Event 8 ($240 Omaha 8 or Better) got underway at 12:00 noon, and there are currently 85 entrants with about 30 minutes left in the registration period.

While the main tournament room is filled to near capacity with Day 2 of Event 6 ($125 NLHE w/ $150K Guarantee) and Day 1A of Event 7 ($560 NLHE w/ $1 Million Guarantee), the Omaha tournament is playing out in the side room, where it’s a little more peaceful.

Today starts my first tourn here in the hardrock series. 560. A milly a milly a milly. #leggo

— Loni Harwood (@Luscious_Lon) August 15, 2013

 

 

Joining Harwood in the late arrivals batch for Event 7 include Stu Paterson, Kevin O’Donnell, David Tuthill, as well as Season XI WPT Champions Andy Hwang and Matt Giannetti. There are currently 362 players registered according to the board. When an official number is announced, we will let you know.

Among the players here for Day 1A of Event 7 are Chris Bell, Michael Tait, Jeremy Jennings, Kenny Nguyen, Cord Garcia, Darryll Fish, Harrison Gimbel, Fred Goldberg, Zachary Kessler, Samantha Cohen, David Paredes, Hayden Fortini, and Tony Ruberto.

The first tournament with a seven-figure guaranteed prize pool of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) kicks off this morning. Event #7 is a $500+$60 affair with six starting flights spread over the next three days. If the field sizes so far have been any indication, the guarantee will be easily surpassed.

Here is the schedule over the next few days for this tournament:

Thursday August 15: Day 1A – 11 a.m.
Thursday August 15: Day 1B – 7 p.m.
Friday August 16: Day 1C – 11 a.m.
Friday August 16: Day 1D – 7 p.m.
Saturday August 17: Day 1E – 11 a.m.
Saturday August 17: Day 1F – 7 p.m.

Levels on the various Day 1’s will last 30 minutes and players begin with 25,000 in chips. Registration will remain open for the first four levels and again, re-entry is available.

We’ll be here shortly after play begins to provide you updates on the action.

After 3 calendar days and 9 starting flights, Day 1 of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em) has finally come to an end. There are 69 players remaining from this final flight, which means there are 388 players coming back for Day 2.

Only 55.7% of them will go on to finish in the money, as there are only 216 spots paid in the prizepool.

Stay tuned for a look at the chipleaders from this flight, followed by a summary of all the Event 6, Day 1 starting flights.

There is one hour left in the 3-days-and-9-flights starting session for Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee). There have been 3,617 entrants, and 319 players have already made it thru to tomorrow’s Day 2.

There are still 108 players in this final field who are battling to join those survivors.

As the blinds increase to 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante, here is a look at the chipleaders and a couple of notables who are still in the field:

1.  Ricardo Velasco  –  199,500  (99 bb)
2.  Neri Sanchez  –  188,000  (94 bb)
3.  Vic Shkurka  –  176,000  (88 bb)

Ebony Kenney  –  100,500  (50 bb)
Adam “Roothlus” Levy  –  49,500  (24 bb)

The Day 1H field for Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee) started with 525 players at 3:00 pm, and there were 57 who made it thru to reach Day 2.

There are now 319 players who have passed thru to Day 2, plus however many survive the final starting field that is currently in action. (We predict about 70 or so to make it thru this last field of the day.)

Day 2 will begin with blinds at 1,500-3,000 and a 300 ante. Here are the official chip counts from Flight 1H:

1.  Nicholas Mahabee  –  227,900
2.  Daniel Buzgon  –  214,800
3.  Jessica Rosado  –  197,900
4.  Mark Shulla  –  195,700
5.  Bryan Green  –  183,500
6.  Justin Levy  –  168,500
7.  Gaston Miculitzki  –  161,500
8.  Rhys Dale  –  152,300
9.  Steve Frantz  –  139,800
10.  Kevin Modecki  –  138,700
11.  Mark Gaudino  –  137,400
12.  Joseph Urgo  –  130,000
13.  Orlando Serrano  –  126,700
14.  David Jackson  –  125,100
15.  Omar Yates  –  124,000
16.  Sascha Walter  –  123,600
17.  Brent Palumbo  –  121,600
18.  Robert Dixon  –  120,600
19.  Steven Bennett  –  110,800
20.  Farid Jordan Dhanani  –  107,200
21.  Stewart Gillespie  –  103,800
22.  Todd Jacobson  –  99,000
23.  Jonathan Sanchez  –  98,200
24.  Dan Danna  –  97,200
25.  Joseph Klima  –  96,900
26.  Jermaine Parker  –  84,700
27.  Gary Petigrow  –  81,000
28.  Robert Poggio  –  73,300
29.  Joel Furney  –  69,800
30.  Emerson Bielen  –  69,200
31.  Zach Carfagno  –  64,000
32.  Mark Bernstein  –  63,200
33.  Kristopher Stupicic  –  63,100
34.  Carlos Ponce  –  62,300
35.  Matthew Waxman  –  62,300
36.  Victor Gordon  –  61,100
37.  Marilyn Finberg  –  59,400
38.  Taylor Fortini  –  58,300
39.  William James  –  56,500
40.  Ed Vasconcezos  –  56,100
41.  Richard Koss  –  55,400
42.  Karaminder Dhillon  –  54,000
43.  Michael Delk  –  52,800
44.  Earl Keith Hackworth  –  52,300
45.  Justin Zaki  –  51,500
46.  Daniel Simon  –  50,500
47.  Gustavo Anzueto  –  47,500
48.  Glenn Rivera  –  41,500
49.  Daniel Rosenbaum  –  40,600
50.  Alex Donofrio  –  40,300
51.  Nicholas Dennis  –  39,600
52.  Richard Tulchin  –  38,500
53.  Emily Fager  –  36,600
54.  Alexander Carfagno  –  36,300
55.  Sherif Vuich  –  29,600
56.  Robert Lewis  –  22,300
57.  Thomas Mertzluffi  –  22,200
58.  Grayson Nichols  –  21,700
59.  Neetalion Gonzalez  –  16,100

Flight I of Event 6 was the largest starting field yet, with 679 entrants. After two breaks, the field has whittled down to about 225 players, for an average chip stack around 30,000 (37 big blinds).

There have been 319 survivors so far from the other eight starting flights, and there will probably be about 70 or so to make it thru from this flight.

So we expect nearly 400 survivors to reach Day 2, and the final 216 will finish in the money.

The official numbers are in, and Event 6 attracted 3,617 entrants for a total prizepool of $361,700. That’s an amazing amount for a tournament with just a $125 buy-in.

Here’s the official prizepool:

1st:  $57,976
2nd:  $40,880
3rd:  $29,775
4th:  $21,270
5th:  $14,685
6th:  $11,310
7th:  $8,610
8th:  $6,310
9th:  $4,525
10th-12th:  $3,472
13th-15th:  $2,713
16th-18th:  $2,279
19th-27th:  $1,917
28th-36th:  $1,628
37th-45th:  $1,374
46th-54th:  $1,194
55th-63rd:  $1,049
64th-72nd:  $940
73rd-81st:  $832
82nd-90th:  $760
91st-99th:  $687
100th-108th:  $579
109th-117th:  $543
118th-126th:  $506
127th-135th:  $470
136th-144th:  $434
145th-162nd:  $398
163rd-180th:  $362
181st-198th:  $326
199th-216th:  $289