Pool: $976,000
November 15-20, 2017

The opening event of the 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood was a big one and required an extra day of play to find a champion. There were 3,570 entries in the Ultimate Re-Entry event and South Florida amateur player Francois Zayas walked away with the title plus more than $100,000.

The Ultimate Re-Entry tournament ran eight starting flights over four days to put up huge numbers into the field. The event had a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool that was easily surpassed and they combined to create a prize pool worth more than $1 million.

The unique event also featured a twist that allowed players to enter as many flights as they wished and they could advance multiple stacks forward to Day 2. If players were able to survive more than one flight, they would play their biggest stack on Day 2 and receive a $2,500 Multi-stack award for their other stacks.

Nicholas Cookendorfer was the big winner in the Multi-stack award category after he was able to survive in four of the eight flights to cash out $7,500 before playing on Day 2.

The 314 players who made it through the opening flights returned for Day 2 on Sunday and they were already in the money. That meant the action was fast from the restart and the field was cut in half before the first break.

Only 55 players remained when they went on dinner break and they continued shrinking the field until the clock was paused at 3am. There were still 13 players alive and they were set to return on Monday for a bonus day of poker with Daniel Taylor leading the pack.

Three quick eliminations on Day 3 sent the Ultimate Re-Entry down to the final table with Taylor and Zayas neck-and-neck for the chip lead. Zayas took command early and pulled the lead directly from Taylor.

Tracy Potter was the shortest at the final table and hit the exit in tenth place followed by 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $1,100 Big 4 champ Ruslan Dykshteyn. Sam Wynder was eliminated in eighth place and the seven remaining players decided to work out a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool.

Zayas was declared the champion courtesy of his chip lead and he officially took home $107,973 for his efforts with Taylor, Song O, Benjamin Miner, Brandon Ageloff, Richard Treppenssee, and Pasquale Caiazza rounding out the top seven spots.

Zayas made the most of his chances and took the title with only a single entry in the tournament. His one shot came Saturday afternoon and he was able to bag a top twenty stack for his Day 2 return.

“It was awesome,” Zayas commented when asked about his tournament. “I ran good since Day 1 and today I ran like a god.”

Zayas also had a little family good luck on his side. When he jumped in his car to return for the final day, there was a secret good luck note waiting for him from his children.

“It was the cutest thing,” Zayas beamed. “They snuck it in the car and it said ‘good luck, have a good game, I hope you do great, win the trophy’ and I didn’t know until I got in the car. That was great.”

It was another successful running of the Ultimate Re-Entry format, bringing in huge numbers, and paying out another seven-digit prize pool. Congratulations to Francois and everyone else who made some money.

Final table results:

1st: Francois Zayas – $107,973 + Trophy*
2nd: Daniel Taylor – $85,481*
3rd: Song O – $85,146*
4th: Benjamin Miner – $75,070*
5th: Brandon Ageloff – $70,133*
6th: Richard Treppenssee – $57,735*
7th: Pasquale Caiazza – $52,661*
8th: Sam Wynder – $15,818
9th: Ruslan Dykshteyn – $11,205
10th: Tracy Potter – $7,250
* – denotes results of a seven-way deal

• Download: Final Results (PDF)

$360 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 10: 500/1,000
Players Remaining: 45 of 94

The numbers were crunched and we have the official prize pool information for the Pot Limit Omaha/8 event. The tournament attracted 94 entries to create a prize pool worth $28,200.

The last 12 players will share a piece of that money with a min-cash earning $706 and the PLO8 champ banking $8,945.

1st: $8,945 + Trophy
2nd: $5,358
3rd: $3,384
4th: $2,186
5th: $1,692
6th: $1,340
7th: $1,128
8th: $987
9th: $895
10th: $818
11th: $761
12th: $706

$360 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Structure Sheet
Level 9: 400/800
Players Remaining: 54 of 94

Pot Limit Omaha/8 players returned from their second break and registration has closed on this one-day trophy event. The tournament drew 94 entries and there are some talented folks in the field.

A few of those include Jeffrey Trudeau Jr, David Prociak, Errol Massey, Robert Campbell, Joel Harwood, Phil Hui, and three-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Nancy Birnbaum along with Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Darryll Fish.

We will release the prize pool and payout information as soon as it is available.