$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries:  308

Flight C jumped over 300 entries after an hour of play and inching closer to the 1,493 combined needed to match the guarantee.

With the influx of new players, we’re seeing some more friendly faces coming back to the Seminole Ballroom. Among them, we found Lexy Gavin, Bob Mathers, Steve Buckner, Ory Hen, Marc Duquette, and Willie Wiggins.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries:  238

Flight C saw nearly 100 new faces over the first level and the tournament is very close to pushing the prize pool over the $500,000 guarantee. It will get there before registration closes at 2:30 pm which means a $1,000,000 prize pool is in play.

More friends are joining the field including 2020 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Nathaniel Jr and multiple SHRP champ Rafael Lima.

Lima is having himself a nice run in 2021. He booked a win in February in the Escalator V Series, followed that up with the Poker Showdown $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty trophy, and won another title during the May Deep Stacks Poker Series.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight C Entries:  166

After a short reading of the rules, tournament staff put cards in the air for SHRPO Event 1 Flight C. There are 166 entries at the start to put the combined total at 1,230 and the tournament is less than $100K from reaching its $500,000 guarantee.

Players will work their way through the first four levels of the day before taking a break from the action.

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

We are heading into the first weekend of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and we expect to see a lot of our old friends and new ones taking part in the action. Friday gets underway with Flight C of Event 1 at 10 am, a $400 buy-in tournament that will meet its $500,000 guarantee later today.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm with re-entries limited to a single one per flight.

Flight C will continue until only 12.5% of the field remains and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.

It will be a great weekend of poker 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

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $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 3 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $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 54 – $900 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $8,500 packages guaranteed: seats in SHRPO Events 20, 28, 32, and 35 plus $850 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

7PM: Event 55 – $150 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $1,250 packages guaranteed: seats into any SHRPO $600 and $400 event plus $250 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 56 – $200 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $1,700 packages guaranteed: seats into any SHRPO $1,100 and $400 event plus $200 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 5
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 57 – $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 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 133 of 1,064

Flight A: 517 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight B: 547 Entries; 68 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
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 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  68 of 547

Chris Conrad raised to 10,000 from middle position, Chris Mo three-bet to 27,000 from the small blind, Conrad four-bet all in for 138,000 and Mo thought for a few moments before he called.

Conrad:
Mo:

Just prior to the runout, a short-stacked player from another table was already all in with ten-nine suited against an opponent’s kings. The short-stacked player failed to improve on the ensuing runout, meaning at least one elimination was guaranteed.

The Conrad vs. Mo hand then finished up, with the board running out clean for Mo, eliminating Conrad on the money bubble as well.

Chris Mo – 368,000 (74 bb)
Chris Conrad – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

The remaining 68 players are in the money and will return on Sunday at 1 p.m. for Day 2.

Jimmy Corrales is the Flight B chip leader with 470,000, good for second overall through two flights.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  71 of 547

The player under the gun limped in, Jimmy Corrales limped from middle position and Gabe Ramos raised to 20,000 from the button.  Chris Mo called from the big blind, the UTG player called and Corrales called.

The flop was and Mo checked to the UTG player who shoved for 64,000. Corrales raised all in for 107,000, Ramos called and Mo thought for a while before he called as well.

The turn was the , Mo shoved for effectively 150,000-ish and Ramos thought for a little while before he folded.

Mo:
UTG:
Corrales:

Corrales was in the lead with the nut flush, Mo was drawing dead and the UTG player had outs to a full house.

The river was the , safe for Corrales to eliminate the UTG player while also doubling through Mo and Ramos.

Jimmy Corrales – 485,000 (97 bb)
Chris Mo – 240,000 (48 bb)
Gabe Ramos – 150,000 (30 bb)

2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 100
Prize Pool:  $34,000
July 22, 2021

Event 2 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out). A field of 100 players took part and in the end, a four-handed real was reached. The chip leader at the time was Yuval Bronshtein, making him the official Event 2 winner.

For Bronshtein, it’s his second SHRP trophy. Back in January, he won this same event, also in a four-way deal.

“It’s pretty nice,” Bronshtein said afterward. “I won this one in January, and right after that had two second-place finishes in mixed events. Good start to the series for sure.”

The victory pushes Bronshtein past the $1.63 million mark in tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob database. A mixed-game specialist, Bronshtein also boasts a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, won in 2019 in No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball.

Originally from Israel, Bronshtein lived in Atlanta for a while before moving to South Florida in 2019. This score was his ninth mixed-game tournament cash in a Seminole Hard Rock major series since arriving in the Sunshine state.

*denotes four-way deal

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 100

After playing four-handed for a little while, the remaining four players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Yuval Bronshtein – 412,000 (8 big bets)
Howard Luckman – 351,000 (7 big bets)
Philippe Goureau – 245,000 (5 big bets)
Sandy Sanchez – 192,000 (4 big bets)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Yuval Bronshtein – $6,673
Howard Luckman – $6,261
Philippe Goureau – $5,404
Sandy Sanchez – $4,867

As the chip leader, Yuval Bronshtein is the official winner of Event 2 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open!

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.