$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15:  1,500/2,500/500 ante

After a limp and a raise, Robert ‘Carwash’ Williams called from the cutoff, only to have the small blind in seat 8 shove for ~85k.  The limper and raiser folded, then Carwash shoved his last 38,500 into the pot.

Seat 8: [7s7h]

Carwash: [6d3d]

Board:

Carwash back-doored a flush to come from behind and more than double up.  He chipped up to about 110k.

The last few hands are playing out now and then they will bag & tag the chips for the night.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15:  1,500/3,000/500 ante

Players are back in action following a short color-up break to take the black 100 chips out of play.

Michael Jagroo (above) is still the chip leader.  He’s up to ~375k.

Hany Ayoub’s got 315k as they start the last level of the night.

Carlos Arabitg (pictured above) is close behind with ~300k.

Anything can happen during this final level, so that $500 chip leader bonus is still up for grabs.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 ante

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year point leader Angel Vu got all-in on the river with the board showing .  Unfortunately for Angel, Frank Navin (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) held for the turned flush.

Angel mucked her hand and headed out.  Frank, a self-professed “PLO degenerate,” chipped up to about 220k.

We’ll be seeing a lot more of Angel during this series since she’s chasing points to try to stay atop the POY leaderboard.  At the end of this series, the POY will receive a prize package valued at over $30,000 that features entries and casino-based incentives for Seminole Hard Rock Poker’s most prestigious poker events throughout the following year including:

• $3,500 entry into Seminole Hard Rock N Roll Poker Open Championship (Nov 2014)
• $3,500 entry into Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship (Feb 2015)
• $3,500 entry into Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship (Apr 2015)
• $5,300 entry into Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Aug 2015)
• $10,000 cash for entry into Main Event
• Wild Card Elite status for following year along with additional benefits (including preferred access to hotel accommodations, dining and entertainment)

For more information on the POY race and the point standings, visit http://hardrockpoker.com/shrp-player-of-the-year/.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 13:  1,000/2,000/300 ante

Players have returned to the action for the race to the finish.

As of the break, these were the chip leaders:

Michael Jagroo 223,100
Michael Ortiz 206,600
Zack Goodman 198,700
Carlos Arabitg 183,000
Ayman Saleh  163,700
Joel Gossett 163,400
Michael Amato 162,300
Brandon Ageloff 143,200
Payam Pourghassem 142,000
Hany Ayoub 139,000
Brett Bader 135,900
Ivan Martin 135,000
Ariel Rosello 132,300
Francis Navin 127,300
Robert Williams 125,500
Michael Morton 124,100
Richard Erens 122,400

The chip leader at the end of level 15 will earn a $500 bonus.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 12:  800/1,600/200 ante

Level 12 has run out and players are enjoying their last break of the day.  They’ll return for 3 more levels, then bag up for the night.

There are about 98 players still in the hunt out of the 382 entries in this flight.  Average stack is approximately 78k.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 12:  800/1,600/200 ante

During the previous level:

Three players check the turn with a board showing .  The dealer delivers the on the river, making a flush possible.  Seat 4 checked, seat 6 checked, then Hany Ayoub (cutoff) fired 12k.

After some thought, seat 4 called and seat 6 folded.  “You got the flush?” asked seat 4.  “No,” replied Ayoub, as he rolled over for a set.  Seat 4 mucked and the Miami businessman raked the pot.

He’s now up to ~200k and leading Flight B with four levels left to play.

The chip leader at the end of each starting flight earns a $500 bonus, so this is when the battle for the bonus begins in earnest.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 11:  600/1,200/200 ante

Use #SHRPO so we can find your Tweets!

Phil Weast (Tampa, FL) fired two bullets today, but came up empty.  He chronicled his journey on Twitter:

Just drove through the end of a double-rainbow and I am now I am going to get all the gold at #SHRPO. 500k gtd this weekend. Time to win!

— Phil Weast (@Prowannabe) August 13, 2014

SHRPO Day 1 of the 500k gtd. Feeling confident that this is my tournament to win!

— Phil Weast (@Prowannabe) August 14, 2014

Busted the @shrpo 500k with AA in 4b pot and couldn’t fade the ‘ole the gut-shot. I can still win but it’s gonna have to be off bullet #2.

— Phil Weast (@Prowannabe) August 14, 2014

I didn’t bag any chips on bullet #2 @shrpo 500k. Guess 3rd will be the charm. That is so cliche’ but I believe! Day off for a round of golf

— Phil Weast (@Prowannabe) August 15, 2014

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 10:  500/1,000/100 ante

Before the blinds went up:

With a flop of , two short stacks got all their chips in the  middle against Christian Rodriguez (Boynton Beach, FL).

The player in seat 9 held pocket Jacks, the lady in seat 7 had pocket 9s, and Christian had them both beat with pocket 5s for set.

That all changed with the on the turn, which gave the lady a straight.   Then another came on the river, giving Christian a full boat and sending both opponents packing.

With that pot, Christian chipped up to about 85k.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 9:  400/800/100 ante

Players are back from their second break.

Zack Goodman, from ‘Down South’, is the chip leader with about 121k.

There are only a couple of other players who have reached the 100k mark.