$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Total Day 1A Players: 246

The Flight A field is creeping up towards 250 entrants with two more hours to get in the early action. That puts thetournamentt well on pace to blast past the $500,000 by the time Event 1 registration closes for good Saturday evening.

New Jersey regular/South Florida transplant Rich DeVivo is playing his first tournament on our property; he has three tournament victories in the NorthEast and now down in the Sunshine State looking to make his SHRPO mark.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Total Day 1A Players: 225

Flight A moved over 200 entrants by the start of Level 3 and it continues to climb. The previously mentioned Matt Affleck will have to fire another bullet in the tournament if he wished to capture the title, his seat is now occupied by someone other than Affleck.

Reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen jumped in the game once they began afternoon activity. This is his last series as the POY and he made the most out of his big prize package for the accomplishment.

David Prociak leads the current POY race but TK Miles is making a big to catch him with his last chance in the SHRPO Championship.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Total Day 1A Players: 165

The first flight field moved into the second level of the day and they were joined by Seminole Hard Rock team member Matt Affleck.

He represented the team well this summer in Las Vegas. The Seattle native cashed five times in the World Series of Poker including a tenth place finish in the massive-field $1,500 Monster Stack and Affleck followed that up with a final table, third place result in the $1,500 Event 56 for nearly $185,000.

Flight 1A is quickly climbing and we should be looking at the next milestone once we hit the afternoon hours.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Total Day 1A Players: 103

Tournament Director Tony Burns issued the daily commandments to the assembled players and followed that up with the instructions to “shuffle up and deal.”

The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is underway with more than 100 in the game at the start.

The waiting is over and the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is set to kick off at the top of the hour. The first tournament of 28 main events will start at 11am and the festival will be underway.

The opening tournament is a huge-field, big money event with a $360 buy-in and $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. There are six starting flights to give players plenty of chances to advance to Day 2 on Sunday.

They sit down to 20,000 stacks out front and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 around 3:30pm and they’ll finish up the night after Level 14.

The opening event is big for every series, but SHRPO builds them even higher. Tables are set, dealers are prepped, and cards will fly shortly.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet