$5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100 Total Entrants: 240
Anna Antimony
A player under the gun opened to 400, Anna Antimony called from the small blind, as did the big blind,
The flop came , it checked to under the gun who bet 600 and Antimony called.
The turn came the , Antimony checked, and her opponent bet 1,500.
The river brought the , Antimony checked again and her opponent bet 4,500. Antimony thought shortly before calling with and was good against her opponent’s .
$5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100 Flight A Entries: 229
Vincent Cami
There are two mainstream ways to enter the Championship; direct buy-in or pick up a seat via satellite. Vincent Cami took a different path to the big game.
We run random drawings where players can win a seat into the Championship by only entering their name. For the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, we gave away three seats and Cami is the first to join this afternoon.
The Northeast grinder made his way to sunny South Florida looking for his first cash with us.
$5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100 Total Entrants: 192
PokerStars ambassador Maria Konnikova
After a preliminary walk through the room the tournament floor we spotted many familiar faces including, Cliff Josephy, Ankush Mandavia, Jaqueline Scott, Daniel Strelitz, Maria Konnikova, Joe Elpayaa, Mike Leah, Ari Engel, Craig Varnell, Mike Wang, and Event 13 winner James Romero.
$5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100 Flight A Entries: 180
Tony Burns (left), Matt Savage (center), and William Mason
Players began taking their seats 15 minutes prior to the start of the Championship and most were settled at noon.
Promptly at the top of the hour, Tournament Directory Tony Burn (along with Matt Savage and Director of Poker Operations William Mason) instructed the dealers to “shuffle up and deal.”
$5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100
The Hard Rock Event Center is empty now but in 30 minutes players will begin piling in to take their seats for Day 1A of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.
The $5,250 buy-in Championship has a $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and headlines the Big 4 tournaments which will play out their final tables at the same time on the same stage surrounded by the Poker Night in America cameras.
Championship players will start out with 40,000 deep stacks and levels will run 60 minutes long until only 27 players remain later in the weekend. Late registration is open until 10pm this evening and players are limited to a single Championship re-entry if they lose their first stack.
They have a 75-minute dinner break scheduled at 6:30pm and Day 1 will come to an end after Level 10. Those with chips will have their ticket punched for Day 2 on Sunday.
This is the sixth running of the SHRPO Championship and we look forward to crowning our next Champion.
$3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Levels last 60 minutes until 27 players remain
At 27 players, levels will be 90 minutes
Final table levels will be 90 minutes
Heads-up play will be 60 minutes
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
We’ve run five Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championships in the past and it’s almost time for number six. The $3 Million Guarantee Championship kicks off tomorrow at noon and it is the beginning of the Big 4 tournaments on the schedule.
This tournament has produced some great champions over the past five years and we’re ready to add another name to the list.
2013 – Blair Hinkle 2014 – Dan Colman 2015 – Omar Zazay 2016 – Jason Koon 2017 – Martin Kozlov 2018 – ?????
The Championship features two starting flights, on Friday and Saturday, with late registration open until 10pm. Players are restricted to a single re-entry into the Championship so they must be careful to stick around.
The tournament will start players with 40,000 deep stacks and it will also utilize a “big blind ante” structure where a single ante is paid by the big blind for the entire table.
The rest of the Big 4 tournaments begin running on Sunday and include the $25,500 High Roller, $2,650 No Limit Hold’em Single Re-Entry, and $1,100 No Limit Hold’em. All four final tables will play on the same day on the same stage in front of the Poker Night in America cameras.
But up first is the Championship and it will be an exciting moment as it runs for the first time in the new Hard Rock Event Center.
$3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Levels last 60 minutes until 27 players remain
At 27 players, levels will be 90 minutes
Final table levels will be 90 minutes
Heads-up play will be 60 minutes
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
, it checked to under the gun who bet 600 and Antimony called.
, Antimony checked, and her opponent bet 1,500.
, Antimony checked again and her opponent bet 4,500. Antimony thought shortly before calling with 
and was good against her opponent’s 
.
