Event 1 Flight B: Astarita Back for More

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 3: 75/150
Flight B Entries: 250

Anthony Astarita

The Flight B field continues to grow after the first hour with 250 entries in the night session.

Anthony Astarita misfired his first bullet this morning but he’s back to try again this evening. He’s one of our recent SHRP champions and his top score came in another WPTDeepStack event. Astarita was the last player standing this summer at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open WPTDeepStack Main Event and earned more than $130,000 for the effort.

Event 1 Flight A: Registration Closed

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 523

Registration officially closed on Flight A of the Ultimate Re-Entry event and it drew 523 entries to the game. That’s a clear improvement over last year’s monster 500 entries for a good start to the series and event.

Flight A will continue to play down until 53 players remain and they will go into hand-for-hand play on the money bubble. Once one more player is eliminated, the remaining 52 players will be in the money and advance on to Day 2 on Monday.

FlightDateEntriesAdvanced
AThur 11am523TBD
BThur 5pm
CFri 11am
DFri 5pm
ESat 11am
FSat 5pm
GSun 11am
HSun 5pm
Updated Totals523TBD

Event 1 Flight B: Daniels Helps Field Grow

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 2: 50/100
Flight B Entries: 160

Abbey Daniels

Flight B is moving up its number almost as quickly as the early flight which is about to close. They have 160 entries in the game in less than 45 minutes and they should cross over the 412 players Flight B drew last year.

Three-time SHRP champ (and televised WPT final table member) Abbey Daniels is part of the bulging field and she’s joined by some players from the previous flight including Dimitry Agrachov and Charlemagne Benjamin.

Event 1 Flight A: Closing Reg

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 517

Flight A is shrinking fast

Time is running out for players to hop in the early flight of the Ultimate Re-Entry event as Level 12 winds down. They’ll have the rest of this level plus the 15-minute break before the registration desk will close on Flight A.

The current count means they will continue playing until 51 players remain to put the first money bubble at 52. They are dropping quickly with the ability to immediately buy into Flight B to continue their day. Only 14 tables remain with ~120 players and a color up break looming.

Event 1 Flight B: Second Run Underway

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 25/50
Flight B Entries: 81

The second flight of the 2017 LHPO Ultimate Re-Entry event is underway in the ballroom and ready to add to the already big numbers for the tournament. Registration is still open for Flight A so there are plenty of chances to run up a stack.Some short-stack wizards prefer to hop in late in the early flight closer to the money.

Some short-stack wizards prefer to hop in late in the early flight closer to the money. We have 81 players in the game at the start of Flight B adding to the more than 500 in the early flight.

The Ultimate Re-Entry format allows players to advance multiple stacks to Day 2 and they will receive a $2,500 for the smallest bag(s) and play the biggest. Last year there were 55 multi-stack winners and we expect to see similar numbers this time around.

The $360 buy-in tournament has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool which should be easily hit this weekend. Players sit down to 15,000 starting stacks with late registration and unlimited re-entries available until the start of Level 13 at 11:45 this evening. They will continue playing until 10% of the field remains, rounding down, and everyone moving on to Day 2 will be in the money.

Cards are in the air and we’ll be tracking both flights to completion.

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • Day 1 will end when 10% of starting field remain
  • Players may enter any/all starting flights
  • Multiple Day 2 stacks will be paid per Structure Sheet
  • See Event 1 Structure Sheet for more details

Event 1 Flight A: Five Bills

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 502

Marsha Wolak

Flight A officially beat its count from the inaugural event and they have plenty of time to push it higher. The pace of re-entry has slowed and we don’t expect to see a lot more with Flight B starting at the top of the hour.

Marsha Wolak is still around with us today and the former SHRP champ is grinding her way towards the money. She might have a Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown from the Seniors event in 2015 but she’s best known as the 2011 World Series of Poker Ladies Champion.

Event 1 Flight A: Almost to 500

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 495

Ellen Lambeth

Flight A is only a handful of entries away from besting last year’s count with more than hour to get there. Now it’s only a matter of how much bigger it will be.

We mentioned the unique format of this Ultimate Re-Entry event earlier; players can bag as many time as they can and receive a $2,500 payout for their smaller bag(s) if they advance more than one.

We had a few players accomplish that feat last year with Gregory Marcus leading the way by advancing four stacks out of eight flights. Ellen Lambeth was far behind him as she advanced three stacks to earn $5,000 before playing a hand on Day 2. She finished in 176th place to take home another $6,100 with her biggest stack.

Event 1 Flight A: Back from Break

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 480

Devon Shalmi

Players are back in their seats after the second break of the day and the field is only 20 entries away from topping last year’s count. It looks like 500 is close to a lock and we’ll see how big they can build it up.

SHRP regular Devon Shalmi is among the first flight crowd while aiming for his third SHRP trophy. He earned them both in 2015 with the first coming during the $350 Deep Stack event during the Coco Poker Spring Series for $42,000 followed by a $350 Pot Limit Omaha title at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

Event 1 Flight A: Second Break Imminent

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 8: 400/800 with a 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 460

Robert Campbell

Fight A is getting closer to its second break of the day, time for another breather while the tournament staff color off the green quarter chips.

Robert Campbell was a late entrant to the game and sports a nice pedigree, though most of his accomplishments came in the four-card game. He has a dozen tournament victories to his credit with all but one coming in some variant of Omaha/8. Campbell’s most noteworthy title came in 2009 when he won his only WSOP Circuit ring. That was a series that saw him finish first, second, and third in less than a week. Campbell’s biggest score came with a 30th place finish in the 2014 WSOP Main Event.

Event 1 Flight A: National Champ Arrives

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 7: 300/600 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 436

Loni Harwood

We’re seeing more of our familiar SHRP faces show up as the afternoon wears on and the field got a little tougher when former WSOP National Champion Loni Harwood took a seat in the game. She’s among the ever-growing group of players pushing us close to the next milestone.

Harwood jumped among the top players in the game and every poker fan knew who she was after the 2013 World Series of Poker. That year she cashed six times with three final tables and earned her first career WSOP bracelet. But Harwood was already a known quantity by most poker players before she set foot in the Rio that summer. She was the owner two WSOP Circuit rings from 2012 and was regularly competing at a high level.

Not to settle with her 2013 score, Harwood won the WSOP National Championship in 2015 for her fourth six-digit score among her $1.9 million in career earnings.