$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

Tournament staff pulled the green quarter chips out of play during the color up break and it was Mohammed Tarkamani with the biggest stack when the process was complete.

His 150,300 clearly passed the rest of his opponents with a few hanging close including first break leader Gerald Dunn with 82,700.

Registration is closed for Flight 1C with 441 entrants bringing the total count for Event 1 up to 1,146 with three more flights ahead of them. There should be somewhere between 70 and 80 players moving on from this flight to join the 122 already making Day 2.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

Flight 1C is on the second break of the day and registration will close when they return for Level 9.

The clock shows 439 entrants with a few more adding to the field after surrendering their stacks for a fresh 20,000.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

The count for 1C climbed over 400 with time running out to build on the number. It reached 420 midway through the level making it a real possibility the event will hit the $500,000 guarantee later this evening in 1D.

It’s a long shot, but we already know we’ll blow past it before long.

@shrpo @js2349 @WSOP nice to be back on the home turf

— Jacquelyn Scott (@JackieFLL) July 31, 2015

Late start looking to make a run @shrpo #shrpo — Jeff Nemes (@JeffNemes) July 31, 2015

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 400/800 Limits

While Event 1 Flight C continues to build in the main section of the ballroom, Event 2 has quietly built itself into a big non-Hold’em event in the back corner.

Last year’s Limit Omaha/8 tournament drew 76 players and this version hit 80 entrants with more than two hours remaining for late registration or re-entry. It’s going to have a nice, big number by the time the close the books and they are scheduled to finish sometime this evening.

Michael Moed is one of those recent entries and he’s looking to add to his already impressive résumé in this game. He has nine tournament wins in his career with seven of them coming in Omaha/8 events, including this event a few months ago during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante

We continue to see a steady stream of local regulars getting in today’s flight as the count climbs over 360 entrants with 90 minutes left to grab a new stack.

Francis Margaglione, Stuart Paterson, Steven McKoy, Scott Zakheim, and Carolyn Zegeer are here in early action along with Jessica Dawley making her first appearance of the series.

It’s a certainty that 1C will top both of yesterday’s numbers, now it’s just a matter of seeing how much bigger.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300/25 Ante

Players came back to their seats for Level 5 and everyone is looking up at Gerald Dunn. The Indiana resident ran his starting 20,000 up to 67,925 in the first two hours to give him only 226 big blinds at this stage.

Dunn is followed closely by Janos Bodov as they only other person over 60,000 but there are some big names trying to chase them down including John Spadavecchia and Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Sheddy Siddiqui.

Top and notable stacks:

Gerald Dunn – 67,925 (226 bb)
Janos Bodov – 62,800 (209 bb)
John Spadavecchia – 58,525 (195 bb)
Jonathan Sanchez – 56,500 (188 bb)
Mario Jimenez – 55,950 (187 bb)
Willie Muhammad – 55,000 (183 bb)
Michael Burke – 52,000 (173 bb)
Michael Newman – 51,975 (173 bb)
Joshua Robins – 49,925 (166 bb)
George El-Khowri – 49,525 (165 bb)
Michael Fryett – 44,475 (148 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 39,900 (133 bb)
Eric Piderit – 23,900 (80 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 20,100 (67 bb)
Ory Hen – 13,475 (45 bb)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200

Players are about to head off on their first break of the day with 311 entries into the flight so far. That’s a better pace than the previous two flights so we’re looking at a nice turnout.

We’ll return with the first glimpse of our 1C leaders when they come back to the first antes of the day.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 150/300 Limits

A quick walk through the Event 2 found a few of local grinders getting a seat with past success in this version of the game. There were 50 entrants listed as they leveled up including Robert Campbell, Errol Massey, Luis Santoni, and “Miami John” Cernuto.

Campbell won the Pot Limit version of this event last summer along with his other 10 Omaha/8 titles. Massey just missed out on that title when he had to settle for the runner-up position. Santoni captured the H.O.R.S.E. title this past November in the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Poker Open

Cernuto has the most success in the tournament with three WSOP bracelet and two WSOP-C rings with his latest coming in a Limit Omaha/8 event.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150

South Florida and Seminole Hard Rock Poker are home to a lot of successful poker players from the Mizrachi Brothers to 3-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings to November Niner John Dolan to superstar Jason Mercier.

The state added a few more bracelets this summer including another WSOP Ladies Championship. Marsha Wolak is a regular here before she won that title in 2011 and she was joined this summer by fellow local Jacquelyn Scott when she outlasted 794 other players to win the bracelet.

She’s back in action today and trying to run up her early 1C stack.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 100/200 Limits

While Event 1 still has a few days before the champion is crowned, today will give us the first trophy winner of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open when Event 2 comes to an end.

Event 2 is a $250 buy-in Limit Omaha/8 tournament scheduled to start and end today. This tournament drew 76 entrants last summer with Wayne Brown taking the title.

Players will begin with 10,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels, plenty of space in the limit game to make moves. Late registration and re-entry is available until the start of Level 9 around 4:30 this afternoon. The deep structure keeps the re-entries to a minimum but the option is there.

They’ll determine the first SHRPO champion of the summer in the first non-Hold’em tournament. Cards are in the air and we’ll keep an eye on the tournament as they move throughout the day.