Here is a look at the players who joined the field late but before the close of registration for Day 1B.
Adam Levy
Michael Beasley
Fred Goldberg
Hans Winzeler
Stu Patterson
Zo Karim
Donny Mizrachi
Players Lounge Open for Business
The Players Lounge will be open each day until midnight at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open adjacent to the ballroom. The room features televisions, Nintendo Wii, a pool table, couches and free beverages.
Registration Closes with over 600 Players
Cards are back in the air for Level 5 after the first break of the day and that means registration has closed. The turnout for Day 1B clocks in at 622 players, which takes the event total up to 1,257. With three more starting flights left to add players to the field, this could be one of the largest live tournaments of the year.
There are currently 480 players remaining from the 622 that entered the tournament today.
A Few Familiar Faces in the Field
It is no secret that when given the option professional poker players will choose the later start time for a tournament day that has two starting flights. Today is another case in point. After there were dozens of familiar faces on Day 1A, which started at 7 p.m. on Thursday, the notables are far and few between on Day 1B, which started at 11 a.m. this (poker) morning. Here is a look at who did make the early wake-up call at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
Noah Schwartz – The poker professional has won $3.5 million in live events and another half million online. He won his first major title last year on the World Poker Tour and he had a strong summer in Las Vegas where he finished runner up in a $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event and he took 52nd place in a field of 6,352 players in the $10,000 Main Event.
Ylon Schwartz – Ylon made his claim to fame in the poker world when he took fourth place at the 2008 World Series of Poker main event as a member of the November Nine. He took home $3.7 million for that score and he has traveled the tournament trail consistently since that time, pushing his all-time earnings past $4.6 million.
Alex Bolotin – Alex is a professional poker player from Brooklyn, New York who has close to $2 million in career tournament earnings. He has appeared at many final tables on the major tours and he won the Ante Up for Africa charity tournament at the World Series of Poker in 2009.
Matthew Burnitz – Burnitz found success on the World Poker Tour during Season XI. He cashed at the Borgata in Atlantic City twice. He took second place at the Borgata Poker Open, which was good for $488,850 and followed that up with a 46th place finish at the Borgata Winter Poker Open to add another $10,287.
Field Update – 400 Players
At the end of Level 1 the turnout for Day 1B of Event 1 ($350 no-limit hold’em – $500,000 guaranteed) has reached 400 players at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
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 full schedule:
| Event | Date | Time | Tournament | Guarantees | Buy-in | |
| 1-1A | Thr, Aug 08 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1A | Event #1 $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | $350 | |
| 1-1B | Fri, Aug 09 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1B | $350 | ||
| 1-1C | Fri, Aug 09 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1C | $350 | ||
| 1-1D | Sat, Aug 10 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1D | $350 | ||
| 1-1E | Sat, Aug 10 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1E | $350 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Aug 11 | 12:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em (Registration Four Hours) | $75,000 | $1,100 | |
| 1-2 | Sun, Aug 11 | 1:00 PM | Event #1 Day #2 Restart | |||
| 3 | Sun, Aug 11 | 2:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em (Deep Stack Turbo) | $25,000 | $240 | |
| 4 | Sun, Aug 11 | 3:00 PM | Seven Card Stud | $5,000 | $240 | |
| 5 | Sun, Aug 11 | 6:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em (Black Chip Bounty) | $20,000 | $240 | |
| 6-1A | Mon, Aug 12 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1A | Event #6 $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool | $125 | |
| 6-1B | Mon, Aug 12 | 3:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1B | $125 | ||
| 6-1C | Mon, Aug 12 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1C | $125 | ||
| 6-1D | Tue, Aug 13 | 11:00 AM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1D | $125 | ||
| 6-1E | Tue, Aug 13 | 3:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1E | $125 | ||
| 6-1F | Tue, Aug 13 | 7:00 PM | No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Day 1F | $125 | ||
| 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 1 Day 1B Begins at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
The second starting flight of the first event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida has begun, with cards in the air at 11 a.m. Eastern Time.
Event No. 1 ($350 No-Limit Hold’em) is a re-entry tournament with five starting flights. Here is a look at the schedule for the remaining starting flights and turnout and survivors of those that have already taken place:
Day 1A: 121 survivors of 635 entrants
Day 1B: Friday, August 9 – 11 a.m.
Day 1C: Friday, August 9 – 7 p.m.
Day 1D: Saturday, August 10 – 11 a.m.
Day 1E: Saturday, August 10 – 7 p.m.
Today we will bring you live coverage from Day 1B as the field plays 14, 30-minute levels starting at 11 a.m. There will be a break every two levels so action will end just before 7 p.m. At 7 p.m. cards will get in the air for Day 1C, which will also play 14, 30-minute levels and end just before 3 a.m. tonight.
Players can re-enter the tournament on any start day. They may also re-enter the tournament on any subsequent flight. The tournament has a guaranteed prize pool worth $500,000. Day 2 will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 11.
Players will begin with 20,000 in chips and blinds start at 25-50 for Level 1. Shuffle up and deal!
Mark Spies Leads After Day 1A of Event #1 of Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida kicked off Thursday night with Day 1A of Event #1: $350 No-Limit Hold’em Deep Stack. After 14 levels of play, the starting field of 631 entries is down 121 players, each guaranteed a seat on Day 2 (to be played on Sunday). On top of the chip counts is Mark Spies with 427,000. He is followed by Michael Lipman (279,700), Chad Eveslage (270,000), and Jose Avila (230,400).
Also surviving the day were David Diaz (175,200), Peter Chin (88,200), Mike Beasley (84,000), Michael Morton (65,000), and Nancy Birnbaum (53,600). Among those who failed to survive Day 1A were Adam Levy, Darryll Fish, Corey Burbick, Raj Vohra, and Dan Buzgon. Since the event is a re-entry, you can expect to see those players back in action.
Here are the remaining flights for Event #1:
Day 1B: Friday, August 9 – 11 a.m.
Day 1C: Friday, August 9 – 7 p.m.
Day 1D: Saturday, August 10 – 11 a.m.
Day 1E: Saturday, August 10 – 7 p.m.
The 126 survivors from Day 1A have the option to re-enter in a later flight and will advance to Day 2 with their largest stack. Play resumes at 11 a.m. Friday morning and be sure to check out http://www.seminolehardrockpokeropen.com/live-updates for live updates on all of the action.
Mark Spies Leads the 121 Day 1A Survivors of Event #1
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida kicked off Thursday night with Day 1A of Event #1: $350 No-Limit Hold’em Deep Stack. After 14 levels of play, the starting field of 631 entries is down 121 players, each guaranteed a seat on Day 2 (to be played on Sunday). On top of the chip counts is Mark Spies with 427,000. He is followed by Michael Lipman (279,700), Chad Eveslage (270,000), and Jose Avila (230,400).
Also surviving the day were David Diaz (175,200), Peter Chin (88,200), Mike Beasley (84,000), Michael Morton (65,000), and Nancy Birnbaum (53,600). Among those who failed to survive Day 1A were Adam Levy, Darryll Fish, Corey Burbick, Raj Vohra, and Dan Buzgon. Since the event is a re-entry, you can expect to see those players back in action.
Here are the remaining flights for Event #1:
Day 1B: Friday, August 9 – 11 a.m.
Day 1C: Friday, August 9 – 7 p.m.
Day 1D: Saturday, August 10 – 11 a.m.
Day 1E: Saturday, August 10 – 7 p.m.
The 126 survivors from Day 1A have the option to re-enter in a later flight and will advance to Day 2 with their largest stack. Play resumes at 11 a.m. Friday morning and we’ll be back here to provide live updates on all of the action.