$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight B of the opening Seminole Hard Rock Poker tournament is ready to go at 6 pm in the ballroom and will build on the great start from Flight A. The morning session drew 517 entries and we expect something similar this evening.

Players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels run 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until 10:30 pm with a single re-entry option available per flight. The night will continue until only 12.5% of the field remain and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  1,200/2,400 Limits
Players Remaining:  49 of 100

The $400 Limit Omaha 8 freeze-out drew 100 players to create a prize pool worth $34,000. The last 13 players will earn some money with $850 for a min-cash and $10,370 to the first SHRPO champ of the series.

1st: $10,370 +  SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $6,375
3rd: $3,910
4th: $2,550
5th: $1,990
6th: $1,590
7th: $1,350
8th: $1,175
9th-10th: $985
11th-12th: $935
13th: $850

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  135 of 517

Harry Silver was all in from the small blind for 27,500 with , and he was facing elimination against the of James Calderaro (UTG+1).

Silver stood up to leave as if he were expecting the knockout, and Calderaro jokingly called him out on it.

“Don’t use that old ‘Walking Away’ trick!”

Sure enough, the board came , and Silver turned an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Silver said, “Sorry about the suckout.”

Once again, Calderaro smiled and called him out. “You’re not sorry. You’re definitely not sorry.”

Harry Silver  –  59,000  (24 bb)
James Calderaro  –  80,000  (32 bb)

With about 135 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 76,500 (31 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Limit Omaha 8
Structure
Level 9:  1,000/2,000 Limits
Entries:  100

The second break came to an end and registration closed for the $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 100 entries. That’s a great round number and we will post the official prize pool payout numbers when they are available.

Gabriel Ramos is among the field and looking for his sixth SHRP title. The four-card specialist has titles in various forms of Omaha 8 (Big O, PLO8, and Omaha 8/Stud 8) but missing a straight-up Limit Omaha 8 crown. He aims to remedy that this evening.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  160 of 517

A scan of the field during the break showed the chipleader to be Chris Perry with 188,500 (94 big blinds), followed closely by Joe Teixeira with 186,000 (93 big blinds).

But there are five more players with at least 170K in chips, so there are quite a few players on their heels.

With about 160 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 64,500 (32 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  185 of 517

There were a couple of players knocking on the door of 200K in chips, but one of them just took a solid hit to drop down to about 150K.

That leaves Carlos Velasco as the chipleader at the moment with about 190,000 (119 big blinds).

With about 185 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 55,900 (35 big blinds), and the field will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of the day will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  198 of 517

With the poker action going strong in South Florida, we’re seeing more than a few players come down for the series from the Northeast. Three weeks of tournaments will do that.

Howard Wolper is an Atlantic City regular with more than 100 Borgata cashes to his credit including three titles. Now he’s down here looking for cash number one in Hollywood.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  517

Registration closed on the first flight of Event 1 with 517 entries put nearly $175,000 towards the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Today’s action will continue until only 65 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  511

The clock is running out on Level 8 which means Flight A players will soon be taking their second break. That will also be the last chance to register for this session but Flight B gets going at 6 pm if you miss out.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  500

Flight A put 500 entries into the opening tournament of the series with about an hour to run it higher. That’s a great start and we expect to see a lot of players in Flight B which gets underway in the Seminole Ballroom at 6 pm.

That means they should top the $500,000 sometime tomorrow afternoon and continue building it up.