2014 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 8: Flight 1A Ends

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$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15: Blinds 1.5k/3k/500 ante

Brian Hawkins

Flight 1A has come to a close in Event 8 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and 99 players have advanced from the 377 that entered. The far and away chip leader for the flight is Brian Hawkins (pictured above), who stacked up 451,500, and he takes home the $1,000 chip leader bonus for the flight.

Here is a look at the chip leaders and notable stacks from the bag and tag. Action is now running for Flight 1B in this event on the other side of the tournament room and you can stay tuned for updates from that flight throughout the evening.

Flight 1A Notable Chip Counts

Brian Hawkins – 451,500
David Freece – 260,500
Tae Ho Lee – 246,000
Brian Hastings – 226,000
Greg Levine – 225,000
Ronald Katz – 199,500
Erik Christensen – 197,000
Robert Hancock – 196,000
Rogelio Padilla – 195,000
Philip Voerner – 181,500
Sean Posner – 138,500
Michael Johnson – 77,000
Dimas Martinez – 54,000

2014 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 8: Flight B Underway

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$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The second of six starting flights has just begun here at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.  This event carries a $1 Million Guarantee on the total prize pool, so the players will be coming out in droves over the next two days.

Players began with 25,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes long today.  They’ll play 15 levels, then bag up for the night.

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 7 (about 10:15pm). Anyone bagging chips at the end of the flight will return at 1pm on Sunday for Day 2.

Cards are in the air!

2014 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 8: Photos from the Field

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$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 13: Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante

Here is a look at the familiar faces playing the Day 1A flight for Event 8 at SHRPO. Check out the photo gallery below so see some new faces like Zo Karim and Tyler Patterson in addition to 2014 SHRPO regulars like Dimas Martinez and Wendy Freedman.