$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  701

Flight B of SHRPO Event 1 closed with 701 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,344 entries through two flights. We are nearly halfway to the guarantee with six starting flights to go.

Play in Flight B will continue until 71 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 272

A player moved all in from middle position for 26,000, and Hector Pacheco called from the big blind with . His opponent turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the short stack turned an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Pacheco won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate his opponent in 26th place.

Hector Pacheco  –  402,000  (50 bb)
Tuan Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($705)

With 25 players remaining from a field of 272, the average chip stack is about 218,000 (27 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $705 each.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 643

Flight A:  643 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight B:  Underway
Flight C:  Thursday at 10 a.m.
Flight D:  Thursday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  65 of 643

Once the Money Bubble burst for Flight A, the remaining 65 players bagged up their chips for Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm. Everyone who bagged chips for Day 2 will finish in the money, though those payouts won’t be known until registration has closed for all eight starting flights.

Action ended with 24:47 remaining in Level 18, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 with an 8,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with the blinds where they were for whichever flight finished the earliest.

The full list of official chip counts for this flight will be posted soon, but here is a preview of the top five:

1.  Judson Bennett  –  525,000  (66 bb)
2.  Ivan Ruban  –  511,000  (64 bb)
3.  Jessica Perez Borrego  –  505,000  (63 bb)
4.  David Umana  –  467,000  (58 bb)
5.  Michael Garcia  –  466,000  (58 bb)

Flight B is already underway with 534 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 10:30 pm tonight. There will be two more starting flights per day (at 10:00 am and 6:00 pm) for the next three days.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  65 of 643

On the sixth hand of hand-for-hand play, a short-stacked player under the gun raised all in for 20,000. Andrey Bereza called from the small blind and Daniel Umana called from the big blind.

They checked down a board of

Umana showed for a pair of eights, Bereza showed for a pair of sevens, and the all-in player showed , for just ace-high, locking up the pot for Umana.

Daniel Umana  –  467,000  (58 bb)
Andrey Bereza  –  117,000  (14 bb)

With that, the remaining 65 players are in the money and will return for Day 2 on Sunday.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  212
Prize Pool:  $23,320
Bounty Prize Pool: $10,600
July 27, 2022

Registration closed for the $200 Double Green Chip Bounty tournament with 212 entries crushing the $20,000 guarantee. They combined to put $23,320 in the regular prize pool with another $10,600 up for grab in the form of bounties. The last 27 players will be paid with $240 for a min-cash and $5,495 for the Event 4 winner.

1st: $5,495 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $3,730
3rd: $2,390
4th: $1,455
5th: $1,125
6th: $930
7th: $800
8th: $685
9th-10th: $570
11th-12th: $490
13th-15th: $420
16th-18th: $350
19th-21st: $280
22nd-27th: $240

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$400 Big Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  129
Prize Pool:  $43,215
July 27, 2022

Registration closed for the $400 Big O tournament with 129 entries creating a prize pool worth $43,215. The last 17 spots will make some money with $845 for a min-cash and $11,860 awaiting the Event 3 champ.

The turnout was good enough to be the second best turnout for one of our Big O tournaments, only topped by the 161 entries we drew in January during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

2022 LHPO – 161 entries
2022 SHRPO – 129 entries
2022 Showdown – 109 entries
2018 RRPO – 107 entries
2018 SHRPO – 93 entries

1st: $11,860 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $7,425
3rd: $4,580
4th: $2,800
5th: $2,140
6th: $1,815
7th: $1,575
8th-9th: $1,380
10th-12th: $1,190
13th-15th: $1,000
16th-17th: $845

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  66 of 643

Somebody was just eliminated in 67th place, and no more than 65 players can advance from this flight, so the field has begun hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble. After one more elimination, Flight A will come to an end, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

With 66 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 195,000 (33 big blinds).

$400 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 272

Peter Lombardo got it all in from the small blind for 38,500 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the cutoff’s .

The board came , and both players flopped sets, but Lombardo’s aces held the entire way and he won the pot to double up in chips.

Peter Lombardo  –  83,000  (28 bb)

With about 45 players remaining from a field of 272, the average chip stack is about 121,000 (40 big blinds). The final 34 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $625 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 272

The players return from their dinner break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-2,500 with a 2,500 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 225K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Amir Baron  –  281,000  (112 bb)
2.  Carlos Rodriguez  –  247,000  (99 bb)
3.  Nancy Thomas  –  238,000  (95 bb)
4.  Robert Garcia  –  234,000  (94 bb)
5.  Tamara Goldshteyn  –  228,000  (91 bb)

Chipleader Amir Baron was called a “luckbox” by one of the other players at the table, because he recently got pocket aces on back-to-back hands and won them both.

With about 60 players remaining from a field of 272, the average chip stack is about 91,000 (36 big blinds). The final 34 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $625 each.