$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
Nissin Vaknin (Davie, FL) has accumulated quite a stack. He’s up to about 230k and lording it over his table. He admitted he “got a lot of gifts” from “a bunch of donkeys”. Of course those donkeys are gone and that doesn’t apply to his current table-mates.
Just after we chatted, his table broke and he was moved to a new table in search of more donkeys to donate.
$300 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 500/1,000
Registration has closed for this event. There were (unofficially) a total of 44 entries for a total prize pool of $11,220.
Another familiar face in this crowd is Kevin Love. Kevin has two previous final tables here playing the High/Low version of Omaha. He finished 3rd in the 2014 SHRPO PLO/8 event and 7th in the 2013 SHRPO PLO/8 event.
Today they’re playing he HIGH only version of PLO, so they won’t be splitting pots with the low hands.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Lots of other familiar faces are turning up in today’s inaugural flight:
Steven Bennett
Zach ‘Redlocks’ Kessler
Errol Massey
Elliott ‘Comrade’ Zaydman
Stuart Paterson
Russ Dykshteyn
Johnathan Marks
Bo Toft
Registration has closed with an unofficial total number of entries of 336 for Flight A.
350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/100 ante
Players are back from their second break of the day and the green 25 chips have been removed from play.
A couple more WSOP bracelet holders have been spotted in the crowd and they have more than bracelets in common. Tristan Wade and David Diaz are both playing today. They finished first and second, respectively, back in August at the WSOP Circuit Main Event in West Palm Beach.
350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
Hassan Sader (Wellington, FL) gave his opponent a “suckout seminar” when the unfortunate man in seat 7 got all-in preflop holding pocket 4s.
Hassan had AK and the board ran clean until the river, when a King landed. After dispatching his opponent, Hassan chipped up to about 90k, making him one of the early chip leaders.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 250/500/50 ante
I’ve run across the “eventual winner” of this event. His name is Ross Willner (Boca Raton, FL) and he says he’s going to take the title.
“Even if I have to play Friday and Saturday” he said.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
There are a few tweeters in action today. If you want us to find your Tweets, make sure to include #SHRPO!
#SHRPO $500K TODAY! #LetsGetThatMoney #RedlocksPoker & #TeamPokerJoker bout to #grinandwin
— Redlocks (@zachtax) November 13, 2014
Off to a good start @shrpo , quads on my 3rd hand..
— JD (@jdegli) November 13, 2014
@shrpo playing event #1 $500kGTD @BlueSharkOptics — Nancy Birnbaum (@NancyBirnbaum) November 13, 2014
$300 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 4: Blinds 100/200
The Omaha field is growing slowly. They’re up to 22 entries and counting.
Among the players opting for Omaha over No Limit Hold’em today is Robert Campbell. Robert won the Pot Limit Omaha H/L event here during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open back in August, taking the top prize in a five-way chop.
Robert also won the PLO H/L event at Coconut Creek in September and here in March during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. He also has a Limit Omaha H/L title from the Orleans in May. It appears that Robert fares better in the High/Low versions of Omaha, so we’ll see how he handles today’s High-only game.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 4: Blinds 100/200
Players are on a well-deserved break after the first two hours of play. There are already 260 entries in this flight.
Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (about 3:30pm) so there’s plenty of time for more arrivals.
This event carries a $500,000 guarantee on the total prize pool.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: Blinds 100/200
Blinds are climbing every half hour. Players will be rewarded with a break after level 4.
The ladies are making a strong showing here today. In addition to 2014 POY Angel Vu, we’ve got WSOP bracelet winner Marsha Wolak in the house.
Another strong female player in the field is Nancy Birnbaum, who has three WSOP Circuit rings to her credit.