$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3k/500 ante
Here is a look at some of the chip leaders among the Day 1A survivors for Event 1 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
Jordan Peralta
Matthew Goldman
Kai Young
Taragaturi Draueen
Edgardo La Torre
Dallas Perry
Luis Cristobol
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150
Blinds continue to rise here in the Seminole Hard Rock. Level 3 is underway with 270 entries so far. Late registration is available until the start of level 7.
Semi-pro poker player Michael Johnson (N Miami, FL) has fired his first bullet in Flight B. He’s a regular here at the Seminole Hard Rock when not working his other job. During the previous level, Michael was up to ~28k.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1.5k/3k/500 ante
Play is done for Day 1A of the first event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. They paused the clock and played seven more hands, during which the field lost eight players. Only 58 of the starting 414 players will return for Day 2 with everyone bagging instead of taking the option of surrendering their stacks.
Bradley Moxson finished the day with 331,500 and earned a $500 bonus for finishing his flight as the chipleader. Joseph Dipascale and Dimas Martinz are not far behind and they will all return on Sunday in good shape for the title.
Official end of Day 1A counts will be released shortly.
Bradley Moxson – 331,500
Joseph Dipascale – 327,000
Dimas Martinez – 326,500
Kat Yamamoto – 286,500
Julio Sanchez – 260,000
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3k/500 ante
Daniel Kerr was all in preflop on the cutoff and Gui Soccaras had him more than covered on the hijack. The two players then flipped over their cards.
Soccaras: 
Kerr: 
Board: 
Soccaras won the hand to grow his stack above 250,000 just before the end of play. Kerr was eliminated from the tournament on the hand.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Flight B is rocking with lots of repeat entries from Flight A. Blinds have just increased for the start of level 2.
Jeff “Short Stack” Silverstein is one of those unfortunate Flight A bustouts. “I satellited in” he said about the 11am flight, which cost him only $85.
The local ginder from Del Ray Beach, FL has now fired his second bullet, for which he paid full fare. He’s up to about 22k from the 20k starting stack.
$250 Omaha 8B
Level 13: 800/1.6k
Players returned from their dinner break and immediately lost a player to get down to the final three tables. Brian Gelrod continues to lead the way as one of only two sitting with over 50,000.
They will redraw at 18 players and stop for the day if they make the final table.
Brian Gelrod – 54,100
Georges Boyadjian – 52,000
“Miami John” Cernuto – 46,600
Henry Hull – 46,000
Gene Hochman – 45,300
Alison Bishop 45,300
Player of the Year Tournament Leaderboard Promotion
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is underway and while the buzz is about the $10 Million Guaranteed Championship Event, the Player of the Year (POY) race will also get lots of attention.
This is the final series for players to earn points leading towards the $30,000 prize package* as the 2014 SHRP POY Winner. The 70 events over 21 days offers players plenty of chances to claim the top spot.
“My game plan is to play as much as I can,” says Ngoc “Angel” Vu (Daytona Beach, FL), the current points leader after the first three tournament series.
Vu, who is relatively new to the game, knows the competition will be tough over the next three weeks.
The Contenders
Current Standings
Position-Name-Points
1 Angel Vu 1120
2 Tim Kegel 1073
3 Marsha Wolak 1051
4 Greg Marcus 976
5 Mukul Pahuja 956
Not only will the competition be tough, but the race will be tight.
The top three spots are within 69 points of each other, while reigning WPT Player of the Year Mukul Pahjua (Coconut Creek, FL) is fifth in the standings and easily within striking distance.
“This is exciting,” says WSOP bracelet holder Marsha Wolak (Fort Lauderdale, FL), who is currently third overall. “If I can win the whole thing that would be amazing.”
“The top ten (prizes) is worth playing for,” says Greg Marcus (Miami Beach, FL), who starts the series in fourth place. “The top five is really nice and winning would cover my whole year.”
The top five also includes Tim Kegel (Hollywood, FL), who is in second place, less than 50 points behind Vu. And any player with a strong August showing has a shot at winning a prize as a top ten finisher.
“I’m going to work as hard as I can, if it happens it happens,” says Vu about earning the top prize. “If there’s something I cannot control, then I cannot control. But if it’s in my ability to make it happen I will do whatever it takes.”
*Prize Package Includes: $30,000 worth of entries and casino-based incentives for Seminole Hard Rock Poker’s most prestigious poker events throughout the following year including:
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Event 1 Day 1B of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is now underway in the ballroom with 136 players already registered. They will match their Day 1A competitors and play 15 levels.
SHRP POY leader Angel Vu was unable to make it deep in the first flight and has another entry in the 7pm edition.
They begin with 20,000 stacks and 30-minute levels.
$250 Omaha 8B
Level 12: 600/1.2k
Only 30 players were able to make the dinner break bubble and went off to cash their meal comps. Those still alive include “Miami John” Cernuto, Ryan Tepen, Errol Massey, and Brian Gelrod.
They will return in 40 minutes and play eight more levels stopping at 11pm or the final table, whichever comes first.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1k/2k/300 ante
Daniel Kerr was all in preflop for 19,600 with 
on the hijack and Matthew Goldman called with 
. The final board read 
and Kerr doubled up to survive with 40,000. Goldman dropped to 92,000 after the hand.