$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 126 of 534
Play has concluded in Flight F and the clock shows 126 players remaining. Leading the action with a stack of 378,500 is none other than Chino Rheem. Rheem tops the counts, but only by a margin. He’s trailed by Andrew Touchette (376,500) and Zev Mandel (366,000)
Complete chip counts will be posted within the hour.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 135 of 534
The last level of the night is upon us. Players are set to log just a bit more action until play concludes shortly after 1:30am local time. The clock shows 135 remaining and it’s Chino Rheem who owns the chip lead now with more than 300,000.
Complete chip counts will be posted after play concludes.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 144 of 534
Chino Rheem has taken his seat and revealed himself as the aforementioned faceless big stack. Rheem’s poker prowess is on full display in the $360 opener as he’s proving his ability to be successful at any stakes.
Just a few months ago, Rheem, who owns more than $8,000,000 in career earnings, entered the $10,000 WPT Finale during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown series. A few days later, he overcome the tough field and pocketed the tournament’s $705,885 first prize.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 153 of 534
The largest stack in the room is, in fact, faceless. With a sweatshirt draped over the chair behind it, the owner is likely nearby taking a breather as they are all but assured a trip to Day 2 at this point. We will keep an eye on the stack and try to identify who owns the nearly 300,000 chips.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 171 of 534
The clock reads 171 players remaining toward the end of Level 12. The field is trimming fast and it’s expected 100 or so players will advance joining the 383 that have already earned a Day 2 berth.
Among those in contention to punch their ticket into another day of play are WSOP gold bracelet winner Matt Waxman and Javier Sarache.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 216 of 534
Sean Iannucci is separating himself from the competition late in Level 11. Impressively, Iannucci has turned his 20,000 starting chips into 221,000 and leads the way with just a few more levels to go.
One of the tournament’s other big stacks belongs to Nalton Williams. Williams, who won a $250 event during April’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for more than $11,000, owns a stack of 170,000 and looks for a hot run to close out Flight F.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Event 1 of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $360 buy-in, Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry tournament. The field topped out at 2,570 entries smashing the $500,000 guarantee before topping the prize pool out at $771,000. The top 250 finishers earn a payday worth at least $648. In addition to the token guitar pick trophy, the tournament’s champion earns $134,100.
Full payout information:
Event #1
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 2,570
Prize Pool: $771,000
July 28-July 31, 2016
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 243 of 534
Last year’s WSOP Main Event runner up Josh Beckley is cruising midway through Flight F of the $360 opener. Beckley, who earned nearly $4,500,000 for his second-place finish less than a year ago, sits on a stack of 122,000 and is in good position with more than double average.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Day 1F Players: 534
Asher Conniff, who’s among the 534 entries here in Flight F, was one of three lucky players to earn a $5,250 seat in the $5,000,000 guaranteed SHRPO Championship via the Seminole Hard Rock’s Win-a-Seat contest. To enter, players simply provide their name, e-mail address and zip code. From there, the property randomly selects three winners and puts up their $5,250 entry fee no questions asked.
Conniff was preceded in the Win-a-Seat winner’s circle by David May. The third and final drawing takes place the morning of August 9th and entries are welcome up until then.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Day 1F Players: 527
Players are in the midst of their second 15-minute break of the night and registration is primed to close momentarily. The complete prize pool and payout information will be posted as soon as it’s made available to us.