$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 9: 800/1,600 Limits
Entries: 123

The second break came to an end and the last of the last-minute players took their seats including two-time SHRP Omaha champ Peter Walsworth.

The final total shows 123 players joined to create the second-biggest Limit Omaha 8 tournament in any of our majors. The only one to top it ran a decade ago during the 2011 Poker Showdown and it had a $230 buy-in with re-entries.

Cheers to our Omaha gang.

Top five biggest SHRP Limit Omaha 8 fields:

• 2011 Poker Showdown – 153
• 2021 LHPO – 123
• 2018 SHRPO – 113
• 2012 Poker Showdown – 106
• 2013 SHRPO – 105

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Players Remaining: 128 of 400

It looks like Flight A players will have plenty of time to build a Day 2 stack. With 128 players remaining, the stacks are still very deep with the average at 78,000 and 65 big blinds.

They’ll need to make the last 50 to advance to Day 2 and that is still a good ways off in the distance.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 400

Players returned from their second break and registration closed for Flight A of the opening LHPO event. An even 400 entries took part this afternoon, including unique and single re-entries, to put more than $200,000 in the prize pool towards the $300,000 guarantee.

Flight A will continue playing this evening until only 50 players remain, 12.5% of the field, and those who survive will return for Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

Flight B goes tonight at 6pm with two more flights each on Friday and Saturday.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 4: 200/400 Limits
Entries: 109

Event 2 is bringing out the Omaha players in a big way. As they head on their first break, The 109 players in the freeze-out easily surpassed the 88 from this time last year. We will have to take a deep dive into the history books to see how it rates all time.

A few of the familiar faces in the field include Daniel Pearlman, Ian Feller, Steve Flacco, and five-time SHRP champ Gabriel Ramos.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 356

The entry count continued its climb over the last level and the 356 so far has the prize pool more than halfway towards its $300,000 guarantee. With five more full flights to go, plus another 90 minutes in Flight A to enter, we are going to have a pretty big number in the end.

We found two successful Youngs in the field this afternoon. Six-time WSOP Circuit champ Max Young joined the Tampa Winter Poker Open Main Event in December and added another title to his résumé with a win for $226,510.

Jason Young is a regular in our Poker Room and a former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year. His crowning moment during his run that year came was a live-streamed WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event win in 2019 for $263K. Young’s biggest win came in 2008 when he captured the $1,500 NLH Shootout WSOP bracelet for some nice jewelry.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 333

The staggered break is over and the field is back together at the start of Level 5 with 333 entries. We are getting an updated number on the unique count as it nears.

The new break format made it a little more interesting to find chip leaders with a fluid movement of chips at all times. It looks like Rick Kalgstein has the biggest stack at the moment with 73,000 but things could change quickly.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 317

To protect our players, the Flight A players are being sent on a staggered break schedule to limit the number of people outside of the tournament area at one time.

A third of the field was given their break before the end of Level 4 and returned while another third grabbed some fresh air. The last third has the normally scheduled 15 minutes and the entire field will hit Level 5 at the same time.

Robert Mantin is among the last group and another of our Poker Room regulars. He booked a nice $163K score a few years ago with a tenth place finish in the 2018 WPT Five Diamond $10K Main Event.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure
Level 1: 50/100 Limits

South Florida players love their non-Hold’em games and the first LHPO trophy will go to one of them. Event 2 is a $400 Limit Omaha 8 game that will play out later this evening and it will take some skills to get there.

They’ll start with 12,000 stacks and all levels will last 30 minutes long. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm but the Freeze-Out format will mean players only have one bullet to fire. There will be a 40-minute dinner break at 6pm and they will return to play down to our first LHPO champion.

Cards will go in the air at noon and we will keep an eye on them as they make their way through the day.

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 291

The entry count is nearing 300 at the end of Level 3 and it looks like Flight A will hit the 400 unique player limit before registration closes. We will keep everyone up to date on the exact number as we creep towards it.

Thomas Gari didn’t have to stress about getting in. The Poker Room regular was here on time and grinding a stack in the back of the room. Gari is the eldest member of the field at a spritely 93 years young. He has a ton of results to his credit including a big Poker Showdown final table in 2017 and Gari made history during the 2019 WSOP Big 50 tournament as the oldest participant.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 265

Flight A continued to build up over the first two levels of the day and they are up to 265 after nearly an hour of action. A great start to the series and it’s not even noon yet.

Raminder Singh is one of our regulars back in action, not long after a successful trip across the state. He went to our sister room in Tampa for their Winter Poker Open and cashed three times in eight tournaments including a win in the $600 NLH event. In local news, he made the final table of the Fun in the Sun Main Event for a seventh place finish.