$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 313 of 1,712

Flight A: 403 Entries, 78 Advanced
Flight B: 443 Entries, 81 Advanced
Flight C: 409 Entries, 77 Advanced
Flight D: 457 Entries, 77 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 11am
Flight F: Friday at 6pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11am
Flight H: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1pm

Day 2 chip counts through Flight D:

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 457

A handful of the tables still in play are finishing the last of their final six hands signifying the end of Flight D. Action kicked off Thursday evening at 6pm and the 457-entry field marked the largest start day to this point. The clock shows an unofficial 90 players remaining with Alvaro Jirau leading the way. His impressive stack of 477,000 chips not only puts him tops in Flight D, but sends him home as the overall chip leader.

Complete Day 2 counts through D will be posted shortly.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 117 of 457

Flight D of the $1,000,000 guarantee is midway through Level 13 leaving less than an hour of play left before action concludes. The clock shows 117 players remaining. Here’s a look at some of those hoping to make it to Day 2:

Complete chip counts through Flight D will be posted shortly after play concludes.

2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 2: $300 Omaha 8 or Better
Entries: 92
Prize Pool: $23,460
November 17, 2016

(Hollywood, FL) — Mike DeVeronica earned the first trophy of the 2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open during the late night hours of Thursday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. The victory came following a four-way chop in Event 2, a $300 Omaha 8 or Better tournament that ran as part of the property’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker series, and earned DeVeronica $4,605 along with a token guitar pick trophy.

Running alongside the series-opening $360 buy-in, $1,000,000 guarantee, Event 2 drew a modest field of 92 entries. While it didn’t match the quantity of the no limit hold’em event filling the ballroom with more than 800 players on Thursday, it drew a quality field. The likes of reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year, David Prociak, Joel Harwood, who owns multiple Omaha 8 final table appearances and Jordan Chizick, who claims two titles in the variation were among those who made it to the final few tables. Harwood and Prociak bowed out shy of the money, but Chizick enjoyed a top-12 finish and scored a minor payday in the process.

DeVeronica began the 10-handed final table toward the middle of the counts, but battled back. By the time four players remained he had 315,000 chips good enough for the lead. A chop was suggested and there wasn’t much deliberation as tournament staff broke down the stacks and calculated the players’ ICM value. DeVeronica went home the winner while second in chips Mitchell Meltzer earned $4,433, third in chips Mike Dolle earned $3,816 and fourth in chips Augusto Vacazzini earned $3,547.

The victory marked DeVeronica’s 34th career cash and propelled him over $180,000 in reported tournament earnings. He is a 69-year-old retiree from West Park, Florida.

The RRPO kicked off yesterday and runs straight through until November 30th. At the $360 pricepoint, the opening event is the first in Florida poker history to boast a $1,000,000 guarantee. In addition, the series is headlined by the $3,500 buy-in, $2,000,000 guaranteed Championship which begins November 25th.

Event 2 final results:

1st: Mike DeVeronica – $4,606
2nd: Mitchel Meltzer – $4,433
3rd: Mike Dolle – $3,816
4th: Augusto Cavazzini – $3,547
5th: Dave Carvara – $1,652
6th: Gabriel Ramos – $1,321
7th: Jerry Kowalsky – $1,100
8th: Gunther Young – $880
9th: Al Green – $662
10th: Harry Eisenberg – $481
11th: David Shmuel – $481
12th: Jordan Chizick – $481

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 4 of 92

Following Dave Carvara’s 5th-place finish, the remaining four players agreed to a chop. Mike DeVeronica held the chip lead and pocketed $4,605. Mitchel Meltzer was next in chips and earned $4,432 while Mike Dolle and Augusto Cavazzini scored $3,817 and $3,548 respectively.

A full report on the victory will be posted shortly. In the meantime, here’s a look at the tournament’s results:

5th: Dave Carvara – $1,652
6th: Gabriel Ramos – $1,321
7th: Jerry Kowalsky – $1,100
8th: Gunther Young – $880
9th: Al Green – $662
10th: Harry Eisenberg – $481
11th: David Shmuel – $481
12th: Jordan Chizick – $481

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 4 of 92

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 5 of 92

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 243 of 457

Level 9 is here and registration is closed in Flight D of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open’s $1,000,000 guarantee. With 457 entries, Flight D is the largest of the start days to this point. It brings the combined field up over 1,700 and has it settled at 1,712 with the weekend flights still to come.

Here’s a breakdown of the tournament:

Play is scheduled to conclude following Level 14 which comes right around 1:30am. Complete chip counts through Flight D will be posted shortly thereafter.

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 6 of 92

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 92

Gunther Young got the last of his short stack all in preflop. Augusto Cavazzini and Michael Meltzer were among those to duke it out in a side pot. The board ran and Cavazzini and Meltzer both turned over for a queen-high straight. With no low out there, Young was eliminated in 8th place for $880.

Gunther Young – Eliminated in 8th place ($880)