$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 225

The entry count quickly climbed over 200 in the first hour and the WPTDeepStacks prize pool reached the halfway point of the $1,000,000 guarantee. That’s a great start with registration open until 6:30 pm and a huge day expected tomorrow.

Some early riser include Chris Nomikos, Ken “Teach” Aldridge, Nancy Thomas, Roberto Bendeck, and Manny Minaya.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 114

David Moses was one of our players in their seats for the first hand of the day and he has a chance to make a little history this series. He has captured titles at two of our SHRP properties and one here would be a Triple Crown of sorts.

Moses earned his first career WSOP Circuit ring a little over one year ago, the $400 No Limit Hold’em Turbo during the February WSOP Circuit Coco series. In more recent history, he was part of the 479-entry field in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open Main Event and took the title along with nearly $150,000.

The only thing missing from his SHRP credentials is a trophy from Hollywood.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 80

The clock hit 11 am and tournament staff made the announcement for dealers to “shuffle up and deal”. There are 80 players in seats at the start and we expect many many more before registration closes at 6:30 pm.

Flight B will play three 40-minute levels before they take the first 15-minute break of the day.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante

The 2020 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open kicked off yesterday with Day 1A of the WPTDeepStacks Hollywood event. That was the first of three starting flights with the second set to go at 11 am in the Seminole Ballroom.

There were 367 entries put into the tournament yesterday setting the $1,100 buy-in event on a path toward its $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players will start with 30,000 deep starting stacks and all levels will last 40 minutes until they increase to 60 at the final table. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following the one-hour dinner break. This is a re-entry tournament but players are limited to a single re-entry per flight. It will play down through 15 levels and survivors at the end will bag of up a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.

The weekend is here and we expect huge crowds taking part in our tournaments and it will be great time.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
• Single re-entry per day
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• WPTDeepStacks Structure Sheet

Chip counts from Flight A

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
• Single re-entry per day
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• WPTDeepStacks Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 3 – $400 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

6PM: Event 4 – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood seat added to 1st place
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 39 – $140 WPTDeepStacks Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD WPTDeepStacks
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• Winners will be entered into the earliest flight available
• Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 40 – $140 WPTDeepStacks Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

• 10 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD WPTDeepStacks
• 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
• Winners will be entered into the earliest flight available
• Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 38 – $140 WPTDeepStacks Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD WPTDeepStacks
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Winners will be entered into the earliest flight available
• Structure Sheet

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 367

Flight A: 367 Entries; 70 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 11 am
Flight D: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  70 of 367

Day 1A of WPTDeepStacks Hollywood comes to an end with 70 players remaining (from a field of 367), and the chipleader is Howard Mash, who bagged up 520,000 (130 big blinds) after eliminating 2018 WPTDS Hollywood champion Scott Baumstein in the final minutes of the night.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here is a preview of the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Howard Mash  –  520,000  (130 bb)
2.  Paul Grigsby  –  508,000  (127 bb)
3.  Jonathan Shapiro  –  434,000  (109 bb)
4.  Nick Yunis  –  426,000  (107 bb)

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am, and once again, you’ll be able to find updates right here at SHRPO.com.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  70 of 367

In the final minutes of the last level of the night, Howard Mash raised from the small blind to 12,500, 2018 WPTDS Hollywood champion Scott Baumstein moved all in from the big blind for about 57,000, and Mash called with .

Baumstein turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Mash paired his king on the flop, turned two pair, and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Baumstein from Day 1A.

Howard Mash  –  503,000  (168 bb)

A few minutes later, Mash won the last hand of the night to finish with 520K.

Howard Mash  –  520,000  (173 bb)

Stay tuned for an end of day recap.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  80 of 367

There are about 80 players remaining as the field begins the final level of the night, with an average chip stack around 138,000 (46 big blinds). The chipleader appears to be Paul Grigsby, who is the only player who has surpassed the 500K mark.

Paul Grigsby  –  545,000  (182 bb)

At Table 23, there is a bit of action before it reaches Carlos Garcia in the big blind, and he reraised it to 24,000. A player folded, and the small blind reraised to 60,000.

Garcia moved all in for about 155,000, and the small blind tanked for a while before he called all in for about 140,000 with . Garcia turned over .

The board came — the small blind paired his four on the flop, but improved no further. Garcia won the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate his opponent from Day 1A.

Carlos Garcia  –  305,000  (102 bb)

Shortly after that, a player got it all in from the button for about 60,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of David Farber in middle position.

The board came — the button turned a gutshot straight draw, but missed his outs on the river. Farber won the pot with his pocket fives to eliminate his opponent from Day 1A.

David Farber  –  335,000  (112 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  126 of 367

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante. With 126 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 87,000 (44 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard with David Farber still in the lead:

1.  David Farber  –  332,000  (166 bb)
2.  Tony Zharnitsky  –  316,000  (158 bb)
3.  Paul Grigsby  –  312,000  (156 bb)
4.  Jerry Wong  –  305,000  (153 bb)

Tony Zharnitsky had a great run in the last level before the break to crack the leaderboard. At one point, he got it all in on the turn with on a board of , but his opponent snap-called with for two pair. Zharnitsky was getting up to leave when the dealer put out a on the river to keep him alive and give him the double-up.

Roughly an orbit later, the player who had the ace-six in that hand raised to 4,000, Zharnitsky reraised to 17,500, and another player moved all in for a bit less than 100K. The original raiser and Zharnitsky both got it all in for a little bit more, and all three players turned over their cards:

Tony Zharnitsky:  
Original Raiser:  
Short Stack:  

The pocket kings held up for Zharnitsky to scoop the entire pot, eliminating both players and catapulting up over 300K to reach the leaderboard.

Tony Zharnitsky  –  316,000  (158 bb)