$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante Flight G Entries: 933
Marsha Wolak
The Flight G entry count continues to climb at an impressive pace and cruised right over 900 entries with an hour remaining to register. Both the flight count and the total tournament number are good enough to put Event 1 firmly on the all-time top 10 list with a lot of time to move it higher.
Some more familiar faces popped up in the room including former WSOP Ladies Champ Marsha Wolak, WSOP Circuit winner (and two-time Borgata Almighty Stack champ) Greg Fishberg, SHR Tampa regular Jordan Joeckel, and WPTDeepStacks champion Vitor Coelho.
Friday was another busy one in the Seminole Ballroom as the 2019 RRPO series made its way into the weekend. Event 1 nearly made the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool a day early and we awarded another RRPO trophy.
Pot Limit Omaha is a popular game in South Florida and 137 entries joined up trying to win a PLO trophy. The $400 buy-in tournament put nearly $45,000 in the prize pool with 18 getting paid. The final table included Gabriel Ramos going for his sixth SHRP trophy, former Hollywood champs Sean Shah and David Moreno, and 2019 LHPO PLO champ Hyndi Khomutetsky.
They all fell to the wayside as Tommy Tran took the outright win after defeating Khomutetsky heads-up. He earned $11,705 along with the RRPO trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.
Event 5 results:
1st: Tommy Tran – $11,705 + RRPO Trophy 2nd: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $7,805 3rd: David Moreno – $5,455 4th: Iman Nikmaram – $3,915 5th: Sean Shah – $2,895 6th: Wilfor Marentes Pinto – $2,205 7th: Kenny McCollough – $1,730 8th: Steve Roth – $1,400 9th: Gabriel Ramos – $1,170 10th: Trenton Pippin – $1,170 11th: Federico Herrera – $1,010 12th: Brandon Sinawi – $1,010 13th: Aaron Kupin – $905 14th: Christopher Back – $905 15th: David Carvara – $840 16th: Hossein Ghodosi Fard – $840 17th: Stewart Yancik – $810 18th: Joshua Adkins – $810
Hyndi KhomutetskySeyed Vahid Hosseini (left) and John “Two-Bears” Hill
Event 1 ran Flights E and F in the Seminole Ballroom and the two combined to put nearly 1,200 new entries into the tournament. The two flights pushed the Event 1 total up to 2,783 leaving an easy $1,000,000 guarantee make Saturday morning.
Daniel Rambally and Nigel Murray were the two biggest stacks to bag from Flight E and they were separating but a single 1K chip in their counts. John “Two-Bears” Hill was the leader at the end of Flight F and his 400,000 puts him in second overall.
Another 171 players advanced to Day 2 to make it 427 set for a return on Sunday at noon.
Images courtesy of Eric Harkins and Image Masters. If you would like to purchase any prints of your pictures, you can visit his booth in the hallway or visit the Image Masters website.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante Flight G Entries: 782
Carlos Bezara
The first break is complete and Flight G picked up another 60 entries during that time. The field will continue to snowball for the next four levels, only coming to a stop when registration closes at 3:30 pm.
We found our two biggest stacks in the room while they were gone. Carlos Bezara had 87,000 after four levels to lead then picked up another 11,000 on the first hand back when he sent an opponent out. Ira Schwartz looks like our second biggest with 81,000 with a handful of players behind him in the high 70Ks.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante Flight G Entries: 725
The Seminole Ballroom is packed right now but it about to empty at the end of the level. Flight G has a 15-minute break coming up and we will have our first look at the early chip leaders.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante Flight G Entries: 611
Wally Maddah
As with any big Hollywood series, we always have a great contingent traveling across the state from our sister poker room in Tampa. Today is no different and they are adding to our huge Saturday afternoon.
Among them, we found Wally Maddah, Tom Nguyen, Mark Winchell, and Jeff Morzella but there are others throughout the room.
While most people are concentrating on the huge Event 1 field, we have a fun tournament set to kick off on the side. Event 6 is a $400 buy-in game with the popular Omaha variant of Big O. Five-card Pot Limit Omaha 8, all the action you need on a Saturday afternoon.
Everyone sits down to 12,000 starting stacks and levels last 30 minutes from start to finish. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm.
This one-day tournament will crown our next RRPO champ later this evening and we will pick up the coverage once it reaches a final table.
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Flight G Entries: 414
Trung Pham
Players continue to pour into the Seminole Ballroom and the field doubled over 400 entries in the first 30 minutes. There is a steady line at the registration desk that will keep feeding seats.
Trung Pham grabbed his seat early in Level 1, trying to make his way to Day 2 like he did last year. He did a little better than sliding his way through the field, he won the 2018 RRPO version of this tournament. Pham earned $123,644 for the win after a seven-way deal at the final table.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100 Flight G Entries: 217
Flight G didn’t even have to wait until the start of play to put Event 1 over its $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. There were 160 entries 10 minutes before the start of the day to slide right past the magic number.
We’re going to have a packed house all day long and this is a great start to the first Saturday of the series.
Tournament staff prepare a lot of chips for Flight G
It’s going to be a huge day in the Seminole Ballroom. Event 1 has nearly reached its $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and might reach it before cards go in the air for Flight G. The first six flights combined for 2,783 entries and only 159 more are needed to hit the mark.
But we expect to grow much bigger throughout the day and push the last two flights near 1,000 before registration closes. Flight G kicks off at 11 am and we will close it out with Flight H at 5 pm.
Players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes for Day 2. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and Flight G will come to an end after Level 14. Those with chips at that point will join the 427 players who booked their seats for Day 2 on Sunday.
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
