Notables in the Day 1G starting flight for Event 6 ($125 no-limit hold’em – $150,000 guaranteed) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open include Michael Rocco, Nancy Birnbaum, Jeremy Jennings, Marsha Wolak, Ylon Schwartz and Justin Zaki, who is playing in his first tournament of the series today.
Event 6 Day 1G: Field Update
There are currently 272 players in the Day 1G flight for Event 6 ($125 no-limit hold’em – $150,000 guaranteed) and the registration is still open until 2 p.m. ET. That takes the total number of players up to 2,361.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Offers $12.5 Million in Guarantees
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida will award $12.5 million in guaranteed prize pools at 33 events that run from August 8-29. Everything leads up to the $5,300 no-limit hold’em championship event that starts on August 22 and features a $10 million guarantee that will crown a champion on August 28. Another marquee event on the schedule is the inaugural World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 no-limit hold’em high roller event that runs on August 26 and 27.
Other preliminary events to keep an eye on include Event No. 1 ($350 no-limit hold’em – $500,000 guaranteed), Event No. 6 ($125 no-limit hold’em – $150,000 guaranteed prize pool), Event No. 7($560 no-limit hold’em – $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool), and Event No. 23 ($150 no-limit hold’em – $50,000 guaranteed prize pool). The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open live updates team will bring you all of the action from all 33 events. In addition to the website coverage you can also get updates on Facebook if you like the page: The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, and follow us on Twitter @SHRPOLive. Live Streaming video from each and every day of the tournament series can be found here: www.SHRPOLive.com.
Here is a look at the remaining schedule:
| Event | Date | Time | Tournament | Guarantees | Buy-in | |
| Event #6 $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | ||||||
| 6-1G | Wed, Aug 14 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1G | $125 | ||
| 6-1H | Wed, Aug 14 | 3:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1H | $125 | ||
| 6-1I | Wed, Aug 14 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1I | $125 | ||
| 7-1A | Thr, Aug 15 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1A | Event #7 $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | $560 | |
| 8 | Thr, Aug 15 | 12:00 PM | Omaha 8 or Better | $15,000 | $240 | |
| 6-2 | Thr, Aug 15 | 1:00 PM | Event #6 Day #2 Restart | |||
| 7-1B | Thr, Aug 15 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1B | Event #7 $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | $560 | |
| 7-1C | Fri, Aug 16 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1C | $560 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Aug 16 | 1:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em (Double Green Chip Bounty) | $150 | ||
| 7-1D | Fri, Aug 16 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1D | Event #7 $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | $560 | |
| 7-1E | Sat, Aug 17 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1E | $560 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Aug 17 | 1:00 PM | H.O.R.S.E. | $10,000 | $240 | |
| 7-1F | Sat, Aug 17 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1F | Event #7 $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | $560 | |
| 11 | Sun, Aug 18 | 12:00 PM | No limit Texas Hold’em (Registrations 4 Levels) | $150,000 | $2,200 | |
| 7-2 | Sun, Aug 18 | 1:00 PM | Event # 7 Day 2 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Aug 18 | 1:00 PM | PLO 8 or Better | $10,000 | $240 | |
| 13 | Sun, Aug 18 | 3:00 PM | Hold’em ESCALATOR**** | $10,000 | $240 | |
| 14 | Sun, Aug 18 | 6:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em | $20,000 | $150 | |
| 15 | Mon, Aug 19 | 12:00 PM | Seniors No Limit Hold’em (50 Years old or older to qualify) | $10,000 | $240 | |
