Level 6 (Blinds: 200/400 with a 50 ante) is coming to an end and on top of the chip counts is Michael Lipman with 105,000, after his 
cracked an opponent’s 
when a fell on the river.
Chip Counts From Around the Room
Blinds: 150/300 Ante: 25
Michael Tait – 53,000 (176 bb)
Mike Beasley – 48,000 (160 bb)
Darryll Fish – 27,000 (90 bb
Zo Karim – 27,000 (90 bb)
Dan Buzgon – 24,000 (80 bb)
Adam Levy – 23,000 (76 bb)
David Diaz – 18,000 (60 bb)
Corey Burbick – 17,300 (57 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 14,000 (46 bb)
Alex Bolotin – 12,500 (41 bb)
Jason Sackler – 9,000 (30 bb)
Barry Hutter – 8,000 (26 bb)
Registration Closed
With the start of Level 5, registration for Day 1A has closed. There was a total of 631 entries.
Late Arrivals
Dan Buzgon, Zo Karim, and Jason Sackler have taken their seats during Level 4.
Levy Likes the River
Blinds: 75/150
Picking up the action after a 
flop, the player in the big blind checked to Adam Levy who bet 400 from middle position. Levy’s opponent called to see the 
turn, which both players checked. When the 
landed on the river, the player in the big blind bet 1,000. Levy raised to 3,500 and after a few moments, Levy’s opponent called.
Levy tabled 
for a set of threes, his opponent mucked, and Levy collected the pot to increase his stack to about 22,000.
Notables in the Field
Among the players taking part in the Day 1A action are Darryll Fish, Adam “Roothlus” Levy, Alex Bolotin, Michael Tait, Stu Paterson, Corey Burbick, Mike Beasley, and Michael Lipman.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Offers $12.5 Million in Guarantees from August 8-29
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 |
Cards in the Air in Event No. 1 to Kick Off Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
The first event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida is about to begin, with cards in the air at 7 p.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 those starting flights:
Day 1A: Thursday, August 8 – 7 p.m.
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.
Tonight we will bring you live coverage from Day 1A as the field plays 14, 30-minute levels. There will be a break every two levels so action will end just before 3 a.m. 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!
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Brings Live Streaming and Live Updates to Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) and $10 Million Guaranteed Championship Event August 8 – 29
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (July 31, 2013) – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has announced the addition of a Live Updates Team to its Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) that runs run August 8 – 29 with the $10 Million Guaranteed Championship Event August 22 – 28. The Live Updates Team, comprised of some of the poker industry’s finest in live streaming and reporting, will be bringing all of the action to SHRPO’s reading and viewing audience.
Throughout the 33-event series, inclusive of the $10 Million Guaranteed Championship Event, the Live Updates Team will keep followers posted from the tournament floor via a live featured table web stream by Rob Perelman, coupled with live updates, blog posts, photos, videos and social media covered by Jay “Whojedi” Newnum, BJ Nemeth, Ryan Lucchesi, Diana Cox, Mickey Doft and Will Thomas.
Live streaming with chat function, live updates and blog posts are available at the official SHRPO website www.SeminoleHardRockPokerOpen.com. Engagement on social media will be accessible through The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock’s Twitter feed at @SHRPO.
“Bringing together this dynamic, well-respected team of poker professionals to report on and provide a window into the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open will allow fans to see their favorite players live and read about the action as it happens,” said William Mason, director of poker for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. “This opportunity will also engage the global poker community in the fun as they immerse themselves in the real-time poker viewing experience.”
Perelman is a semi-professional poker player whose technology experience powers all of the tournament web streams at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, Foxwoods Casino in Conn. and Bay 101 in San Jose. His eight years of poker TV experience include work on shows such as “World Series of Poker,” “High Stakes Poker,” “Poker After Dark” and “NBC National Heads-Up Championship.” He has also won an Emmy for the TV program entitled “The Pokerdome.”
