$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

The field crossed over 100 entrants shortly after the start of Level 2 and the action has not been as passive as 24 hours ago. Table 36 once again produced another big pot and this time the losing player did not opt to re-enter.

We caught the action after the flop when the 8-seat called all-in with and flush draw on the board. The 7-seat was probably feeling good with for the open ended straight and flush draws until he realized he was drawing thin. The turn ended the hand quickly and he left the room muttering.

Not every big hand during the level ended with a knockout but Table 30 did create some noise. The table is up against the railing of the second floor so most could hear the 6-seat asking the 8-seat repeatedly, “do you have the best hand or just think you have the best hand?” when faced with a raise. The 8-seat stayed stoic in the face of his opponent trying to get a read. We were there in time to see the 6-seat finally call with flopped two pair which was good against the smaller, rivered two pair with . The hand did not send anyone to the rail but it increased the entertainment.

Players are now on Level 3 with blinds at 75/150.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

The deep stack structure of the Event 1 gives players 200 big blinds at the start of play and it usually takes a pretty big hand to get them all in the middle early. Table 36 found one of the few situations where it can happen.

Seats 2 raised the action preflop and called a three-bet from seat 6. Fireworks lit off after a check-raise on the flop before all the chips ended up in the middle. Seat 2 made his way to the cage to re-enter when his flopped set with was dominated by a bigger set of Eights . It was the second instance of a player losing to set over set in the first level.

Day 1C is outpacing the field from Day 1A as the number of entrants is close to 100 at the end of the first level. Players are onto Level 2 and blinds are up to 50/100.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Players have taken their seats and Event 1 Day 1C is underway in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock. Players are still lining up as play begins and late comers have four levels of late registration. The first two flights drew 427 entrants and the numbers will continue to grow as we approach the weekend.

Event 1 is a $125 buy-in tournament with a $150,000 guaranteed prizepool. Players begin with 10,000 stacks and blinds at 25/50 and play through 14 levels today.

Follow along as we will bring you live updates throughout the day.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Wednesday was a great start to the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” as Event 1 Day 1A and 1B combined to draw 427 entrants. After 14 levels of play during each flight, 52 players were left with chips and will come back on Sunday.

Max Brooks emerged at the chipleader near the end of Day 1B with 284,200 which is 85,600 more than 2nd place Jose Galvez. Day 1A leader Syed Shah finished his flight with 147,400 and good enough for 5th place of those moving on.

Two more flights are set to run today with Day 1C at 11am and a 7pm kickoff for 1D later this evening. Late registration and re-entry is available through four levels with players receiving a full starting stack. The tournament has a $125 buy-in and a guaranteed prizepool of $150,000.

We expect another great day in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock.

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Schedule and Structures

We are done here for the day at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open”. Despite having 51 more players than the first flight, there were actually less players making it through the day as only 25 survived (compared to 27 for the earlier flight). That means 52 players total thus far have moved on to Sunday.

The current chip leader is Max Jones with a very impressive ending stack of 284,200 which is 90K more than his next closest competitor. Here are the chip counts for the players who made it through the day:

Day 1C will get underway at 11 am and Day 1D takes place at 7 pm.

Hope to see you here!

Players participating in the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” over the next three weeks have a chance to take down some great prizes if they do well enough. We have a Leaderboard Promotion that will be awarding the following prizes:

1st place: $5,300 entry into Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day 1A on April 10th, 2014, 2 night stay in the Hotel and $200 gift certificate to Council Oaks Steaks & Seafood.

2nd place: $5,300 entry into Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Day 1A on April 10th, 2014.

3rd through 20th place: $575 entry into Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Mega Satellite (for the month of December 2013 only).

We will post frequent updates for the Leaderboard here. For specific rules regarding the promotion, contact tournament staff at The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock. Points are awarded as follows:

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Blinds 1K/2K Ante 200

31 players remain with 5 minutes left in Level 13.

An early position player raised to 6300 and Max Jones called from late position. The big blind made it 22K to go and the original raiser folded. Jones raised his eyebrows, looking across the table at his foe. The shaved head, somewhat Patrik Antonius lookalike rested his head confidently on his hands. Peering through shades, he looked directly at Jones. After spending some time thinking about what to do, Jones grabbed a stack of 1K chips and made the call.

The flop came and the big blind moved all in for his last 45K. Jones glanced quickly at the flop and announced call. The hands:

Big Blind:  Jones:

Jones had flopped a set and would felt the big blind when the turn was the and river was . Walking away, I could hear the big blind telling his girlfriend “I was hoping he had Ace Queen.” Jones explained his though process pre-flop… “I was thinking about what he might have and decided that if no ace or king came on the flop that I was going to go all in. I’m not calling 22K to set mine.”

The pot puts Jones up to 215K which makes him the clear chip leader at this point with just over 30 minutes left to play.

$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack

Blinds 1K/2K Ante 200

Players have just returned from their last break of the night. There are 37 players remaining with one hour of poker left to be dealt. The current chip leader for this flight looks to have approximately 160K which is more than the 147K the Event 1-A chip leader had. Sitting right next to him is another player with 150K – it’ll be interesting to see if these two tangle in the next hour.