| 16 | Mon, Aug 19 | 1:00 PM | No Limit Texas Hold’em (6 Max) | $20,000 | $350 | |
| 17 | Mon, Aug 19 | 6:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em | $25,000 | $300 | |
| 18 | Tue, Aug 20 | 3:00 PM | Pot-Limit Omaha (Double Stack) | $10,000 | $240 | |
| 19 | Tue, Aug 20 | 6:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em | $20,000 | $150 | |
| 20 | Wed, Aug 21 | 6:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em | $20,000 | $150 | |
| 21-1A | Thr, Aug 22 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Championship Day 1A | Event #21 $10,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | $5,300 | |
| 21-1B | Fri, Aug 23 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Championship Day 1B | $5,300 | ||
| 21-1C | Sat, Aug 24 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Championship Day 1C | $5,300 | ||
| 21-2 | Sun, Aug 25 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Championship Day 2 | |||
| 21-3 | Mon, Aug 26 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Championship Day 3 | |||
| 22 | Mon, Aug 26 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em | $30,000 | $300 | |
| 23 | Mon, Aug 26 | 12:00 PM | Super High Roller No Limit Hold’em | $100,000 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Aug 26 | 3:00 PM | PLO 8 or Better | $10,000 | $240 | |
| 25-1A | Mon, Aug 26 | 5:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Event #25 Day 1A | Event #25 $50,000 | $150 | |
| 21-4 | Tue, Aug 27 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Championship Day 4 | |||
| 26 | Tue, Aug 27 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em (Purple Chip Bounty) | $75,000 | $1,650 | |
| 27 | Tue, Aug 27 | 3:00 PM | Razz | $5,000 | $240 | |
| 25-1B | Tue, Aug 27 | 5:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Event #25 Day 1B | Event # 25 $50,000 | $150 | |
| 21-5 | Wed, Aug 28 | TBA | No Limit Hold’em Championship Final | |||
| 28 | Wed, Aug 28 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em (Six Handed Double Stack) | $30,000 | $560 | |
| 29 | Wed, Aug 28 | 3:00 PM | Pot-Limit Omaha (Double Stack) | $10,000 | $240 | |
| 25-2 | Wed, Aug 28 | 5:00 PM | Event #25 Day 2 Restart | |||
| 30 | Wed, Aug 28 | 6:00 PM | No Limit Texas Hold’em | $25,000 | $300 | |
| 31 | Thr, Aug 29 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Texas Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo | $30,000 | $240 | |
| 32 | Thr, Aug 29 | 3:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em (Ante Only) | $5,000 | $125 | |
| 33 | Thr, Aug 29 | 6:00 PM | No Limit Texas Hold’em Double Stack Turbo | $20,000 | $150 |
Event 6 Day 1G: Play Begins
The Day 1G starting flight for Event 6 ($125 no-limit hold’em – $150,000 guaranteed) has begun with blinds at 25-50 and starting stacks worth 10,000. They will play 14 30-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels this evening and play should end just before 7 p.m.
The total field size is already 2,089 players so the prize pool us up to $208,900. There are still two starting flights that will take place on Wednesday so that number could grow to 3,000 and double the guaranteed prize pool. Here is a breakdown of the remaining schedule for today.
Wednesday, August 14: Day 1H – 3 p.m.
Wednesday, August 14: Day 1I – 7 p.m.
Players can re-enter in any of these starting flights. Stay tuned tonight for further coverage from all of Wednesday’s starting flights and see which players advance to join the 223 that have already made it to Day 2 on Thursday, August 15.
Here is a look at turnouts and survivors from the previous starting flights:
Flight A (Mon @ 11 am): 36 of 285
Flight B (Mon @ 3 pm): 35 of 347
Flight C (Mon @ 7 pm): 44 of 397
Flight D (Tue @ 11 am): 25 of 278
Flight E (Tue @ 3 pm): 36 of 406
Flight F (Tue @ 7 pm): 47 of 376
Tuesday Night Recap: Another Guarantee Is Smashed at the SHRPO
There was only one event in action on Tuesday in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, as it was the second starting day for Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em), with three flights starting at 11:00 am, 3:00 pm, and 7:00 pm.
