$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante Day 1B Entries: 372
It’s nice to get a big stack early in the Championship and that’s exactly what Shawn Lucas did this morning. Our poker room regular won a big hand, sent a player out, and stacked up to 80,300 before the first level was through.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante Day 1B Entries: 344
The first milestone today was the easiest to hit and it got there before the end of the first level.
With 344 entries today and 989 combined, this is officially the biggest Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Championship in our history topping the 988 from the 2019 run. There’s a lot of time to put up a much bigger number with registration open until ~9:15 pm.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante Day 1B Entries: 315
The entry count quickly jumped over 300 and a good deal bigger than this point yesterday. That sets today up as another record-setting number with some big milestones on the horizon.
We ran into a couple visitors from the Northeast, dodging some cold weather for a huge WPT field. Among them, Renata Colache, Michael Marder, Eric Seigel, and Mike Dentale.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante Day 1B Entries: 273
The clock hit 11 am and tournament staff put cards in the air for Day 1B of the WPT RRPO Championship. There were 273 players in the mix at the start, 80 more than we saw for the big opening flight.
They will play two one-hour levels before taking the first break.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The final flight of the 2021 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open gets underway at 11 am in the Grand Ballroom and the $3,500 buy-in tournament already beat its $2,000,000 guarantee in the first flight. Today they’ll more than double that amount and set some records.
Flight A drew 645 entries into the field and 182 advanced to Day 2 tomorrow at noon.
Players start with 40,000 chip stacks and levels last 60 minutes each on Day 1 and Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at ~9:15 pm with unlimited re-entries available. Flight B will come to an end after Level 10 and survivors join the others who have a Day 2 seat.
It will be an exciting day in the Grand Ballroom and we look forward to seeing old friends and meeting some new ones.
$2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Day 1 and 2 levels last 60 minutes
Day 3 last 60 minutes going to 90 when 40 players remain
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 18 $150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $20,000 Guaranteed Entries: 289 Prize Pool: $34,680 November 26, 2021
Event 18 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 289 entries came to play and created a prize pool of $34,680, easily surpassing the $20,000 guarantee.
A deal was reached between the final four players and as the chip leader, Dwayne Nyholt was the official Event 18 champion.
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $20,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 289
Following the double elimination, the remaining four players agreed to look at the numbers and reached a deal.
Here were their chip counts at the time:
Dwayne Nyholt – 1,895,000 (32 bb) Marc Roth – 1,055,000 (18 bb) Carlos Galvis – 720,000 (12 bb) Vincent Spadavecchia Jr. – 675,000 (11 bb)
Here were the resulting payouts:
Dwayne Nyholt – $5,622 Marc Roth – $4,651 Carlos Galvis – $4,058 Vincent Spadavecchia Jr. – $3,964
As the chip leader, Dwayne Nyholt is officially the winner of Event 18.
A recap of the event will be posted later this morning.
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $20,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 289
David Singer raised all in for 325,000 from under the gun and Carlos Galvis called all in for 285,000 from the cutoff with , leading Singer’s .
The board ran out , safe for Galvis to double up while leading Singer with just 40,000.
On the following hand, Singer was in the big blind and all in for the ante. Meanwhile, Eugene Poleon raised to 125,000 from the button and Dwayne Nyholt called from the small blind.
They checked to the turn of a board where Nyholt bet 150,000. Poleon raised all in for about 550,000 and Nyholt called instantly with , having the hand locked up against Poleon’s for a pair kings and Singer’s for a pair of kings as well.
The river was an inconsequential and Nyholt scored the double elimination.
Dwayne Nyholt – 1,895,000 (32 bb) Eugene Poleon – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,665) David Singer – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,380)