$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 112 (Total Entries: 374)

Flight B kicked off at noon sharp and quickly climbed over 100 entries in the first level. Another good start to a good day.

We found a few friends who traveled to get here this afternoon. Eric Baldwin is in town from Vegas and this is a nice warmup for the WPT Poker Showdown Championship starting on Friday. He is a two-time WSOP bracelet winner with his second coming this past summer.

Anthony Dianaty lives a little closer. He’s a regular in our sister room in Tampa and has a handful of wins on the other side of the state.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

Event 9 is already a success and we still have the second of two starting flights to go. The $1,100 buy-in tournament had a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool that was beaten in the first flight and now they’ll just be piling money on top throughout the day.

We had 262 entries yesterday and 35 survived to advance to Day 2 on Wednesday with Ofer Peleg leading. We should add the same number today and double the prize pool.

Event 9 entrants will sit down to 25,000 starting stacks and all levels last 40 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 7:30pm after an hour-long dinner break. Flight B will come to an end after Level 15 and we will have our Day 2 field set.

We get underway at noon with a crowd of talented players.

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

Chip counts from Flight A

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 11 – $360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (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 11 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 9 Day 1B – $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 43 – $140 Event 9 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $250K GTD Showdown Event 9
• 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 43 Sheet

3PM: Event 44 – $150 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $390 Championship satellite seat added to 1st place
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 44 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 45 – $200 Event 13 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $100K GTD Purple Chip Bounty
• 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 45 Structure Sheet

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 35 of 262

Event 9 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drew 262 Flight A entries on Monday. The guaranteed prize pool of $250,000 has already been eclipsed.

Of the 262 entries in Flight A, only 35 players bagged up and will enjoy a day off on Tuesday before returning Wednesday at noon. Leading the pack is Ofer Peleg with 464,000.

Here are the complete chip counts:

Flight B begins Tuesday at noon.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 108 of 262

The $1,100 tournament is cruising along and they should be well under 100 players remaining before the next level.

During the dinner break, we took a walk among the tables to find the big stacks. The top two belonged to a couple of regulars. Haim Toorgeman returned to a stack worth 165,000 while Jerry Wong was not far behind with 163,000.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 262

Event 8 players are back from their dinner break and registration is closed on the first of two starting flights. The entry count locked in at 262 to surpass the $250,000 Guarantee with a long day tomorrow to run it higher.

They will continue to grind down this evening until they reach the end of Level 15 when survivors bag up their chips.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 253

It is only Flight A of the $250,000 Guaranteed Event 9, the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), and with 253 entries in just Flight A alone the guarantee has nearly been reached.

The remaining 114 players are on dinner break and play resumes at about 7:30 p.m, which is also the end of registration.

Six more 40-minute levels will be played after dinner, bringing Flight A to an end at about 11:45 p.m.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 106

Blinds are up along with the number of players in the tournament. As we move into the afternoon, we are finding more of our SHRP friends getting in the game including Kelly Minkin, Michael Newman, Michael Wang, Jacquelyn Scott, Eli Levy, Marie Harrell, Daniel Silva, Neil Blumenfield, Carey Pickus, Nancy Birnbaum, and Nick Palma.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 100

The Event 9 field continues to grow with 100 entries so far and it looks like the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool will be an easy path with late registration open today until 7:30pm and an entire flight going tomorrow.

We mentioned Cathy Josey earlier and we found another series champion in today’s field. David Moreno won the Deep Stack Turbo last night in a heads-up deal with Phil Hui. He walked away with more than $11,000 and is back in action this afternoon.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight A Entries: 71

The clock hit noon and tournament staff kicked off Event 9 in the front of the Event Center. We had 45 entries at the start and added another dozen or so for a good kickoff.

Cathy Josey was in her seat from the first hand and she is freerolling the big buy-in tournament. We hosted a Ladies Brunch on Saturday followed by the Ladies Event later in the afternoon. Cathy Josey outlasted a tough final table to take the title and part of her prize included her seat in today’s $1,100 buy-in $250,000 Guarantee tournament.