This event needed to attract a field of at least 1,500 entrants to clear the $150,000 prizepool guarantee, and that number was surpassed about halfway through the day. Even if registration closed after two starting days instead of three, the prizepool would already be more than $200,000.
But there are still three more starting flights tomorrow (Wednesday) to grow the prizepool even larger.
Here is a breakdown of the starting fields for each flight:
Flight A (Mon @ 11 am): 285
Flight B (Mon @ 3 pm): 347
Flight C (Mon @ 7 pm): 397
Flight D (Tue @ 11 am): 278
Flight E (Tue @ 3 pm): 406
Flight F (Tue @ 7 pm): 376
Flight G (Wed @ 11 am): ?
Flight H (Wed @ 3 pm): ?
Flight I (Wed @ 7 pm): ?
Total Field Size (so far): 2,089
Total Prizepool (so far): $208,900
So there have been 2,089 entrants in this tournament so far, but most of them have already busted. How many survivors have made it through?
Flight A: 36
Flight B: 35
Flight C: 44
Flight D: 25
Flight E: 36
Flight F: 47
Flight G: ?
Flight H: ?
Flight I: ?
Total # of Survivors to Day 2 (so far): 223
Of those 223 survivors, only 11 made it thru Day 1 with more than 200,000 in chips. Here’s the top of the leaderboard, with the blinds increasing to 1,500-3,000 and a 300 ante:
1. Edward Gilfillan – 305,400 (101 bb)
2. Corey Zarnoch – 274,800 (91 bb)
3. Leonard Sande – 268,000 (89 bb)
4. Manny Julve – 235,300 (78 bb)
5. Nancy Birnbaum – 229,100 (76 bb)
6. Mark Zand – 225,800 (75 bb)
7. Gerardo Gonzalez – 225,200 (75 bb)
8. Beatris Gonzalez – 216,600 (72 bb)
9. Ryan Gunderson – 212,300 (70 bb)
10. Jeremy Costa – 201,000 (67 bb)
11. Michael Chwiej – 200,800 (66 bb)
Will the field size reach 3,000? Will the prizepool reach $300,000 for a $125 buy-in tournament? And will anyone from the three starting flights on Wednesday be able to cross the 300,000 mark and catch Edward Gilfillan for the Day 1 chip lead?
Return to SHRPOlive.com on Wednesday for the answers to these and other questions.
Event 6: Pasquale Caiazza Tops Final 47 From Day 1F
Flight 1F came to an end with 47 survivors remaining from the 376 who started at 7:00 pm. Here’s a look at the top five players who finished from this flight:
1. Pasquale Caiazza – 192,500 (64 bb)
2. Taylor Moore – 166,400 (55 bb)
3. John Holley – 150,900 (50 bb)
4. Michael Johnson – 150,000 (50 bb)
5. Gabriel Ramos – 144,200 (48 bb)
A full summary of the day will be posted soon.
Event 6, Day 1F: Pasquale Caiazza Has Nearly Lapped the Field
There were 375 players who started the 7:00 pm Day 1F of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee), and as they return from the last break of the day, there are 59 players remaining.
The average chip stack is about 63,500, which is worth 31 big blinds.
Normally, during the last break of a starting flight, we’ll scan the field for chip stacks above 120,000 to find the leaderboard. But tonight, in Flight 1F, there was only one player above that mark — Pasquale Caiazza.
Caiazza has 209,000, nearly twice as much as the next closest stack, which belongs to Steven Moreno (119,000).
1. Pasquale Caiazza – 209,000 (104 bb)
2. Steven Moreno – 119,000 (59 bb)
Nobody else in the field has much over 100,000, but that will certainly change as they play one more hour before bagging-and-tagging their chips for the night.
Event 6, Day 1E: 36 Survive as Edward Gilfillan Cracks 300K
There were 406 entrants in Flight 1E of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee), which started at 3:00 pm. This has been the largest flight of the tournament so far.
