$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100 Flight C Entries: 136
Flight C is underway at the direction of former Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Tournament Director Tony Burns.
The face of SHR Hollywood tournament poker recently accepted a new job as Director of Poker Marketing for Seminole Gaming, putting himself in a position to help all Seminole Poker properties around the Sunshine State.
The 2019 RRPO series continues this morning with another chance to score big in the opening tournament. Event 1 has a $400 buy-in and a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. It features eight starting flights with the third set to kick off at 11 am in the Seminole Ballroom.
The two starters yesterday combined to put 736 entries in Event 1 so far, more than a quarter of the way to the $1,000,000 Guarantee with massive fields expected this weekend.
Players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time. Flight C will come to an end after Level 14 and those with chips will bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.
Cards fly shortly and we will track them along their way.
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
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
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 118 of 736
Flight A: 400 Entries; 67 Advanced Flight B: 336 Entries; 51 Advanced Flight C: Thursday at 11 am Flight D: Thursday at 5 pm Flight E: Friday at 11 am Flight F: Friday at 5 pm Flight G: Saturday at 11 am Flight H: Saturday at 5 pm Day 2: Sunday at noon
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Flight B Players Remaining: 51 of 336
The second starting flight for Event 1 has come to an end with 51 survivors from a field of 336, and Raminder Singh made a late surge to bag up the overall chip lead so far with 387,000.
Here is a look at the top five chipleaders, with the full list of chip counts to be posted later tonight:
There will be two starting flights per day for the next three days. The next one is Flight C, which begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:00 am, with registration open with unlimited re-entries until 3:30 pm.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Players Remaining: 117 of 336
The tournament clock shows 117 players remaining in Flight B with about two hours left to play tonight.
Meanwhile, the Omaha-8 one-day event has just burst the Money Bubble with the final 11 players finishing in the money. They will combine to a final table when there are nine players remaining, and then our coverage will focus on that final table.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 336
Registration has closed for Flight B with 336 entries, which combines with the 400 from Flight A to create a total field size of 736 and counting.
There will be two starting flights per day for the next three days (at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm), with the prizepool guaranteed to be worth at least $1 million. (And we’re already on a pace to beat that.)
Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 14, around 12:45 am.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante Flight B Entries: 313
With the board showing on the turn and about 24K already in the pot, Ben Boston moved all in from the hijack for 14,000, and the player on the button thought for a bit before he called with for two pair, nines and deuces.
Boston turned over , and he needed to catch an ace or a ten on the river to stay alive.
The river card was — the . Boston rivered a higher two pair to double up with aces and deuces.
Ben Boston – 48,000 (80 bb)
The next hand at the same table, the under-the-gun player limped for 600, the player on the button limped, the small blind limped, and Daniel Garcia moved all in from the big blind for 14,300.
The player on the button called with , and the others folded. Garcia turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and since neither player improved, Garcia won the pot with jack high to double up in chips.
Daniel Garcia – 30,400 (51 bb)
Flight B is up to 313 entries and counting, with registration open until the end of the next break, around 9:30 pm.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante Flight B Entries: 243
A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 65K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard
T-1. James Baune – 71,000 (178 bb) T-1. Wanlop Phonphornwithoon – 71,000 (178 bb) T-3. Rich Alati – 69,000 (173 bb) T-3. Martin Ivanos – 69,000 (173 bb)
There are 243 players in the field so far, with registration open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:30 pm). There will be two flights a day (11:00 am and 5:00 pm) for the next three days.
One of the players who came close to the leaderboard is David Seager, who had 60,400 at the break. Seager scored a big double-up when his flopped trip kings against the of Richard Saunders. Saunders is still in with about 13,000 in chips.