$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 59 of 574
With 59 players remaining, but no more than 58 advancing to Day 2, the field is now playing hand-for-hand on the Money Bubble. Keep in mind that players must bag chips for Day 2 in order to finish in the money.
With 59 players remaining from a flight of 574 entries, the average chip stack is about 195,000 (33 big blinds).
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 86 of 574
The players have returned from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.
A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 300K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Phillip Theard – 464,000 (116 bb)
2. Satish Surapaneni – 457,000 (114 bb)
3. George Hortelano – 378,000 (95 bb)
4. Keith Wagner – 331,000 (83 bb)
5. Rich Milo – 312,000 (78 bb)
6. Phu Vo – 299,000 (75 bb)
With 86 players remaining from a flight of 574 entries, the average chip stack is about 133,000 (33 big blinds).
This flight will continue playing tonight until only 10% of the field remains (58 players), and everyone who bags chips will advance to Day 2 on Sunday and finish in the money.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
There are eight starting flights for RRPO Event 1 and the fourth kicks off at 6 pm with the $400 buy-in tournament well on its way to the $1,000,000 guarantee. That is a virtual lock and we can start looking for bigger numbers.
Players this evening start with 20K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time.
Flight D will play down until 10% of the field remains and those players will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2 in the money.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 108 of 574
A player raised under the gun to 8,000, John Seage moved all in from the hijack for 31,500, and his opponent thought for a while before calling with 
.
Seage turned over 
, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came 
, and Seage flopped a set of eights and turned quads to win the pot and double up in chips just as his table was breaking.
John Seage – 69,500 (28 bb)
In other news, chipleader Phillip Theard has built up his stack even higher, reaching 507,000 (203 big blinds). Theard disappeared for a while before coming back, but he could leave for the day and his chip stack would still cruise thru the Money Bubble to make it to Day 2.
Phillip Theard – 507,000 (203 bb)
With about 108 players remaining from a flight of 574 entries, the average chip stack is about 106,500 (43 big blinds).
This flight will continue playing tonight until only 10% of the field remains (58 players), and everyone who bags chips will advance to Day 2 on Sunday and finish in the money.
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
We are spinning it up a little bit this evening in the Grand Ballroom with some added prizes to an already big guarantee starting at 5 pm. Event 7 is a $150 Big Stack tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and we are adding a $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship seat to first place.
Players sit down to 15,000 starting stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:15 pm and blind levels will increase to 20 minutes.
2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 78
Prize Pool: $40,950
November 17, 2022
Registration closed for the $600 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, with 78 entries creating a prize pool worth $40,950. The last ten players will make the money with $1,435 for a min-cash and $13,625 up top for the Event 5 winner.
1st: $13,625 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $7,985
3rd: $5,000
4th: $3,375
5th: $2,560
6th: $2,050
7th: $1,845
8th: $1,640
9th-10th: $1,435
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 153 of 574
The players return from their break to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a 2,000 ante.
A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Phillip Theard – 310,000 (155 bb)
2. Phu Vo – 264,500 (132 bb)
3. Justin Datloff – 238,000 (119 bb)
4. Rich Milo – 228,500 (114 bb)
5. Ben Boston – 208,000 (104 bb)
6. Kai Oki – 206,000 (103 bb)
With about 153 players remaining from a flight of 574 entries, the average chip stack is about 75,000 (38 big blinds).
This flight will continue playing tonight until only 10% of the field remains (58 players), and everyone who bags chips will advance to Day 2 on Sunday and finish in the money.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 180 of 574
James Calderaro raised from middle position to 3,500, and Oz Aharon called from the small blind.
Both players checked to the turn on a board of 
, Aharon checked, Calderaro bet 5,000, and Aharon called.
The river card was the 
, Aharon checked, Calderaro bet 18,000, and Aharon check-raised all in, covering Calderaro. Calderaro stopped to think, saying, “I made a flush.”
Calderaro thought for a while before he called all in for about 55,000, and Aharon asked, “You made a flush?”
Calderaro showed his 
for a seven-high flush, and another player asked Aharon if he had a deuce for a straight.
Aharon said, “No, I also made a flush,” and he turned over 
to win the pot with a nine-high flush. Calderaro said something about a slow-roll as he was eliminated from Flight C.
Oz Aharon – 140,000 (88 bb)
James Calderaro – Eliminated
With about 180 players remaining from a flight of 574 entries, the average chip stack is about 63,800 (40 big blinds).
This flight will continue playing tonight until only 10% of the field remains (58 players), and everyone who bags chips will advance to Day 2 on Sunday and finish in the money.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries: 574
Registration closed for Flight C of RRPO Event 1 with 547 entries putting the combined total at 1,608 for the tournament. They put $530,640 toward the $1,000,000 guarantee, and it will get there sometime tomorrow.
Flight C will continue until 58 players remain and they will bag chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.
| Day/Time | Flight | Entries | Advanced |
| Wednesday at 10 a.m. | A | 550 | 55 |
| Wednesday at 6 p.m. | B | 484 | 49 |
| Thursday at 10 a.m. | C | 574 | TBD |
| Thursday at 6 p.m. | D | — | — |
| Friday at 10 a.m. | E | — | — |
| Friday at 6 p.m. | F | — | — |
| Saturday at 10 a.m. | G | — | — |
| Saturday at 6 p.m. | H | — | — |
| Total | 1,608 | 104 |
$1,100 Five-Card Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Another day means another Omaha tournament. This time around we have a Five-card Pot Limit Omaha tournament at 3 pm with a big $1,100 buy-in and two-day structure.
Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 at 7:30 pm. They will play six more levels, plus one last break, and anyone with chips after Level 12 will bag for a Day 2 return on Friday at 1 pm.