$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/12,000/3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 114 of 3,173

Raj Vohra sits atop the list of our chipleaders, with Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake and Ana Freitas in contention as the race heats up.

Top stacks:

Raj Vohra – 1,756,000 (146 bb)
Michael Laake – 1,596,000 (133 bb)
Ana Freitas – 1,302,000 (109 bb)
Paulo Treu – 1,267,000 (106 bb)
Carmelo Maldonado – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Alex Ivan – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Reinaldo Troconis – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Troconis Reinaldo – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Matthew Humphrey – 1,100,000 (68 bb)
Jia Liu– 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Julio Ruiz – 1,040,000 (86 bb)

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event #2
$300 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries: 354
Prizepool: $90,270

1st: $19,070
2nd: $13,349
3rd: $8,583
4th: $5,588
5th: $4,306
6th: $3,561
7th: $2,988
8th: $2,442
9th: $1,907
10th-12th: $1,607
13th-15th: $1,363
16th-18th: $1,124
19th-21st: $939
22nd-24th: $763
25th-27th: $657
28th-36th: $554
37th-45th: $459

$300 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 ante
Total Entries: 351

Players went on a 15 minute break, registration closes at the end of break. There are currently 351 entrants. Prizepool information to be posted when official.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
End of Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 115 of 3,173

Level 22 is complete, and the 115 remaining players have been sent on their 40-minute dinner break.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 3,173

Quan Chau moved all in for his last 220,000 from the button, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake called from the small blind.

Chau turned over and needed help against Laake’s . The board ran out and Laake’s king high held eliminating Chau in 145th place.

Michael Laake  –  1,550,000
Quan Chau  –  Eliminated in 145th place  ($1,587)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 3,173

The Harwood family has some poker chops and they were on display today. Loni and Joel both entered Day 2 with sub-average chip stacks but each rode it into the money.

Loni hit the exit before the most recent break and Joel followed her to the payout desk after the break.

Loni has two WSOP bracelets, three WSOP Circuit rings, and a WSOP National Championship. Joel seems to make every Omaha/8 final table we run and he has a H.O.R.S.E. title from the 2016 Everglades Poker Open.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 3,173

Jake Schwartz opens to 26,000 from UTG and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake calls from the small blind. The flop comes and both players check.

The comes on the turn, Laake bets 27,000 and Schwartz calls. The hits the river, Laake bets 65,000 and Schwartz  calls. Laake flips over   for the winning trip kings. Schwartz groans saying “It felt like a value bet”

Michael Laake  –  1,335,000
Jake Schwartz  –  300,000

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

The second new tournament of the day is underway in the ballroom with some big money up top as well as at the table from the start. Event 3 is a $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty tournament with $1,000 from each entry going to the prize pool and $500 going on each player’s head. Knock them out, get a $500 purple cash chip.

That gives players an incentive to be active early and try to make a profit before getting very deep into the tournament.

Players sit down to 12,000 stacks and the first 11 levels last 30 minutes. Registration is open until the start of Level 12 and players are limited to a single re-entry should they bust their stack. Once registration is closed, level lengths will increase to 40 minutes until they reach the final table.

This is scheduled as a two-day event, everyone with chips at the end of Level 14 will bag them up for a return tomorrow at 2pm.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels 1-11 last 30 minutes; Levels 12+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 12
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 3,173

Players returned to their seats and a table was immediately broken to get the player count down to 171.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui continues to lead the field with Paulo Treu maintaining his spot in second with the other stack over one million.

Joseph Rivers and Rajesh Volra are making a bid to join them and they are in contention along with two-time 2017 WSOP champ Nipun Java also sitting in the top ten.

Top stacks:

Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Paulo Treu – 1,090,000 (91 bb)
Joseph Rivers – 975,000 (81 bb)
Rajesh Volra – 975,000 (81 bb)
Nipun Java – 940,000 (78 bb)
Jorlius Martinez – 900,000 (75 bb)
Richard Leger – 860,000 (72 bb)
Troconis Reinaldo – 850,000 (71 bb)
Braulio Puello – 810,000 (68 bb)
Luis Mantilla – 800,000 (67 bb)
Kurt Jewell – 800,000 (67 bb)