Event 1 Day 1B: Tampa Team Member Maddah Doubles

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/ with a 50 ante
Day 1B Players: 301

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Down to his last roughly 10,000, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa team member Wally Maddah was in the big blind. An early position player had opened to 1,100 and a middle-position player called. It folded to Maddah and he shoved for his last 9,950. The early position player jammed for more and the middle-position caller got out of the way. Maddah was at risk but ahead.

Maddah: KsKh
Early position player: AcTs

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa team member Wally Maddah
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa team member Wally Maddah

The runout fell Qc9h3c8s2d and Maddah’s kings held. He doubled and crossed back over the 20,000-chip starting mark.

Wally Maddah – 21,500

Event 1 Day 1B: A Look at the Leaders Following Break

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300/ with a 50 ante
Day 1B Players: 285

Frederico Moreno
Frederico Moreno

Play is freshly underway following the first break with the clock showing 285 entries. Leading the way early in the evening flight is Frederico Moreno. Moreno, who resides in nearby Pembroke Pines, sits on a stack of 100,000 and is the only player to claim six figures worth of chips.

Other notables toward the top include Eric Polier with 60,000 and David Greenberger with 57,000.

Here’s a glance at some of the chip leaders along with their stacks:

Frederico Moreno – 100,000
Eric Polirer – 60,000
David Greenberger – 57,000
Jerome Stroud – 56,500
Robert Kessler – 53,000
Marc Bronstein – 52,800
Gary Levinger – 52,500
Antoine Bahi – 52,000
David Castranova – 50,000

Event 1 Day 1B: Bahi Toward the Top

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200/ with a 25 ante
Day 1B Players: 255

Antoine Bahi
Antoine Bahi

Antoine Bahi is among the early chip leaders in Flight B of the $360 buy-in opening event. He’s been involved in a number of pots and kept the table guessing opening, C-betting and three-betting.

Bahi sits on a stack of more than 70,000 toward the first break. We’ll take a closer look at some of the leaders in a few short minutes.

Antoine Bahi – 71,500

Event 1 Day 1A: Official Chip Counts

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 63 of 326

Flight A drew 326 entrants with 63 players moving on to Day 2 on Sunday at 1pm.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1JosephMarzilli315,000
2RaymondClause304,000
3BrianPhillis272,500
4Jose CarlosDe Arriba233,000
5CarlosGuerrero218,000
6JulioFernandez207,500
7MarkSmith178,500
8RickCefaloni172,000
9JosephAnderson164,000
10RossRamlal159,000
11JenniferParker159,000
12WesleyBlomgren151,000
13AndrewReid150,000
14MattYorra148,000
15EfthimiosPiperakis145,000
16Dong ShengLin134,000
17MitchellSmith130,500
18DavidNathaniel127,000
19MarcoChan126,000
20AlexanderDaranyi123,500
21JamesAhlquist123,000
22JohnMarquez122,000
23SamuelWynder107,500
24JorgeCuesta103,500
25StevenTovitov103,000
26TheoTran100,500
27MichaelTait100,000
28ZacharyMullennix92,500
29MichaelFuentes Nazario87,000
30AlGomez85,500
31JonahMiller79,500
32MartinRobbins78,000
33JakeLefkowitz76,500
34FrancescoPisani75,500
35StevenWeintraub72,000
36NicholasBaurichter71,500
37JeffreyKesier70,000
38AaronRosenthal68,500
39MarcinPlewinski67,500
40MaxWelcman67,000
41PanagiotisNifakos67,000
42MichaelRizzuto67,000
43LazaroRojas64,000
44BarryGallaher62,000
45JoeFarinella60,000
46GenaroChinchilla58,000
47RossWillner57,000
48PaulettePipitone56,500
49AntonioColon55,500
50DanielPearlman54,500
51JabbourAfif52,000
52JoseDeHombre51,500
53JohnPendl50,500
54SteveKarp49,500
55StephenKrackomberger48,500
56BernardMuhire46,000
57SteveWolansky44,500
58MauriceCostigan42,500
59KennethCulbertson40,500
60PeterStriano39,500
61RichardArno35,000
62DavidLithgow29,000
63JorgeLeidi26,500

Event 1 Day 1B: Seay on the Up and Up

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150/ with a 25 ante
Day 1B Players: 200

Shandra Seay
Shandra Seay

After a rocky start, Shandra Seay is experiencing a little better luck on her second entry.

Most recently, local regular Michael Newman called from late position and Seay raised the button to 300. The small blind folded, the big blind called and so did Newman.

Three-handed, they saw a flop of 9h3s3d. All three players checked.

Fourth street was the 5d and the big blind checked a second time. Newman lead for 500 and Seay called. The big blind folded and Newman was heads up with Seay.

The dealer burned and turned the Ah on the river and Newman checked. Leay started to put what looked like 800 into the pot and Newman quickly let it go. After some friendly banter, Seay showed the table Qd3c for flopped trips.

Shandra Seay – 34,000

Event 1 Day 1B: Matthew Affleck Back at It

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Day 1B Players: 147


True to his word, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matthew Affleck is among the Flight B field in Event 1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. He’s back at it after busting Flight A and is one of 182 players registered toward the end of Level 2.

SHRP team member Matthew Affleck
SHRP team member Matthew Affleck

Matthew Affleck – 19,000

Event 1 Day 1B: Shandra Seay Eliminated, Promptly Re-Enters

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Day 1B Players: 147

Shandra Seay’s stay in Flight B of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open opener was short lived. A mere 20 minutes into play, Seay looked down at [qs,]Qh in the small blind. On a flop of 5s3c2d, Sheay got all in versus the big blind’s [as,]Ac.

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The Jd turn and 8h river didn’t change a thing and the dealer counted down the stacks. Seay was slightly covered and went down as one of the first eliminations of the event.

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The unknown player in the big blind now sits on a stack of more than 800 big blinds just a few hands into the night.

Undeterred, Seay quickly re-entered is back among the field with a 20,000-chip starting stack.

Event 1 Day 1B: Shuffle Up and Deal

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Day 1B Players: 70

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It’s 6pm in South Florida and Flight B of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $360 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed event is underway! Today’s 11am flight drew 326 entries and is nearing its end as Flight B is freshly off and running.

Like the 11am installment, players in tonight’s play begin with 20,000 chips and log 30-minute levels throughout the night. Play is set to conclude just before 2am local time with those fortunate enough to advance returning for Day 2 Sunday at 1pm.

Day 1B details:

6PM: Event 1 Day 1B – $360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $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

Updates throughout the flight’s completion will be available right here at SHRPO.com!