$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8: 800/1,600 Limits
Entries:  101

Time ran out to get in the Flight A of Event 1 and the clock is counting down to closing registration for the $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament across the hall. It is already one of the bigger fields we’ve had for this tournament.

AJ Kelsall, winner of the $600 H.O.R.S.E. during the RRPO series, grabbed a seat and we also found Caleb Piderit and Willie Wiggins in the mixed game, something different from their normal two-card NLH tournaments.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 and a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  261 of 606

Registration closed for Flight A of LHPO Event 1 with 606 entries putting $315,120 towards the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and five more flights to really build a big number.

Flight A will continue until 76 players remaining and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 and a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  607

The second break came to an end with more than 600 entries on the board and tournament staff are running the number for the official count.

Phu Vo looks like the biggest stack in the room with 169,000 after eight levels. He is setting himself up for another big opening tournament run after banking $136,175 in Event 1 of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open a few months ago.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 and a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  578

Flight A moved into Level 8 and it’s the last chance for players to join this big opening field. There are 578 entries in the game so far and the total number will continue to grow over the last five flights.

A few more friendly faces found include Loni Hui, Matt Waxman, and Rob Brown.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 and a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  538

The Flight A field continues to build and we are seeing some top talent take a seat with a little over an hour remaining to register.

Some of them include 2022 Fun in the Sun Main Event champ Jake Schwartz, big-stacked Eric Piderit, and Nadya Magnus. She drew a tough table to start her day, sitting with nine-time Hollywood champ Raminder Singh on her right and Hard Rock Tampa all-time money leader T.K. Miles on her left.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 and a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  500

With 500 entries in Flight A so far, this is already turning out to be a huge tournament. They will put nearly a third of the $1,000,000 in the prize pool in the first flight with five more to go.

We found some of our Tampa friends here on the first day of the series including James Calderaro and Jeremy Becker.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 and a 300 ante
Flight A Entries:  430

As the tournament was preparing for their first break, Jeff Kessler was sitting in the small blind when an early position player moved all in for 7,400. He called, the big blind folded, and Kessler was looking good.

Kessler:
Opponent:

Kessler was dominating and his queens held as the board ran out . He sent the player out and he improved his stack to 22,100.

On the very next hand, Carlos Bermudez opened and Kessler got his stack in the middle from the button. Kessler once again picked up queens but Bermudez was a massive leader with kings and sent the former RRPO Seniors champ out right before the break.

Carlos Bermudez – 59,300 (148 bb)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2: 200/400 Limits
Entries:  56

The first of two H.O.R.S.E. tournaments on the LHPO schedule got underway at 11 am and we had 56 entries in the tournament when they rolled into the second level of the day.

A few notables include six-time SHRPO champ David Shmuel, 2022 SHRPO OE winner Chris Labrie, and WSOP bracelet winners Yuval Bronshtein and Chris Tryba.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 and a 200 ante
Flight A Entries:  334

Flight A of LHPO Event 1 is cruising right along with more than 300 entries in the game after the first hour and they are on an early pace to smash the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Solange Lucas and Luz Sanchez were two of the early entries with Lucas coming off a nice run to close out 2022. She finished second in Event 3 of the Fun in the Sun series and took another second a few days later for evening more cash.

A good way to roll into 2023.

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 150/300 Limits

Event 1 is the first tournament on the 2023 LHPO schedule but Event 2 will award the first trophy. It is a $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at 11 am with a one-day structure and players will rotate games between Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, and Stud 8.

They’ll start with 12K stacks out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. They will take a 45-minute dinner break at 5 pm and return to play down to our first LHPO winner.

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet