$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 55

Seat 1:  Steve Bessette  –  245,000  (10 BB)
Seat 2:  Matthew Axelrod  –  60,000  (2.5 BB)
Seat 3:  Brian Gelrod  –  76,000  (3 BB)
Seat 4:  Gabe Ramos  –  55,000  (2 BB)
Seat 5:  A.J. Kelsall  –  9,000  (< 1 BB)
Seat 6:  Phil Hui  –  710,000  (30 BB)
Seat 7:  Adam Walter  –  225,000  (9 BB)

1st:  $10,580 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,290
3rd:  $3,860
4th:  $2,720
5th:  $2,145
6th:  $1,715
7th:  $1,290

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  244 of 592

Registration for Flight D of RRPO Event 1 closed with 592 entries, bringing the total field size to 2,221 entries at the halfway point.

Play in Flight D will continue until 60 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to cash, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The overall Day 2 chip leader will win a ClubWPT Gold Passport into their $5 Million Freeroll, which takes place at Wynn Las Vegas on Dec 13-15, 2024.

Chip Counts Through Flight C

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 55

2-7 Triple Draw

Phil Hui raised to 24,000 in the cutoff, A.J. Kelsall was forced all in for 3,000 in the small blind, and the player in the big blind called.

Everyone drew three, the big blind checked, Hui bet 12,000, and the big blind called.

Everyone drew two, the big blind checked, Hui bet 24,000, and the big blind called all in for 12,000.

Kelsall took two, the big blind stood pat, and Hui drew two.

The big blind tabled not realizing he had a straight, while Hui showed and Kelsall .

Hui showed first, picking up a and for a pair of fives. Kelsall squeezed an , followed by a to survive with an A-9-8-3-2 to triple up to 9,000, while the player in the big blind was eliminated on the money bubble by Hui’s pair of fives.

Phil Hui  –  710,000  (30 BB)
A.J. Kelsall  –  9,000  (< 1 BB)

2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $99,910
November 21, 2024

Event 6 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,100 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 103 entries generated a prize pool of $99,910. The final 13 will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying 2,498.

Up top for the winner is $30,471.

1st:  $30,471 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $18,733
3rd:  $11,490
4th:  $7,493
5th:  $5,845
6th:  $4,671
7th:  $3,971
8th:  $3,447
9th:  $3,047
10th-12th:  $2,748
13th:  $2,498

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  164 of 1,629

Flight A:  497 Entries;  50 Advanced
Flight B:  467 Entries;  47 Advanced
Flight C:  665 Entries;  67 Advanced
Flight D:  Underway, Reg. Open Until 9:30 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 5 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

The chip leader through three flights is Meir Meystel, putting him in the lead for claiming a ClubWPT Gold Passport.

The Day 2 chip leader and the nine Event 1 final tablists will be awarded a ClubWPT Gold Passport into the $5,000,000 freeroll in Las Vegas in December. More Golden Passports will be awarded throughout the series, so watch for that.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  67 of 665

Flight C of Event 1 is in the books and William Black bagged the biggest stack of the bunch with 622,000, good for second overall through the three completed flights.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here are the five players from Flight C who bagged at least 400K:

1.  William Black  – 622,000  (104 bb)
2.  Caleb Powell  –  457,000  (76 bb)
3.  Dan Stavila  –  452,000  (75 bb)
4.  James Kerr  –  444,000  (74 bb)
5.  Ian Siegel  –  405,000  (68 bb)

Registration remains open in Flight D until 9:30 pm, and there will be four more starting flights over the next two days, with 10:00 am and 5:00 pm flights on both Friday and Saturday.

$400 Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

Today’s busy schedule will wrap up with a speedy one at 8 pm with RRPO Event 8. It is a $400 Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha tournament that will keep things moving from start to finish, and someone is taking home a trophy.

Players sit down to 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm and players may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  67 of 665

Aytumen Akyildiz raised to 17,000 in the cutoff, Duff Charette reraised all in for 88,000 on the button, and Akyildiz called with , leading Charette’s .

The board came , not enough help to Charette, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Aytumen Akyildiz  –  291,000  (49 bb)
Duff Charette  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  68 of 665

A player in early position raised all in for 60,000 and Michael Pawelek isolated the action with , leading his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Pawelek kings and fours to eliminate his opponent.

Michael Pawelek  –  170,000  (28 bb)

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  90 of 665

The (likely) last break finished, the purple chips were colored out of play, and 90 players returned to action with 67 set to advance to Day 2.

James “Ping” Kerr is the latest to take the top spot with 412,000 with Wesley Haymond, Jessica Cai, Noah Bitton, and Caleb Powerll rounding out the top five.

James “Ping” Kerr – 412,000 (103 bb)
Wesley Haymond – 389,000 (97 bb)
Jessica Cai – 377,000 (94 bb)
Noah Bitton – 354,000 (89 bb)
Caleb Powell – 344,000 (86 bb)