After 14 levels of play, there were 36 players left who made it thru to Day 2, which will play out on Thursday. Here are the official chip counts, with the blinds increasing to 1,500-3,000 and a 300 ante on Day 2:
1. Edward Gilfillan – 305,400 (101 bb)
2. Manny Julve – 235,300 (78 bb)
3. Nancy Birnbaum – 229,100 (76 bb)
4. Beatris Gonzalez – 216,600 (72 bb)
5. Paul Balzano – 183,500 (61 bb)
6. Baruch Altman – 167,000 (55 bb)
7. Manuel Santos – 159,400 (53 bb)
8. Evan Snow – 152,600 (50 bb)
9. Dan Ishaki – 152,100 (50 bb)
10. Stanley Point Du Jour – 152,000 (50 bb)
11. Andrew Becker – 149,700 (49 bb)
12. Zo Karim – 145,500 (48 bb)
13. Alejandro Holch – 136,700 (45 bb)
14. Maris Kirschbaum – 134,300 (44 bb)
15. Jeffrey Kim – 131,200 (43 bb)
16. Clint Dunn – 125,100 (41 bb)
17. Jesse Petrakis – 123,500 (41 bb)
18. Joshua Deamon – 20,200 (40 bb)
19. Thomas Farrell – 98,000 (32 bb)
20. Pablo Ortiz – 91,100 (30 bb)
21. Timothy Wardenski – 89,500 (29 bb)
22. Tad Wood – 86,800 (28 bb)
23. Robert Castro – 76,700 (25 bb)
24. Michael Eddy – 71,800 (23 bb)
25. Javier Gomez Ortiz – 67,300 (22 bb)
26. Steven Zaffos – 54,800 (18 bb)
27. Ory Hen – 54,700 (18 bb)
28. Richard Smith – 54,700 (18 bb)
29. Shannon Sievers – 47,600 (15 bb)
30. Alfred Forman – 46,800 (15 bb)
31. Lanier Marchant Davenport – 42,500 (14 bb)
32. José Luis Arce Guzman – 39,400 (13 bb)
33. Michael Lucas – 37,400 (12 bb)
34. Jack Koontz – 35,700 (11 bb)
35. Doug Schmult – 33,700 (11 bb)
36. David Carpenter – 33,200 (11 bb)
Edward Gilfillan is the first player from any flight to cross the 300,000 mark, so he is the overall chipleader so far.
There will be three more flights tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:00 am, 3:00 pm, and 7:00 pm, making the total field size even larger, and shattering the $150,000 guaranteed prizepool.
Event 6, Day 1F: Nadim Faraj Leads with 126 Left
There were 375 players who started the 7:00 pm Day 1F of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee), and after eight levels, there are 126 remaining.
The players return from their second break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 400-800 and a 100 ante. The average chip stack is about 29,700, which is about 37 big blinds.
Here is a look at the top of the leaderboard from the break:
1. Nadim Faraj – 112,000 (140 bb)
2. Ben Sriqui – 86,000 (107 bb)
T-3. Peter Bejusca – 80,000 (100 bb)
T-3. Michael Johnson – 80,000 (100 bb)
Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 14, which should be around 2:40 am ET.
Event 6, Day 1E: Edward Gilfillan Leads at Final Break
There were 406 players who started the 3:00 pm Day 1E of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee), and as they return from the last break of the day, there are 54 players remaining.
Here is a look at the leaderboard from the break with an hour left before they bag their chips:
1. Edward Gilfillan – 260,000 (130 bb)
2. Zo Karim – 237,000 (118 bb)
3. Manuel Santos – 180,000 (90 bb)
4. Ted Wood – 158,000 (79 bb)
5. Nancy Birnbaum – 142,000 (71 bb)
6. Andrew Becker – 141,000 (70 bb)
T-7. Clint Dunn – 135,000 (67 bb)
T-7. Jeffrey Kim – 135,000 (67 bb)
8. Jesse Petrakis – 114,000 (57 bb)