$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 2: 75/150
Flight B Entries: 245

The late reg tables are starting to fill up from the feeder table and one side of the room will be a bit more rambunctious than the rest.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Stout is making his first appearance of the series after arriving late last night. He picked his random seat and found himself positioned next to friend and fellow Northeast grinder Chris Limo. They will keep the rest of the table entertained at their own peril.

Limo is having himself a nice run over the last 12 months. He won the Borgata Almighty Million and followed that up with a televised WPT final table in the Main Event back in September for another six-digit payday.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 2: 75/150
Flight B Entries: 225

More poker royalty joined the action as Flight B moved into the second level of the day. But his is a little more recent.

Qui Nguyen had $53,000 in career earnings before he bought into the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event and increased that total by $8,000,000 before he was through. He outlasted 6,736 in the biggest tournament in the game to become the reigning WSOP Main Event champion.

Now he’s here with us in our Championship and having a good time at his table with Brett Bader, Brian Phillis, and Scott Efron.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 1: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 203

We caught up with action at Table 10 with Ralph Massey staring down the board, Michael Johnson with all his chips out front, and the 9-seat trying to make a decision. Massey wasn’t in the hand, it just had his interest.

The 9-seat called to see Johnson turn over the turned straight and tried to muck. The dealer informed that he needed to show since it was an all-in and the entire saw his flop set down in flames.

It wasn’t a big hit against the short-stacked Johnson, the win moved him a few chips over the 30,000 starters.

Johnson is looking to finish off his series the way he started. He was part of the 5,018-strong field in Event 4 and made it all the way to fourth place for nearly $100,000.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 1: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 175

The first family of Florida poker has their representative in today’s game in the form of four-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi and his $6 million in career earnings. He took his seat early and already on the positive side of his starting stack.

Robert is one of four poker-playing brothers and Michael has three WSOP bracelets of his own including two WSOP Poker Players Championship titles. On the Florida all-time cash list, Michael comes in at number two (behind Jason Mercier) and Robert currents sits in fifth.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 1: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 136

Tournament Director issued a few instructions to Flight B players and cards are now in the air for the final flight of the Championship.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 1: 50/100

The opening day of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship was a good start to the tournament and we will run the numbers higher today. Flight A drew 339 entries to put the Championship on an easy path to hitting the $2 Million Guarantee with registration open until this evening.

Of the 118 who survived Flight A, three-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings was in possession of the top stack at the end of the night as the only player to top 400,000 for the day. Matt Affleck is the leading Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member with Sheddy Siddiqui and Jessica Dawley also building a bag.

Other notables moving to Day 2 include Phil Laak, Zo Karim, Rep Porter, Kelly Minkin, and former WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela along with all three Seminole Hard Rock Tampa team members John Racener, Wally Maddah, and Justin Zaki.

It will be another big field for Flight B and today’s entry number 287 will put the Championship over the guaranteed prize pool.

Each entrant will sit down with a 30,000 starting stack and levels are 60-minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 after the dinner break and we will lock the count at 8pm. They will play ten full levels and survivors will bag up their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow at noon.

Cards will go in the air at the top of the hour and we expect another exciting day in the ballroom.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 60-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

Main Event Schedule

12PM: $3,500 RRPO Championship Day 1B – $3,500 NL Hold’em

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 60-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 46 – $390 Turbo Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
• Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in The Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 46 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 47 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship Event
• Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 47 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 48 – $200 Deep Stack Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 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
• Event 48 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 49 – $150 Survivor NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• One (1) in ten (10) players will win $1,200 in cash
• 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
• Event 49 Structure Sheet

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Returning to Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante

Flight A: 339 Entries, 118 Advanced
Flight B: Saturday at 12pm
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm
Day 3: Monday at 12pm
Day 4: Tuesday at 12PM
Day 5: Final Table at 12PM

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
End of Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 118 of 339

After 10 levels of no-limit hold’em, Day 1A of the  2016 Rock n’ Roll Poker Open is in the books and Brian Hastings leads the survivors of the first starting flight.

There were 339 entries for first of two starting days, which generated over $1 million to the $2 million guaranteed prizepool. By the end of the day though, those 339 was trimmed down to just 119 with the aforementioned Hastings leading the way.

Hastings finished the day strong and bagged 403,800 in chips. Joining him at the top of the counts are Alexander Villa (339,500), Roy Cohen (268,000), Sean Munjal (223,800), and George Alberto (216,800). Joey Weissman was the only other player to finish the day with more than 200,000 chips. He bagged 213,600.

Other notable pros to survive Day 1A include Jerry Wong (192,000), Matt Affleck (157,500), Farid Jattin (122,700), Kitty Kuo (121,300), Ben Keeline (116,400), Frank Kassela (115,400), Kyle Julius (104,000), Andre Crooks (103,000), Justin Zaki (97,700), Kelly Minkin (96,200), Seth Davies (86,500), and Rep Porter (70,800).

Complete Day 1A chip counts will be posted later tonight.

Day 1B kicks off on Saturday at noon to play another 10 levels. The survivors of Day 1B will merge with today’s survivors on Sunday for Day 2. SHRPO.com will have continued coverage of the action as

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 339

Brandon Adams raised to 2,600 from under the gun and the player in the big blind calls. Both players checked a flop of and the came on the turn.

The big blind checked and Adams bet 6,000. The big blind check-raised all in for about 33,000. Adams took a couple minutes in the tank and then called.

The big blind tabled , good for a flush, and Adams was behind with . Adams needed a ten or a queen to eliminate his opponent, but the came on the river and Adams watched about a third of his chips get pushed to his neighbor.

Brandon Adams – 77,000