$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Flight C Entries: 528
All the entry slips have been counted and registration is now closed for the third of eight flights in the Ultimate Re-Entry. The 528 entries attracted today pushed the combined total to 1,428 to leave the tournament only 239 shy of the $500,000 Guarantee.
They will continue playing this evening until only 52 players remain. Those players will be in the money and moving on to Day 2 on Monday.
The numbers are in and we have the official payouts from the first of two H.O.R.S.E. tournaments on the schedule. The tournament drew 59 entries to create a prize pool worth $17,700 with the last eight spots getting paid.
A min-cash is worth $645 while the winner will take home $5,790 along with Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.
2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 3 $360 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry) Entries: 59 Prize Pool: $17,700 January 11, 2019
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante Flight C Entries: 522
Todd Breyfogle
Level 12 is here and that means time is running short for players to get in the third flight of the Ultimate Re-Entry. There are 522 entries showing on the clock to leave it only 245 away from hitting the $500,000 Guarantee, it will get there soon in Flight D.
Old SHRP friend Todd Breyfogle is making his return to our room for the first time in two years. He went deep in our inaugural Ultimate Re-Entry event during the 2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open and closed out his series with a runner-up finish in the series-closing $150 tournament.
Flight D of the Ultimate Re-Entry event is underway in the Event Center and the tournament is very close to hitting its $500,000 Guarantee. With registration still open in Flight C, it will require some simple math between to the two to track the countdown.
There are more than 500 entries in Flight C to leave the tournament less than 300 from the mark.
Event 1 is a $360 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 who already accomplished 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 11:45pm. 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
The H.O.R.S.E. tournament cruised through eight levels and two breaks and registration is now closed. The board shows 59 entries and there seem to be no soft spots including the recent additions of three-time bracelet/two-time WSOPC ring winner “Miami John” Cernuto and four-time WSOPC ring/WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hui.
We will post the official numbers as soon as they are available.
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 400/800 with a 800 ante Flight C Entries: 488
Tobin Banks
The second break is complete and Flight C players are back in their seats. They have four more levels over two hours, plus the break, to run up a stack or re-enter before registration closes at 5:45pm.
Tobin Banks is the new leader of the pack with his 141,400 good enough for the spot. He’s looking for his second career SHRP cash and this would be a good one to make some big money.
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 300/600 with a 600 ante Flight C Entries: 468
Frankie Flowers
We mentioned Frankie Flowers and Jason Young earlier, two of the five players who cashed in both Flights A and B. Both are back today trying for a third bag and both recently hit a spade flush to stick around.
Young was down to only 1,700 after losing to and called all in on the next hand. He was behind this time with against , flopped a flush draw and it hit on the turn as the board ran out . A small double so he still has some work to do.
Flowers was a late entry and decided to gamble it up. He was all in for 15,100 holding and in trouble against . The gave him the spade flush draw, he blanked the , and cracked aces on the river to double to 31,700.
The H.O.R.S.E. field is growing and it hit 45 entries as players were on their first break of the tournament. Players have more than two hours remaining in late registration if they want to make their way down to the Event Center for the mix game.
John Holley was a recent addition to the tournament, choosing this game over the bigger Ultimate Re-Entry. The six-time WSOP Circuit ring winner excels in a lot of different games which makes him a perfect player for this event. In addition those rings, he also won a non-ring WSOP Circuit H.O.R.S.E. event and he won back-to-back tournaments during the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/300 with a 300 ante Flight C Entries: 402
Mark “Bud” Wiser
Flight C players returned from their first break and the entry count ticked over 400 soon after. It’s unlikely it will hit 767 before registration closes at 5:45pm, the number to push the prize pool over the guarantee, but it will get there not long after Flight D starts at 5pm.
SHRP regular Mark “Bud” Wiser is your early leader and he’s up to 68,000 from his 15,000 starting stack after four levels. Matthew Zarcadoolas sits in the second spot with 56,000 with a lot of players not far behind.
The first day of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a great start to the series. It featured the first two flights of the $500,000 Guarantee Ultimate Re-Entry tournament and we awarded our first title in the one-day Limit Omaha 8 trophy event.
Flights A and B of the Ultimate Re-Entry drew exactly 900 entries to put it on an easy path to the guarantee. This tournament allows/encourages players to enter as many flights as they wish and are rewarded for advancing multiple stacks to Day 2. They’ll play their biggest and we will pay them $2,500 for the smaller stack(s).
Flowers intends to keep playing through the weekend.
In addition to Flowers, he was joined by Jason Young, Sean Shah, Stephen Ibrahim, and David Nathaniel, Jr. as the first five players to earn a multi-stack payout.
It wasn’t all Ultimate Re-Entry in the Event Center on Thursday, we also handed out our first LHPO trophy. Event 2 was a $360 Limit Omaha 8 tournament and it drew 78 entries with the final table ten earning a piece of the prize pool.
Adam Walter Wins $360 Limit Omaha 8
Cincinnati’s Adam Walter came to South Florida simply to escape the cold weather and play a little poker and now he will return with a trophy after he won it outright. He earned $7,908 plus a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Master after he defeated Michael Rosenberg heads up for the title.
Event 2 results:
1st: Adam Walter – $7,908 2nd: Michael Rosenberg – $4,563 3rd: Michael Dreese – $2,855 4th: Gabriel Ramos – $1,931 5th: Wayne Brown – $1,463 6th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $1,170 7th: Harvey Freedman – $1,053 8th: Perry Klein – $936 9th: Harry Eisenberg – $819 10th: Eric Von Guttenberg – $702
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