$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight E Entries:  507

Flight E is making some noise early in the day. Well before the first break of the day, the field crossed over 500 entries and it will get much bigger with registration available until 2:30 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight E Entries:  427

Players continue to pour into the Seminole Ballroom this morning with more than 150 entries added over the first 30 minutes. It’s a packed house and it will continue that way until registration closes at 2:30 pm.

We found a few former SHRP trophy owners in the crowd including RRPO winner Willie Wiggins and four-time  David Shmuel.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight E Entries:  275

Tournament staff put cards in the air for Flight E of SHRPO Event 1 and we had 275 entries at the start of the day. That puts the combined total over 2,400 and the prize pool is over $800,000 with a lot of time to get it over $1,000,000.

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

We have four flights in the books for SHRPO Event 1 with two more big Saturday flights to go. Flight E gets underway at 10 am in the Seminole Ballroom followed by the last flight at 6 pm, you want to get in on this massive tournament.

The $400 buy-in tournament already met its $500,000 guarantee on Friday and today it makes a push for a seven-digit prize pool. That will likely happen sometime during Flight F but could get there earlier.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels will last 30 minutes before going up to 40 on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm with a single re-entry available if players need it. Their day will come to an end when 12.5% of the field remain and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm already in the money.

We expect a great day in the Seminole Ballroom.

• $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 (2:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Chip counts through Flight D

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Day 1E – $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)

• $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 (2:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 4 – $400 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/single re-entry until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1F – $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)

• $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

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

3PM: Event 58 – $250 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $2,100 packages guaranteed: seat in any $1,100 and $600 event plus $400 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

9PM: Event 59 – $600 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into SHRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 60 – $150 Multi-Event Super Turbo Satellite

• One $1,250 package guaranteed: seats into any SHRPO $600 and $400 event plus $250 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 268 of 2,141

Flight A: 517 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight B: 547 Entries; 68 Advanced
Flight C: 500 Entries; 63 Advanced
Flight D: 577 Entries; 72 Advanced
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 72 of 577

Flight D of Event 1 came to an end with 72 players advancing to Day 2. The big stack in the flight belonged to Geddes Cooper, who bagged up 454,000 (114 big blinds), good for fourth overall through four flights. Right behind Cooper in the D flight was Michael Casson, who won this event back in April during the Showdown series. He sits fifth overall with 440,000 (110 big blinds).

Action ended with about 1:30 remaining in Level 15, with blinds at 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante. Day 2 (Sunday at 1 p.m.) will begin with the blinds rolled back to the earliest finish among the starting flights, which at this stage is this one.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted shortly.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 80 of 577

Following the turn of a board, a player in middle position was all in for about 65,000 with against Steven McKoy who was under the gun with .

The river was the , safe for McKoy to score the elimination.

Steven McKoy – 385,000 (96 bb)

McKoy is among the biggest stacks in the room as Flight D nears its conclusion. Once the field is down to 73, the survivors will be in the money and will have locked up a seat for Day 2 on Sunday.

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 82
Prize Pool:  $27,880
July 23, 2021

Event 3 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out). A field of 82 players came to play and in the end, a heads-up deal was reached between Avery Bloom and “Miami” John Cernuto. As the chip leader, Bloom was the official Event 3 winner.

The 27-year-old Bloom plays mostly online poker, but has transitioned to playing live more after moving to Miami from Atlanta.

“I’ve started to play live a little more and have been liking it more,” Bloom said afterward. “I like the action, so this is what I’ve been doing lately and plan to do a lot more of it.”

For Bloom, he finds what is probably the least popular of the five-game rotation as his favorite game in the mix.

“I love Razz. Not many people seem to like it much, so I feel that I have a good edge there.”

In addition to his victory tonight, Bloom also bagged an above-average stack in the opening event, locking up a pair of cashes in the first two days of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

*denotes heads-up deal

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 82

Before heads-up play began between Avery Bloom and “Miami” John Cernuto, they agreed to basically an even chop.

Here were the chip counts at the time:

Avery Bloom – 514,000 (21 BB)
“Miami”John Cernuto – 471,000 (20 BB)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Avery Bloom – $6,903
“Miami” John Cernuto – $6,802

As the chip leader, Avery Bloom is the official winner of Event 3 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open!

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.