$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 75/150/25 ante

The deep stacked, big buy-in Main Event has not slowed down some of the players as the early action is moving quickly. Lius Santino is a regular in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock and he is now firing his second bullet in the Main Event. He was walking downstairs and flashed the universal sign for busted out.

“Let’s try this again,” Santino said as he headed towards the cashier to buy back in.

We also found an empty which was once occupied by Seniors Event winner Jeff Kessler but were unable to find out his circumstances. Two players at his former table found hands worth taking into battle with against . They were both on their feet with the Aces looking happy and even more so on the flop. That was the last of his joy as the dealer ran out the board and for a wheel on the board to chop it up.

Players are off on their first break of the day and the board is showing 184 entrants currently register with two more levels to get in the game or re-enter. The most recent entrant was former WSOP November Niner and WPT Champion David “Chino” Rheem.

Hopped right into @SHRHollywood 1500$ 500k grtee, would be nice to get it done before the holidays. Gl to @crzystu & @TheGrinder44 #yup

— David Rheem (@ChinoRheem) November 29, 2013

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 75/150

Weekend players who drew Table 2 at the start of the Main Event will a little tougher path to the championship. Adam “Roothlus” Levy was the first to take his seat at the table and was joined minutes later by Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi in the 1-seat.

The two players have combined to win nearly $17 million in career tournament earnings with most of that on Mizrachi’s ledger. The Miami resident is a 3-time WSOP bracelet winner, 2-time WPT champion, and has recorded six tournament cashes of a $1 million or more.

Players continue to lineup at the cage to buy into the Main Event bringing the total entrants up to 168 midway through the second level.

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 50/100

The field is rapidly growing midway through the first level of the day. The board shows 123 players currently in the field with players still at the cage punching their ticket into the $500,000 guarantee event.

Some of the early players on Day 1A include Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” champions from the preliminary events including Willie Wiggins and Jeff Kessler, along with local regulars Nigel Murray, Errol Massey, Eric Piderit, Elliott Zaydman, and Zach Kessler. Players are still making their way into the tournament area with registration open until the start of Level 5.

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 50/100

The big day has finally arrived and players are coming out on a pleasant Friday afternoon for the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Main Event. The premiere tournament of the series has a $500,000 guaranteed prizepool and one of these players will earn the lion’s share of the money.

Players begin with 20,000 stacks and 1-hour levels throughout the day. Late registration is available until the start of Level 5 with re-entry available during that time for any players who are knocked out. Players can re-enter as many times as they like on Day 1A and can also play Day 1B if they survive 1A with chips. Players are allowed to play both starting days and choose their best stack if both survive into Day 2.

Players are getting instructions from the staff before cards are officially in the air. Our team will be here through all 10 levels of Day 1A bringing live updates and pictures from the tournament floor.

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo

Blinds: 12K/24K/4K ante

Fred Sulayman moved all in first to act from the button and Willie Wiggins made the call from the small blind. Fred had and would need some help against Willie’s pocket Jacks. The board would run out to give Wiggins the hand and eliminate Sulayman in 7th place.

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo

Blinds: 8K/16K/2K ante

The action is moving so fast it’s nearly impossible to keep up with. We hit our final ten and within a minute we’d lost two players, Cinda Goodale and Erwin Saltos, on the same hand. Erwin had and Cinda had pocket 9’s. Erik Lester had more chips than them and . The board would run out to give Lester the double knock out. Goodale finished in 10th for $277 and Saltos finished in 9th for $336.

A few moments later we would lose Andres Hernandez when he moved all in with Q-9 and was called by Willie Wiggins with pocket 7’s. A seven would flop for Wiggins to give him a set and end the tournament for Hernandez. He finished in 8th for $487.

The remaining seven players are:

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo

Blinds: 5K/10K/1K ante

We are in the money and it probably won’t take long to wrap this up as the average stack is 112K (11 big blinds).