Event 1 Flight A: Harry Silver Cracks James Calderaro’s Aces to Double Up

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  135 of 517

James Calderaro
James Calderaro

Harry Silver was all in from the small blind for 27,500 with AdJh, and he was facing elimination against the AhAc of James Calderaro (UTG+1).

Silver stood up to leave as if he were expecting the knockout, and Calderaro jokingly called him out on it.

“Don’t use that old ‘Walking Away’ trick!”

Sure enough, the board came Qh10h7sKh6d, and Silver turned an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Silver said, “Sorry about the suckout.”

Once again, Calderaro smiled and called him out. “You’re not sorry. You’re definitely not sorry.”

Harry Silver  –  59,000  (24 bb)
James Calderaro  –  80,000  (32 bb)

With about 135 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 76,500 (31 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Event 2: Registration Closed with 100 Entries

$400 Limit Omaha 8
Structure
Level 9:  1,000/2,000 Limits
Entries:  100

Gabriel Ramos

The second break came to an end and registration closed for the $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 100 entries. That’s a great round number and we will post the official prize pool payout numbers when they are available.

Gabriel Ramos is among the field and looking for his sixth SHRP title. The four-card specialist has titles in various forms of Omaha 8 (Big O, PLO8, and Omaha 8/Stud 8) but missing a straight-up Limit Omaha 8 crown. He aims to remedy that this evening.

Event 1 Flight A: Chris Perry Leads at the Break with 188,500

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  160 of 517

Chris Perry
Chris Perry

A scan of the field during the break showed the chipleader to be Chris Perry with 188,500 (94 big blinds), followed closely by Joe Teixeira with 186,000 (93 big blinds).

But there are five more players with at least 170K in chips, so there are quite a few players on their heels.

With about 160 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 64,500 (32 big blinds), and this flight will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of this flight will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Joe Teixeira
Joe Teixeira

Event 1 Flight A: Carlos Velasco Leads with ~190K

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  185 of 517

Carlos Velasco
Carlos Velasco

There were a couple of players knocking on the door of 200K in chips, but one of them just took a solid hit to drop down to about 150K.

That leaves Carlos Velasco as the chipleader at the moment with about 190,000 (119 big blinds).

With about 185 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 55,900 (35 big blinds), and the field will play as long as it takes to reach the final 65 players. The survivors at the end of the day will make the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Event 1 Flight A: Migrating South

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  198 of 517

Howard Wolper

With the poker action going strong in South Florida, we’re seeing more than a few players come down for the series from the Northeast. Three weeks of tournaments will do that.

Howard Wolper is an Atlantic City regular with more than 100 Borgata cashes to his credit including three titles. Now he’s down here looking for cash number one in Hollywood.

Event 1 Flight A: Registration Closed with 517 Entries

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  517

Registration closed on the first flight of Event 1 with 517 entries put nearly $175,000 towards the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Today’s action will continue until only 65 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

Day/TimeFlightEntriesAdvanced
Thursday at 10 a.m.A517TBD
Thursday at 6 p.m.B
Friday at 10 a.m.C
Friday at 6 p.m.D
Saturday at 10 a.m.E
Saturday at 6 p.m.F
Total517TBD

Event 1 Flight A: Second Break

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  511

James Calderaro

The clock is running out on Level 8 which means Flight A players will soon be taking their second break. That will also be the last chance to register for this session but Flight B gets going at 6 pm if you miss out.

Thomas Gari
Scott Baumstein
Roberto Bendeck
Paul Balzano

Event 1 Flight A: 500 and Counting

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  500

Flight A put 500 entries into the opening tournament of the series with about an hour to run it higher. That’s a great start and we expect to see a lot of players in Flight B which gets underway in the Seminole Ballroom at 6 pm.

That means they should top the $500,000 sometime tomorrow afternoon and continue building it up.

Event 2: Omaha Lovers

$400 Limit Omaha 8
Structure
Level 2:  150/300 Limits
Entries:  76

David Shmuel

The Limit Omaha 8 tournament field is building up nicely over the first hour with some tough competition grabbing an early seat.

Local favorite David Shmuel is the most accomplished in the field in terms of SHRP major titles with four trophies including a win in this tournament during the 2020 LHPO series. WSOP No Limit Deuce-to-Seven champ Yuvie Bronshtein was the 2021 LHPO Limit Omaha 8 winner and WSOP Mixed Hold’em bracelet winner Chris Tryba won the Omaha 8/Stud 8 mix trophy in April.

Chris Tryba
Yuvie Bronshtein

Event 1 Flight A: Back from Break

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  430

Flight A returned from their first break of the day, a chance to unwind and catch a breather, and cards are back in the air in Level 5.

The field is up to 430 entries for nearly $150,000 towards the $500K guarantee. It won’t be much of stretch to get it there before we get too deep into the weekend.