$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players: 318

Jennifer Parker opened to 2,500 from early position and a late position player moved all in for 14,800. Former SHRP Player of the Year Ory Hen called on the button and Parker shrug/called all in for less.

Parker:
Late Position:
Hen:

It wasn’t a flip with Hen’s ace out of the deck and Parker missed the flop. The turn was good for her and she needed to dodge the two remaining sevens or the four jacks in the deck to triple up. Hen called for the jack but the was safe for Parker to push her up to ~45,000.

Parker earned her biggest tournament cash in a similar tournament in 2016 when she final tabled and finished sixth in the $360 opening event during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

$300 Omaha 8 or Better
Payouts
Level 9: 1,000/2,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 32 of 74

Registration closed for the Omaha/8 tournament with officially 74 entries creating a prize pool worth $18,870. The final table nine will each take home some money with a min-cash earning $566 and the Event 2 champion banking $6,605 along with the trophy.

Event 2 payouts:

1st: $6,605
2nd: $3,585
3rd: $2,264
4th: $1,698
5th: $1,321
6th: $1,132
7th: $944
8th: $755
9th: $566

$300 Omaha 8 or Better
Structure
Level 8: 800/1,600 Limits
Entrants: 74

Once again, both tournaments running today will head on their second break at the same time. The difference for the Omaha/8 tournament is that their registration will close when they return.

We have 74 entries in the game and the might get near a $20,000 prize pool if a few others decided to hop in at the last moment.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 75 ante
Flight A Players: 298

Ultimate Re-Entry Flight A is closing in on 300 entries and they will make a run at 400 before they close registration at 5:45pm. The tournament is already on pace to easily surpass the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and we should expect to double that before they close registration for good Saturday evening.

Tony Ruberto is a late entry into the field and the last time we saw him, he was busy picking up his first career WSOP Circuit ring during our series in September. The win pushed him further over $2 million in career earnings with his biggest bump coming from his first World Poker Tour title in 2011.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 50 ante
Flight A Players: 289

It’s still early in the tournament and we found our first Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member in the field.

Darryll Fish moved over $3 million in career earnings earlier this year and he’s a fine representative. He owns a WSOP Circuit Main Event ring from 2015 along with other wins in Las Vegas, Philadephia, and Australia. Fish is still waiting to lift his first SHRP title but he has an even dozen SHRP final tables to help boost that bankroll.

$300 Omaha 8 or Better
Structure
Level 6: 500/1,000 Limits
Entrants: 63

We promised a talented group of players in the smaller Omaha/8 event and we found some tough ones mixing it up after the first break.

Phil Hui decided to skip the first flights of the Ultimate Re-Entry to take a shot at the split-pot game. He has $1.35 million in career earnings including one WSOP bracelet and four WSOP Circuit rings. Hui earned his bracelet in the 2014 WSOP $3,000 Omaha/8 event so he’s comfortable in the meeting room.

Joel Harwood is the father of two-time WSOP bracelet winner (and SHRP team member) Loni Harwood but he has plenty of results of his own. He has $168,000 in career earnings but went 25 years between tournaments victories. Harwood won a Gold Coast tournament in 1991 and picked up his second with a win during last year’s Everglades Poker Open. While it was a while between titles, he still banked plenty of cash with big runs including four SHRP Omaha runner-up finishes.

Finally, Michael Moed is making his return to SHRP tournaments and he has the skill to earn the title. He moved over $200,000 in 2015 and owns six SHRP trophies with five of them coming in Omaha/8 games.

We have the makings of a tough final table later this evening.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with a 25 ante
Flight A Players: 245

Ultimate Re-Entry players are back in their seats after the first break and SHRP regular Steve Ekin is the early front-runner. The 2012 Hard Rock Summer Splash Seniors Champ pushed his 15,000 starting stack over 50,000 in the first four levels to take the top spot.

They still have a long way to go with registration open until 5:45pm at the start of Level 13, so Ekin will have to work to stay in the lead.

Top stacks:

Steve Ekin – 50,800 (169 bb)
Miguel Martinez – 45,500 (152 bb)
Marc Chavez – 44,525 (148 bb)
Justin Obront – 42,000 (140 bb)
Gan Huang – 41,600 (139 bb)
Craig Witz – 40,675 (136 bb)
Glenn Menne – 39,975 (133 bb)
Michael Marrero – 37,000 (123 bb)
Cory Lizhi – 35,000 (117 bb)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200
Flight A Players: 214

The clock has run out on Level 4 and the Ultimate Re-Entry field is about to head off on their first break of the day. More than 200 entries are in so far and they are on a pace to top the 400+ that joined the opening flight last year.

Not to be left out, the Omaha/8 tournament across the hall is on the same schedule and will also hit the hallways for a breather.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Flight A Entries: 185

Our defending champ is in the building. Rafael Reis hopped in the game this afternoon and aiming for back-to-back titles. He won last year’s opener that also happened to be the biggest field in Florida poker history.

Reis topped a field of 5,018 entries to take home more than $150,000 in a nine-way deal at the final table, the biggest cash of his successful career.