$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 124

From 124 starting, the Seniors field is down to 18 and in the money. It took a few rounds of hand-for-hand play, but William Vo took control picking up and busting the of an unknown opponent. The pair got the money in preflop and Vo spiked an ace to guarantee the remaining 18 players a payday.

As he was quick to point out, Vo is no stranger to deep tournament runs. He finished 5th in last August’s WPT Legends of Poker Main Event for more than $113,000.

We will take another look at the Seniors when they reach the final table. In the meantime, here are the tournament payouts:

1st – $9,173
2nd – $5,375
3rd – $3,162
4th – $2,530
5th – $1,897
6th – $1,581
7th – $1,265
8th – $949
9th – $711
10th-12th – $632
13th-15th – $553
16th-18th – $474

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 216 of 647

Flight E players are back from their final break of the day with more than 200 players still around with a chance to bag some chips. We expect that number to drop near 120 by the end of Level 14.

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 124

Seniors Event players are on their 40-minute dinner break with 21 players remaining, 18 getting paid, and one taking home the trophy. Dominick Amore leads the way when they return with Reuben Rosenthal not far behind.

Dominick Amore – 144,500 (90 bb)
Reuben Rosenthal – 135,500 (85 bb)
Robert Allan – 95,900 (60 bb)
William Vo – 93,000 (58 bb)
George Davis – 82,000 (51 bb)
Clinton Dunn – 76,000 (48 bb)
David Coughlin – 71,400 (45 bb)
Ira Horowitz – 61,800 (39 bb)
Paul Balzano – 60,800 (38 bb)
Joseph Warlen – 59,700 (37 bb)
Greg Inman – 55,100 (34 bb)
Lawrence Bass – 49,200 (31 bb)
Ronald Magers – 45,000 (28 bb)
Robert Levin – 33,800 (21 bb)
Peter Bronstein – 33,200 (21 bb)
Anonymous – 32,000 (20 bb)
David Ring – 25,000 (16 bb)
Brian McKane – 23,000 (14 bb)
Steve Leahy – 19,100 (12 bb)
Glenn Menne – 17,000 (11 bb)
Nancy Burgess – 15,500 (10 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 261 of 647

Stewart Newman was in good shape for a big bag in last night’s flight but it did not end well for the Seminole Hard Rock team member. He was knocked out on the last hand of the night but joined us late in Flight E trying to make it through Level 14 again.

Busted last hand of night in 400k pot — guess I’ll be an ambassador and fire again tomorrow @shrpo 1mm GTY

— Stewart Newman (@stnewman) November 18, 2016

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 306 of 647

Sometimes you just have to take a chance, and that’s exactly what Patrick Eskandar is doing today. He made it through all 14 levels in Flight C and had 67,500 ready to bring back for Day 2 on Sunday.

Then he saw a chance to run up a bigger stack with four more flights to go and forfeited his stack. Eskandar was the last player to jump in Flight E, looking for some good luck and big cards.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Flight E Entrants: 647

Players returned from their second break of the day and registration closed on the massive Flight E field. The Friday afternoon session drew 647 entrants for 2,356 combined across the first five flights with three more to go. The prize pool is already over $700,000 with plenty of time to reach the $1,000,000 Guarantee.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 Ante
Flight E Entrants: 625

Not only was 600 still in play, they cruised right past it without a second thought. We have 625 in the mix right now with a few more minutes remaining in the level, plus the 15-minute break, to run it up further.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake was among the late entrants and found himself seated at one of the tables rarely used at the edge of the room. The six-time SHRP champion didn’t dwell on the fringes for long, his table broke quickly to mix him in with the rest of the crowd.

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 124

Registration closed on the Seniors Event and the tournament drew a very nice crowd of 124 entrants. They created a prize pool worth $31,620 with the last 18 players earning a piece. A min-cash will take home $474 but everyone is aiming for the top prize of $9,173.

2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open”
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 3
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 124
Prize Pool: $31,620
November 18, 2016

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 50 Ante
Flight E Entrants: 580

There was some commotion in the middle of the room and when we arrived we found two players already all-in with action waiting on the small blind. Not to be left out, he moved all-in as well and Steve Kozelski quickly put his stack in the middle from the big blind.

It must have been nice to see all that action while he was sitting there, waiting, with . He was up against from early position, from the cutoff, and the small blind’s . Kozelski had a club sweat after the flop, faded the turn, and the other three players were called for a four-ball but he held on the river for two KOs and a 72,000 stack.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Flight E Entrants: 542

There’s no slowing them down today. Flight E blasted over 500 entrants with nary a blink and now 600 is in play. Just under 90 minutes remain for players to get down to the ballroom and join in the big-field fun.