$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 17: 2,000/4,000, limits of 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 16 of 113

With 16 players left in the second event of the series, the first bubble of the 2018 SHRPO is here.

Pete Walsworth holds the chip lead on the bubble of the $360 Omaha 8-or-Better event with about 150,000 in chips. They will play hand-for-hand until they lose one more player. At that point, the final 15 players will all be in the money and guaranteed a cash of at least $763.

Phil Hui, Joel Harwood and John Holley are also still in the field and looking to add another cash to an already long poker resume.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300
Flight B Entries: 257

On a flop of , the player on the button got all in against Robert Campbell in the hijack. Campbell tabled , giving him middle set, and was in great shape against the button’s .

The turn was the and the river was the , sending the pot to Campbell. Campbell was all in for 17,500 and had his opponent slightly covered. The button hit the rail and Campbell, who is a regular in all of the Hard Rock’s mixed game tournaments, chipped up at the beginning of the level.

Robert Campbell – 49,000

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 356

Flight A: 356 Entries, 55 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Friday at 11am
Flight D: Friday at 6pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 11am
Day 2: Sunday at 1pm

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 202

The player in the hijack raised to 800 and the player on the button called. The small blind called before Peter Jacobson three-bet to about 3,500 out of the big blind. The hijack called, while the button and small blind folded.

They were heads-up to a flop of and Jacobson bet 7,000. The hijack moved all in for about 20,000 and Jacobson quickly called.

Jacobson was in the lead with against his opponent’s . The turn was the and the river was the . Jacobson won the pot and knocked out his opponent just before the end of the second level.

Peter Jacobson – 45,000

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 356
Players Remaining: 55

Sam Panzica was on the radar as an end-of-day notable but he quickly elevated to the Flight A chip leader. With two huge doubles in the last ten minutes, Panzica put 319,000 away for his Day 2 return on Sunday.

Michael Ortiz had the second biggest with 297,000 followed by Uri Kadosh with 275,500. Kadosh was at the top of the counts with two hands to go but sent a big double of his own to Scott Baumstein who will return with 235,000.

Full chip counts will be published as soon as they are available.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 356
Players Remaining: 72

Flight A is down to the last level of the night and some big stacks are beginning to emerge. Carey Pickus (pictured) and Andre Rakusa are among the leader with more than 200,000 out front to put themselves in great position for a nice Day 2 stack.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Entries: 356
Players Remaining: 81

Flight A returned from their final short break of the day and they are down to the last nine tables. Math says it should get to seven before the end of Level 14 and they are moving it along.

Despite the late day pressures, Table 8 seems to be having a good time with some talent in the mix. Brett Apter, Chris Nomikos, Jeff Kessler, and James Salmon are spread around the felt trying to add to their bankroll. All but Apter already own one of our trophies but his $700K in career earnings makes up for it.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

Flight A is playing down to their end of night and the second flight is getting set up on the other side of the Event Center. There are already 356 entries in the multi-day tournament and they will get closer to the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool this evening.

Event 1 players will sit down to 20,000 starting stack and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm. The flight will end after Level 14 with all survivors returning on Sunday for Day 2.

This tournament will also feature a big blind ante structure from start to finish to move it along with more hands seen during the event.

Cards go in the air at 6pm and we will continue our coverage until their night comes to an end.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, FL
Event 2
$360 Omaha 8 or Better (Re-Entry)
Entries: 113
Prize Pool: $33,900
August 1, 2018 

Registration closed on the Omaha/8 tournament and it attracted a huge crowd of 113 entries. That is the biggest Omaha/8 field since we expanded to four major series a year in the SHRPO era and a fantastic turnout.

The 113 entries created a prize pool worth $33,900 and the tournament will payout the last 15 spots. A min-cash will earn $763 and the Omaha/8 champ will walk away with an even $10,000 along with the first 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy.

1st: $10,000
2nd: $6,187
3rd: $3,695
4th: $2,373
5th: $1,797
6th: $1,492
7th: $1,288
8th: $1,136
9th: $1,000
10th – 12th: $881
13th – 15th: $763

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Entries: 356
Players Remaining: 144

The field is dropping fast and we’re down to 16 tables in Flight A with the expectation of cutting that in half before the end of the night after Level 14.

Table 5 has a pair of players trying to stick around for Day 2 and they’ve made it through big fields before. Jacquelyn Scott is one of our favorite regulars in the room and we were all happy when she won the 2015 WSOP Ladies Championship. Now she has some more company in that unique club after Jessica Dawley, another popular player in our games, earned that honor this summer by winning the 2018 WSOP Ladies Championship.

The two are sharing the same table this afternoon and we are sure the stories are entertaining.