$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries: 251

Flight C pulled in another 150 entrants over the first hour and we have a steady line of players coming into the Event Center to grab their seat. We had 900 entries for the first two flights and we will flirt with 1,000 between the two today.

Two friends of SHRP are back in action, they together and will go home together. Husband and wife players Michael and Jorie Damiani both have success in our events including Jorie with a SHRPO Escalator win in 2013.

We’re not sure, but this might be one of the first time the two of them played in the same event. Jorie gave birth to their first child earlier in 2018 and he has been their focus.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight C Entries: 99

After a few player instructions, tournament supervisor Jordan Cutter announced “shuffle up and deal” to put cards in the air for Flight C of the Ultimate Re-Entry event.

We had 99 entries in the field at the kickoff and that number will climb in a hurry.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The first day of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a success and we expect even bigger things as we head into the first weekend.

The first two flights of the Ultimate Re-Entry event drew exactly 900 entries to put the field only 767 away from hitting the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool mark and they should get there sometime this evening. Today we have the next two flights of the $360 buy-in tournament with four more to go after.

Event 1 is a best-stack-forward tournament which allows players to enter any and all the flights they wish. If they advance more than one stack, they will play their biggest on Day 2 and receive a $2,500 multi-stack payout for their smaller stacks. We have five players already accomplish that feat including chip leader Frankie Flowers.

Players start their day with a 15,000 stack and 30-minute levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 5:45pm. Each starting flight will play down to the last 10% of the field, rounding down, and all those players will be in the money as they move on to Day 2 on Monday.

It will be a busy day in the Event Center as we cruise towards the first big guarantee of the series.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• 10% of each flight’s field, rounded down, will advance to Day 2
• All Day 2 players will be in the money
• Players surviving more than one Day 1 flight will receive a $2,500 cash payout for each lesser multiple chip stack
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $360 Ultimate Re-Entry

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• 10% of each flight’s field, rounded down, will advance to Day 2
• All Day 2 players will be in the money
• Players surviving more than one Day 1 flight will receive a $2,500 cash payout for each lesser multiple chip stack
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 3 – $360 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $360 Ultimate Re-Entry

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• 10% of each flight’s field, rounded down, will advance to Day 2
• All Day 2 players will be in the money
• Players surviving more than one Day 1 flight will receive a $2,500 cash payout for each lesser multiple chip stack
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 29 – $90 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-5)

• 2 seats guaranteed into LHPO Ultimate Re-Entry Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 29 Sheet

3PM: Event 30 – $140 Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 30 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 31 – $140 Main Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 31 Structure Sheet

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 84 of 900

Flight A:  483 Entries; 48 Advanced
Flight B:  417 Entries, 41 Advanced, 5 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight C:  Friday at 11am
Flight D:  Friday at 5pm
Flight E:  Saturday at 11am
Flight F:  Saturday at 5pm
Flight G:  Sunday at 11am
Flight H:  Sunday at 5pm
Day 2:  Monday at 1pm

Multi-stack payouts:

Frankie Flowers
Stephen Ibrahim
David Nathaniel, Jr.
Sean Shah
Jason Young

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 41 of 417

Flight B came to an end with 41 players advancing to Day 2, and action ended in the final hand of Level 16, so this flight would have played their next hand with the full hour remaining in Level 17 (4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante).

Here are the top five chip stacks from Flight B:

1.  Frankie Flowers  –  579,000
2.  Rayden Abreu  –  535,500
3.  Constantinos Liapis  –  447,500
4.  Ginold Cham  –  446,000
5.  Cesar Mendoza Gomez  –  371,500

The surviving players are all guaranteed at least $700 for a min-cash on Day 2, though the full prizepool won’t be available until registration has closed in all eight flights.

There were five players who bagged chips in both flights. Their largest stack will advance to Day 2, and they received $2,500 each as their smaller stacks were pulled from the tournament. Here are the five players with multi-stack payouts from Flight B:

Frankie Flowers  –  $2,500
Stephen Ibrahim  –  $2,500
David Nathaniel, Jr.  –  $2,500
Sean Shah  –  $2,500
Jason Young  –  $2,500

There will be two more flights tomorrow (Friday), with Flight C beginning at 11:00 am (registration open until 5:45 pm), and Flight D beginning at 5:00 pm (registration open until 11:45 pm).

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 41 of 417

With 43 players remaining, and only 41 advancing to Day 2 to reach the money, the field needed to lose one more player to begin hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, and two players to end the day.

Level 16 had come to an end, with a 15-minute break scheduled, but there was already a three-way hand in progress that developed into a three-way all-in situation.

After a flop of with two diamonds, the three players got it all in and turned over their hands:

Frankie Flowers:   (flush draw, two overcards)
Eli Levy:   (top pair)
Third Player:   (overpair)

The turn card was a , but the river card was the to complete the flush for Flowers, giving him the chip lead and eliminating both of his opponents.

The remaining 41 players collectively cheered as they had burst the Money Bubble and ended the day without any hand-for-hand play, just moments away from a 15-minute break.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 81 of 417

Registration has closed for Flight B, and with 417 total entries, 41 players will advance to Day 2 and finish in the money.

With 483 entries in Flight A, the total for the tournament is up to 900 entries. The total prizepool after these two flights is up to $270,000, already more than halfway to the $500K guarantee with six more flights remaining.

Hand-for-hand play will begin on the Money Bubble with 42 players remaining, and as soon as the bubble bursts, Flight B will come to an end.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 483

Flight A:  483 Entries; 48 Advanced
Flight B:  Underway  
Flight C:  Friday at 11am
Flight D:  Friday at 5pm
Flight E:  Saturday at 11am
Flight F:  Saturday at 5pm
Flight G:  Sunday at 11am
Flight H:  Sunday at 5pm
Day 2:  Monday at 1pm

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 388

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 100K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Constantinos Liapis  –  118,500  (148 bb)
2.  Mihaly Luckas  –  106,500  (133 bb)
3.  George Hortelano  –  102,000  (128 bb)