$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  200/400
Entries:  55

The Big O field is taking their first break with 55 entries in the action-packed game. A few friendly faces include Tampa PLO champ Vinny Monteiro, Long Nguyen, Gabe Ramos, David Shmuel, and Matt Bretzfield.

$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Closing out the first day of the RRPO series with a fun one at 5 pm. Event 4 is a $200 buy-in tournament with quad stacks and $50 bounties on every player.

Players start with 40K stacks out front, and the first eight levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:15 pm and blinds increase to 20 minutes for the duration.

This game will have plenty of action and we expect a great time will be had by all.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  135 of 550

The players returned from break to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a 2,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Forbes  –  333,500  (167 bb)
2.  David Dowdy  –  274,500  (137 bb)
3.  Anton Serkov  –  254,500  (127 bb)
4.  Clifford Mermell  –  232,000  (116 bb)

With about 135 players remaining from a flight of 550, the average chip stack is about 81,500 (41 big blinds). This flight will continue playing until only 10% of the field remains (55 players), and everyone who bags chips will advance to Day 2 on Sunday and finish in the money.

Flight B begins at 6:00 pm this evening, with registration open until 10:30 pm.

$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 176

Deonarine Itwaru raised under the gun to 2,400, Scott Robbins moved all in from the hijack for 28,900, and Itwaru asked for an exact count before he went into the tank.

Itwaru asked if Robbins has ace-king, but Robbins didn’t say anything. Itwaru thought for a while longer before he asked himself, “Do I want to gamble this early in the event?”

Itwaru eventually called with , and Robbins turned over . Robbins needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Robbins flopped a gutshot straight draw and turned a double-gutshot, but missed his outs on the river. Itwaru won the pot with his ace to eliminate Robbins from the tournament.

Donarine Itwaru  –  68,000  (57 bb)
Scott Robbins  –  Eliminated

With about 80 players remaining from a field of 176, the average chip stack is around 44,000 (37 big blinds). The final 22 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,175 each.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  176
Prize Pool:  $92,400
November 16, 2022

Registration closed for the $600 Seniors Event with 176 entries creating a prize pool worth $92,400. The last 22 spots will be paid with $1,175 for a min-cash and $23,740 plus the RRPO trophy for the Seniors Event champ.

1st: $23,740 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $16,005
3rd: $9,475
4th: $5,765
5th: $4,445
6th: $3,690
7th: $3,185
8th: $2,790
9th-10th: $2,425
11th-12th: $2,070
13th-15th: $1,750
16th-18th: $1,455
19th-22nd: $1,175

$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  176

The players returned from their second break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 with a big blind ante of 1,000.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 176. As soon as we get official numbers, we will post the prizepool here in the updates.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 90K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Wilmer Chavira  –  118,100  (118 bb)
2.  Vito Masi  –  90,500  (91 bb)
3.  Raphael Bloom  –  90,300  (90 bb)

With 87 players remaining from an unofficial field of 176, the average chip stack is about 40,500 (41 big blinds). The official prizepool will be released soon.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

There are 44 trophy events on the RRPO schedule, and plenty of them are some variant of the Omaha game. Wasting no time, the first one runs at 3 pm in the Grand Ballroom with a $600 buy-in Deep Stack Big O trophy event.

They’ll start with 20K out front, and all levels last 30 minutes from start to finish. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm. They will continue to play into the evening until we crown our first Omaha champ of the series later this evening.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  550

Registration closed for RRPO Event 1 Flight A with 550 entries putting $181,500 towards the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Flight A will continue through the afternoon and into the evening and end when 55 players remain. They will bag up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.

$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  147

The Seniors Event reached the first break of their day and tournament staff sent them away from a 15-minute breather. The entry count is just shy of 150 and they are having a good time on the other side of the Grand Ballroom.

Jeff Kessler had the best time of them over the first four levels and the 2013 RRPO Seniors champ leads the field early with 84,200.