With over 43 years of combined poker industry experience, Newnum, Nemeth, Lucchesi, Cox, Doft and Thomas will cover everything from chip counts and daily summaries to player interviews and photos. One or more of the members of the team has worked for BLUFF magazine, PokerNews, Card Player magazine, World Poker Tour, Card Player Poker Tour, World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour, PokerStars.tv, and Full Tilt Poker, not only in the United States, but on multiple continents. Newnum and Nemeth were both featured in the recent documentary film, “Bet Raise Fold.”
The World Poker Tour, which has been added to the SHRPO tournament schedule with the new WPT Alpha8™ Florida Super High-Roller $100,000 buy-in, will be live streaming the $10 Million Guaranteed Championship Event in Paradise Live on August 28 starting at noon on www.SeminoleHardRockPokerOpen.com.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Announces the Addition of World Poker Tour® WPT Alpha8™ Florida Super High-Roller Tournament to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Series Schedule
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (July 18, 2013) – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has added the World Poker Tour® WPT Alpha8™ Florida Super High-Roller Tournament to its Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) series schedule running August 8 – 29, 2013. The new $100,000 buy-in Event #23 will start on August 26 at noon at Hard Rock Live. Viewers will be able to watch the WPT Alpha8 Florida final table before it airs on TV streamed live on www.WPT.com on August 27. The SHRPO $10 Million Guaranteed Championship Event will run August 22-28.
WPT Alpha8™ is an all-new, global series of super high-roller poker tournaments to be broadcast on FOX Sports 1 beginning in March 2014. Held in some of the world’s most prestigious venues in North America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa, each event will feature a buy-in of at least $100,000. Tournament structures designed by WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage will ensure plenty of play at all levels throughout the event and allow World Poker Tour to provide four hours of televised action where viewers can watch the game’s very best players compete for millions of dollars in prize money and unprecedented bragging rights.
“By offering the largest guaranteed championship in tournament poker, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is a game changer. To increase the excitement, we are welcoming our long-time partners, the World Poker Tour, and are happy to host the first ever Alpha8 exclusive, super-high roller series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino” said Larry Mullin, Seminole Gaming COO. “The WPT Alpha8 tournament raises the volume on this already highly anticipated series.”
As a frequent host of many WPT Main Event and Regional tournaments in the burgeoning Florida poker market over the past 11 seasons, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has earned a reputation as one of the region’s elite casino properties, making it an ideal home for WPT’s newest and most exclusive event.
“Showcasing the world’s poker elite and featuring multimillion dollar prize pools, Alpha8 represents the highest televised treatment of super high roller tournament poker to date. Playing out over a global stage, this series will give audiences insight into the intensity and skill demanded at the sport’s highest levels,” said Adam Pliska, WPT president.
SHRPO’s $5,300 buy-in Championship Event, running August 22 – 28, offers players the chance to cash-in one of the guaranteed top 300 places in order to share in the $10 million prize pool. At the minimum, the winner of the SHRPO Championship Event will receive $1.5 million, and another $1 million is guaranteed for the second-place finisher. A total of $5.15 million of the total is guaranteed for the nine final table players.
Beginning August 8, viewers will be able to watch live streaming action of the SHRPO series at www.seminolehardrockpokeropen.com and can take-in all of the excitement of the Championship Event in Paradise Live on August 28 starting at noon, where players will compete for the title and the winner’s share of a guaranteed $10 million prize pool.
Satellites will be running at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, as well as Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek and Seminole Casino Immokalee. Players can gain satellite entry for as little as $115 and become part of poker history.
Anyone age 18 or over is welcome to obtain a free “Wild Card” at the Player’s Club or in the Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock and participate in the SHRPO. Local players and those attending from around the globe may play in any of the 33 tournaments, as well as in the numerous satellites available.
Registered poker players will receive 20% off the regular Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino room rate. Offer is valid based on availability and must be booked seven days prior to arrival. To book a reservation, call 866-502-PLAY. Partnering hotels will also be offering discounts.
Registration is now open onsite at The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock located at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, One Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314. For more information call (954) 585-5111. Visit www.seminolehardrockpokeropen.com for the schedule, Championship Event payout structure, and live updates.