$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The opening day of the 2018 RRPO series is already a success and we are set to roll out the second flight of the $1,000,000 Guarantee Event 1. The first flight drew 341 entries and they are about to wrap up their day while Flight B gets underway.

Players will sit down to 20,000 stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes long, shifting to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm and they will continue to play 14 full levels before bagging up.

This tournament will also utilize the big blind ante format where the player in the big blind plays the ante for the rest of the table.

Action gets underway at 6pm and we will follow the action.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• 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

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 135 of 341

The accounting is complete and Flight A of the $1,000,000 Guarantee opener drew 341 entries to put the field on a good pace to blast that prize pool.

We still have seven more flights to go with the huge weekend fields still pending. Flight B kicks off at 6pm with late registration open until 10:30pm.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 341

Cards are back in the air and registration is closed on the first of eight flights for Event 1. The tournament clock shows 341 entries but we will wait for the official accounting to be complete to lock it in.

Among the players returning, it looks like James Hayes is leading them all. He sits with 124,000 after starting with 20,000 but he’s not running away from the rest. On his heels we have David Oshry (120,800) and Marc Sacheli (120,000) only a few 1K chips behind.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries: 333

The clock is winding down on Level 8 and that means time is running out to join the first flight of the big multi-day event. We have an OCD-friendly 333 entries in the game so far and there will be more before registration closes after the next break.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries: 315

The entry count moved over 300 entries after the break and one of them belongs to a former champion. When this tournament set the record for the biggest field in Florida poker history, Rafael Reis was the last player standing out of 5,018 entries to collect more than $150,000.

Since that time, Reis continued to roll with dozens and dozens of cashes and a handful of final tables. That payday was the biggest of his career but he topped earlier this year with a $200K Borgata win. All of that leaves Reis on the verge of topping $1,000,000 earned in his poker career.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 288

Flight A is back underway after the first break and the entry count nears 300 with four more hours to run it higher.

Fabio Fernandez has his seat in the game and came a long way to get here. He’s in town all the way from Colombia with friends for vacation and also some big money poker. Fernandez trekked more than 1,600 miles and hoping to bag today and take the rest of the week off to enjoy everything South Florida has to offer.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 262

The Flight A field swelled to over 250 entries before the first two hours were complete and it will continue to climb as they head off on the first break of the day.

When they return, they will play four more levels and registration will close following the second break.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Flight A Entries: 154

Players waited a little while to get moving but they are showing up in numbers now. Less than 30 minutes after the start of the day, the entry count nearly doubled and there’s a steady line at the registration desk for a good start to the series.

SHRP regular Francis Margaglione was one of those in his seat at the start and looking for another trophy. He owns four tournament wins here including a RRPO title in 2016 when he outlasted nearly 1,500 entries to earn more than $28,000 in a $150 buy-in tournament.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight A Entries: 82

With a short introduction and players instructions, tournament staff announced “shuffle up and deal” to kick off the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open”.

They will play four, 30-minute levels before taking the first break of the day. We have 82 entries already in the game at the start of play and we expect the crowd to build throughout the day and the weekend.

$360 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The wait is over and it’s time for another huge Seminole Hard Rock Poker series. The Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open is pulling no punches coming out of gates with a massive $1,000,000 Guarantee tournament to start things off.

The $360 buy-in Event 1 has eight starting flights and it has some big history. We used this eight-flight format in 2016 and it went on to build the biggest tournament field in Florida poker history. That tournament drew an incredible 5,018 entries and was conquered by SHRP regular Rafael Reis.

Can our players make history once again?

The first flight starts at 11am in the Hard Rock Event Center with two flights per day between now and Saturday evening. Players start out with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes long, extending to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time. Their day will come to end after Level 14 and all survivors will bag up for a return on Sunday.

The opening tournament will also utilize the big blind ante format; the player in the big blind will ante for the rest of the table.

It will be an exciting start to the series and we look forward to seeing our regular faces along with some new players coming to town for this big opener.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• 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