$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  65 of 643

Once the Money Bubble burst for Flight A, the remaining 65 players bagged up their chips for Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm. Everyone who bagged chips for Day 2 will finish in the money, though those payouts won’t be known until registration has closed for all eight starting flights.

Action ended with 24:47 remaining in Level 18, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 with an 8,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with the blinds where they were for whichever flight finished the earliest.

The full list of official chip counts for this flight will be posted soon, but here is a preview of the top five:

1.  Judson Bennett  –  525,000  (66 bb)
2.  Ivan Ruban  –  511,000  (64 bb)
3.  Jessica Perez Borrego  –  505,000  (63 bb)
4.  David Umana  –  467,000  (58 bb)
5.  Michael Garcia  –  466,000  (58 bb)

Flight B is already underway with 534 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 10:30 pm tonight. There will be two more starting flights per day (at 10:00 am and 6:00 pm) for the next three days.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  65 of 643

On the sixth hand of hand-for-hand play, a short-stacked player under the gun raised all in for 20,000. Andrey Bereza called from the small blind and Daniel Umana called from the big blind.

They checked down a board of

Umana showed for a pair of eights, Bereza showed for a pair of sevens, and the all-in player showed , for just ace-high, locking up the pot for Umana.

Daniel Umana  –  467,000  (58 bb)
Andrey Bereza  –  117,000  (14 bb)

With that, the remaining 65 players are in the money and will return for Day 2 on Sunday.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  212
Prize Pool:  $23,320
Bounty Prize Pool: $10,600
July 27, 2022

Registration closed for the $200 Double Green Chip Bounty tournament with 212 entries crushing the $20,000 guarantee. They combined to put $23,320 in the regular prize pool with another $10,600 up for grab in the form of bounties. The last 27 players will be paid with $240 for a min-cash and $5,495 for the Event 4 winner.

1st: $5,495 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $3,730
3rd: $2,390
4th: $1,455
5th: $1,125
6th: $930
7th: $800
8th: $685
9th-10th: $570
11th-12th: $490
13th-15th: $420
16th-18th: $350
19th-21st: $280
22nd-27th: $240

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$400 Big Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  129
Prize Pool:  $43,215
July 27, 2022

Registration closed for the $400 Big O tournament with 129 entries creating a prize pool worth $43,215. The last 17 spots will make some money with $845 for a min-cash and $11,860 awaiting the Event 3 champ.

The turnout was good enough to be the second best turnout for one of our Big O tournaments, only topped by the 161 entries we drew in January during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

2022 LHPO – 161 entries
2022 SHRPO – 129 entries
2022 Showdown – 109 entries
2018 RRPO – 107 entries
2018 SHRPO – 93 entries

1st: $11,860 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $7,425
3rd: $4,580
4th: $2,800
5th: $2,140
6th: $1,815
7th: $1,575
8th-9th: $1,380
10th-12th: $1,190
13th-15th: $1,000
16th-17th: $845

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  66 of 643

Somebody was just eliminated in 67th place, and no more than 65 players can advance from this flight, so the field has begun hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble. After one more elimination, Flight A will come to an end, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

With 66 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 195,000 (33 big blinds).

$400 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 272

Peter Lombardo got it all in from the small blind for 38,500 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the cutoff’s .

The board came , and both players flopped sets, but Lombardo’s aces held the entire way and he won the pot to double up in chips.

Peter Lombardo  –  83,000  (28 bb)

With about 45 players remaining from a field of 272, the average chip stack is about 121,000 (40 big blinds). The final 34 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $625 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 272

The players return from their dinner break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-2,500 with a 2,500 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 225K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Amir Baron  –  281,000  (112 bb)
2.  Carlos Rodriguez  –  247,000  (99 bb)
3.  Nancy Thomas  –  238,000  (95 bb)
4.  Robert Garcia  –  234,000  (94 bb)
5.  Tamara Goldshteyn  –  228,000  (91 bb)

Chipleader Amir Baron was called a “luckbox” by one of the other players at the table, because he recently got pocket aces on back-to-back hands and won them both.

With about 60 players remaining from a field of 272, the average chip stack is about 91,000 (36 big blinds). The final 34 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $625 each.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  105 of 643

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 270K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Cody Karr  –  302,000  (76 bb)
2.  Judson Bennett  –  289,000  (72 bb)
3.  Kyle Taddei  –  271,000  (68 bb)

With about 105 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 122,500 (31 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 65 players, and everyone who bags up chips will finish in the money and advance to Day 2.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight B of SHRPO Event 1 gets underway at 6 pm and will build on a great start in Flight A. We had 643 entries in the first of eight flights for one of the biggest starts to any of our tournaments. The $400 Deep Stack looks like it’s on an easy path to the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Players start with 20K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm. Flight B will play into the evening and end when 10% of the field remains. Those players will bag their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm already in the money.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  125 of 643

After a flop of with more than 40K already in the pot, the big blind checked, and Barry Abramowitz moved all in from UTG+1 for 25,500. The player on the button thought for a bit before he folded, and the player in the big blind tanked for a while before he called with .

It turned out to be a good call as Abramowitz turned over for ace high, and he needed to improve to stay alive. Abramowitz grabbed his backpack and stood up to get ready to leave. (You should know what this is foreshadowing.)

The turn card paired the board with the , and the river card was — the .

Abramowitz spiked a queen on the river to win the pot with two pair, queens and jacks, doubling up in chips.

Barry Abramowitz  –  95,000  (32 bb)

With about 125 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 103,000 (34 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 65 players, and everyone who bags up chips will finish in the money and advance to Day 2.