$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  190

With the last weekend of the series here, we are seeing many friends from Tampa making the trip across the state.

Those in the mix early include Wagner Wysotchanski, Jeff Morzella, Kevin Blewitt, Manny Minaya, Jeremy Becker, Fred Dabus, and Justin Zaki with many more expected.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  152

Cards are in the air for the final flight of the 2022 SHRPO Championship with 152 entries pushing the prize pool further over $3,000,000.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The final flight of the SHRPO Championship gets underway at 11 am with one milestone already reached before cards go in the air. Well before cards went in the air, we had 111 entries in Flight B to put the combined total at 619 for a prize pool over $3,000,000.

They will spin that up throughout the day.

Players start with 40,000 stacks out front and all levels last 60 minutes until increasing to 90 with three tables remaining. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm and players have a single re-entry option should they lose their stack.

Flight B will play 10 full levels and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow at noon.

• $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels will last 60 minutes each until 27 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Single re-entry available per day
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels will last 60 minutes each until 27 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Single re-entry available per day
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 34 – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 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 34 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: $600 SHRPO Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• One $5,300 SHRPO Championship seat guaranteed
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:20pm)
• Structure Sheet

1PM: $300 Big 4 Event 35 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into SHRPO Big 4 Event 35
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

4PM: $300 Big 4 Event 35 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into SHRPO Big 4 Event 35
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

7PM: $2,650 High Roller Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels 1-7 last 20 minutes; Levels 8+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (9:00pm)
• Structure Sheet

8PM: $400 Big 4 Event 35 Bounty Satellite (1-in-10)

• One seat guaranteed into SHRPO Big 4 Event 35
• $100 bounty on every player
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  152 of 508

Day 1A:  508 Entries;  152 Advanced
Day 1B:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 152 of 508

Day 1A of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open saw 508 entries, and there is still an entire second starting flight to go (with only 111 more entries needed to meet the guaranteed prize pool). There were 152* players who survived, securing seats for Day 2 on Sunday at Noon.

Ignacio Moron (pictured) leads the way after Day 1A, bagging an impressive stack of 514,500 thanks to a double up on the final hand of play. Other top stacks were bagged by Joe McKeehen (395,500), Matt Affleck (390,000), Alex Foxen (320,000), and Jonathan Jaffe (315,500).

Full chip counts from Day 1A will be posted here later tonight. Day 1B begins on Saturday at 11 am, and registration will remain open until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm.

*This was updated to reflect that one player who bagged decided to forfeit his stack.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  171 of 508

Ignacio Moron raised from under the gun, the player on the button called, and Tyler Rueger called from the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to the button who shoved for 14,500. Both Rueger and Moron called.

The turn was the , Rueger led for 25,000, and Moron called.

The river was the , Rueger bet 60,000, Moron raised all in for 204,500, and Rueger tanked for about three minutes before he called.

Moron tabled for kings full of queens, besting Rueger’s and the button’s to double into the chip lead as Day 1A concluded.

Ignacio Moron  –  514,500  (343 bb)
Tyler Rueger  –  133,000  (89 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 162 of 508

The remaining players were just informed that they will play four more hands before the end of Day 1A. Stay tuned for a summary of play and official chip counts when they are released later tonight.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  171 of 508

After a series of raises, a player in middle position was all in for roughly 100,000 holding against Joe McKeehen on the button with .

The board came down , safe for McKeehen to score the elimination.

Joe McKeehen  –  370,000  (185 bb)

With about 25 minutes remaining in Day 1A, that pot puts McKeehen in contention for the chip lead.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  171 of 508

After a series of raises, the player in the hijack was all in for about 85,000 with against Carlos Rodriguez who was under the gun with .

The board ran out , safe for Rodriguez to score the elimination.

Carlos Rodriguez  –  220,000  (110 bb)