$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 2,923

Alex Rocha raised all in from the cutoff for 239,000 and Raymond Ross called all in from the big blind for about 70,000.

Rocha:
Ross:

The flop fell , giving Ross the lead with a pair of eights. The turn was the , giving Rocha outs to Broadway. Sure enough, the river was the , giving Rocha an ace-high straight to eliminate Ross.

Alex Rocha – 340,000 (17 bb)
Raymond Ross – Eliminated in 109th Place ($2,061)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 116 of 2,923

SHRP Team member Jessica Dawley opened the button with a raise, and Mark Wahba defended his big blind.

Wahba check-called a Dawley bet on the flop, then check-shoved for around 300,000 on the turn. After betting both streets, Dawley called the shove to put Wahba at risk.

Dawley: (pair of kings, flush draw)
Wahba: (straight draw)

Dawley had her opponent drawing slim with one to come, and the river gave her the knockout with a pair of kings. She became the most recent member of the million-chip club with that pot, while Wahba headed to the payout desk.

Jessica Dawley – 1,200,000 (75 bb)
Mark Wahba – Eliminated

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 119 of 2,923

Asher Conniff was parted with more than half his stack during the last level, doubling up Julio Rodriguez to drop to less than 15 big blinds.

In the time since, Conniff has gone about rebuilding his stack, involved mostly in pots against the other pros at his table. In one recent hand, Mark Dube opened with a raise in late position, and Conniff three-bet shoved from one of the blinds. Dube folded, and Conniff won the pot.

Just a moment ago, David Prociak opened to 36,000 in middle position, and Coniff defended his big blind. Both players checked through the flop, and the turn was the . Conniff led for 48,000, and Prociak called. They both checked through the river, and Conniff showed to win the pot with a pair of kings.

He’s regained all of his previous losses and then some, sitting now with a comfortable stack of close to 30 big blinds.

Asher Conniff – 460,000 (29 bb)
David Prociak – 540,000 (34 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 127 of 2,923

Mark Dube opened to 35,000 in middle position and Sergio Giha three-bet to 82,000 in the small blind. Dube four-bet shoved for 397,000 effective, and Giha called all in for that amount to put himself at risk.

Dube:
Giha:

The board ran out , and Dube won the race with aces up. He moved well across the million-chip mark with that pot, sending Giha to the payout desk in 127th place.

Mark Dube – 1,245,000 (78 bb)
Sergio Giha – Eliminated

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 2,923

Asher Conniff opened to 25,000 in middle position, and David Prociak called in the small blind. From the big blind, Julio Rodriguez three-bet shoved for 191,000 total. Conniff re-shoved for around 350,000, Prociak folded, and Rodriguez was heads-up and at risk.

Conniff:
Rodriguez:

The board ran out , and Rodriguez won the pot to double up with kings full.

Julio Rodriguez – 404,000 (34 bb)
Asher Conniff – 155,000 (13 bb)

$360 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600,1,200 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 82 of 300

While the money bubble was playing out on one side of the room, the $30,000 Guarantee Event 11 blew past it’s mark and closed registration with exactly 300 entries.

The combined to create a prize pool worth $90,000 with the last 38 players taking home some money. A min-cash is worth $527 and the next champ will bank $19,767 along with the trophy, custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI, and a seat in the $10,000 WPT Finale/$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship freeroll.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 11
$360 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Entries: 300
Prize Pool: $90,000
March 26, 2017

1st: $19,767
2nd: $13,873
3rd: $8,919
4th: $5,598
5th: $4,320
6th: $3,578
7th: $3,006
8th: $2,471
9th: $1,977
10th – 12th: $1,665
13th – 15th: $1,418
16th – 18th: $1,179
19th – 21st: $963
22nd – 24th: $787
25th – 27th: $685
28th – 36th: $594
37th – 38th: $527

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 249 of 2,923

Shortly after the level bump, tournament staff instructed dealers to hold up after their current hand with 252 players remaining and 250 getting paid.

Before anyone could blink, three different tables called out “seat open” while players were trying to figure out if they were or weren’t in the money. After a head count to confirm, it was announced that they were in the money without the need for hand-for-hand.

Event 9 Payouts:

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 258 of 2,923

Reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak wasn’t sitting back and nursing a stack as the money bubble got closer. He was mixing it up in a lot of hands, dropping Wally Maddah down to a short stack before aiming at neighbor Jon Borenstein.

Maddah was on the button when he dropped some chips after Prociak check/called with the board reading then fired for 38,000 after the river. Maddah thought for a while before he called with but top/top was no good against Prociak’s flopped set .

Soon after, Prociak was in a battle of the blinds with Borenstein and called bets down to the turn on the board. Borenstein slowed down after the river and released to a bet from Prociak.

On the next hand, Borenstein raised from the button to 15,000 and Prociak three-bet to 42,000 from the small blind. Borenstein counted out chips before four-betting to 100,000. Snap and crackle and all the chips were in the middle in a hurry with Borenstein at risk.

But it was an anti-climatic hand after all when Borenstein tabled against to chop up the pot.

David Prociak – 690,000 (115 bb)
Jon Borenstein – 200,000 (33 bb)
Wally Maddah – 56,000 (9 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 268 of 2,923

Players returned from their first break of the day with the blinds going up and the players going down. They are only a few table breaks away from going into hand-for-hand mode.

The 500 denom chips came off the tables while the blue 25K were introduced. There are few ~500K stacks hanging around the room but Neil Moskalenko has eclipsed them all with a full barrel of the blue birds. His total count after color up is 835,000 to put him out front near the money.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 5: 75/150 with a 25 Ante
Entries: 110

The Purple Chip Bounty tournament is cruising right along after blowing past its $100,000 guaranteed prize pool early in play. The casual-paced tournament gives them plenty of play and Rich Rice made the most of his opportunities.

The SHRP regular has several final tables to his credit here but is waiting for his first title. This would be a good one to take home later tomorrow.

Top stacks and some notables:

Richard Rice – 47,000 (313 bb)
Hyon Kim – 33,000 (220 bb)
Sheldon Gross – 29,150 (194 bb)
Daniel Garcia – 29,000 (193 bb)
Dantonio Brown – 27,000 (180 bb)
Will Givens – 25,000 (167 bb)
TK Miles – 24,300 (162 bb)
Dylan Drazen – 24,000 (160 bb)
Michael Laake – 19,900 (133 bb)
Nick Yunis – 18,525 (124 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 17,250 (115 bb)
Jorie Damiani – 12,800 (85 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic – 12,500 (83 bb)
Denis Cyk – 12,000 (80 bb)
Scott Montgomery – 11,450 (76 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – 6,100 (41 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 4,900 (33 bb)