$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 234 of 621
Abbey Daniels was heads up and out of position in the big blind, and the board showed . She checked, and her opponent bet 25,200 into a pot of just over 50,000. Daniels pondered for just a few seconds before flicking a single chip into the pot to signify a call.
“Good call,” her opponent said, tapping the felt with his cards and sliding them into the muck.
Daniels asked if she had to show to win the pot, and she was informed that she did not. “I’ll show one anyway,” she said, exposing the .
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante Total 1E Entries: 621
Registration closed on the fifth flight of Event 10 and it was easily the biggest of them so far. A total of 621 entries went into the prize pool to push it over the $1,000,000 mark with a full flight left to go starting at 6pm.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante Total 1E Entries: 617
Flight E files out of the room on break, while Table 5 has a long hand still going
Flight E players are on their second break of the day with 617 entrants showing on the clock. Registration will close when they return, leaving only one more chance for players to make Day 2 tomorrow afternoon.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante Total 1E Entries: 600
Michael Laake (Punta Gorda, FL)
Another SHRP team member jumped in the game and we found four-time SHRP champion Michael Laake making his first appearance this series.
His last title came when he won the $1,100 Six-Max event in April during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown a few months after he won the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open $560 Deepstack.
Just sat down for the $570/$1M gtd @shrpo, ready to build castles and so thankful to be back on my home court
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante Total 1E Entries: 580
Michelle Shah (Delray Beach, FL)
Michelle Shah was quietly grinding her Flight E stack when she ran into a big blind defender. She opened to 1,300 and her opponent called from the big blind to see the flop.
He check/called 2,050 from Shah to the turn and he checked again. Shaha threw out all her non-5K chips for 2,800 and he check/raised to 8,000. Shah announced all-in for 25,000 and he gave it a lot of thought.
He eventually called and showed his flopped two pair to put Shah in trouble with . She had eight saving outs but none appeared on the river to send her out.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante Total 1E Entries: 535
With the 535th entry today, Event 10 officially hit the $1,000,000 prize pool and it will continue to climb from this point forward. There’s still plenty of time to get in the action, late reg closes on this flight at 3:30pm and the final flight runs at 6pm.
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida announced today its Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open series kicks off November 16 with a $1,000,000 guarantee. The tournament features a $360 buy-in and serves as a precursor to the $3,500 buy-in, $2,000,000 guaranteed Championship.
Additional information on the series will be made available in the coming weeks.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante Total 1E Entries: 510
Vincent Caruso (Charleston, SC)
The field picked up a nice number of players while they were mingling in the lobby. Event 10 is only a handful of entries away from hitting seven-digit territory and everyone is watching the clock.
Vincent Caruso returned from break with the chip lead but there are three players on his heels, each a 1K chip behind the next.
Top stacks and some notable names:
Vincent Caruso – 63,000 (210 bb) Robert Dukes – 62,000 (207 bb) John Marlow – 61,000 (203 bb) Parkison Keevican – 60,000 (200 bb) Jose Silverman – 57,700 (192 bb) Francois Zayas – 55,600 (185 bb) Randall Cohen – 53,000 (177 bb) Steven McKoy – 52,000 (173 bb) William McIntyre – 50,000 (167 bb) Qaseem Jamhour – 44,000 (147 bb) Cate Hall – 41,325 (138 bb) Erik Christensen – 38,500 (128 bb) Sheddy Siddiqui – 29,125 (97 bb) Jessica Meir – 26,650 (89 bb) Raymond Ruszkowski – 22,000 (73 bb) Joe Serock – 17,300 (58 bb)