2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  122
Prize Pool:  $63,440
November 20, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Deep Stack Big O tournament with 122 entries creating a prize pool worth $63,440. The last 16 players will make the money with $1,040 for a min-cash and $16,080 awaiting the Big O champ.

1st: $16,080 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $10,800
3rd: $8,000
4th: $6,000
5th: $4,520
6th: $3,440
7th: $2,660
8th: $2,060
9th-10th: $1,620
11th-12th: $1,240
13th-16th: $1,040

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  60 of 497

After a long early evening grind, Flight A is nearing its money bubble with 60 players remaining and 50 advancing to Day 2. They will go into hand-for-hand mode when 51 players remain and continue until the bubble is burst.

Chris Lewis looks like the current leader with 490,000 but tough tablemate Noah Schwartz is lurking close by with a big stack.

$300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Nearly every night of the series, you will find a smaller buy-in one-day trophy event. It’s something for most bankrolls and a little hardware and a winner’s pic at the end.

Tonight we have a $300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty tournament at 6 pm that will keep the action flowing but you’ll have plenty of chips to sling.

Players start with 40K stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes before jumping to 20 minutes for the rest of the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 12 at 9:30 pm.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Level 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 12 (9:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight B of RRPO Event 1 gets underway at 5 pm and we look to build on a great start to the series. The $400 Deep Stack has a $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and will be one of the biggest (if not the biggest) fields we sport all year.

They’ll sit down to 20,000 in their stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 at the start of Day 2 and 60 minutes when they reach Level 24. Late registration is available until 5:30 pm and they may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.

Flight B will play down the last 10% of the field and those with chips will bag them for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 1 pm.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Club WPT Gold Passport will be awarded for the overall chip leader at the start of Day 2 and to the final 9 players at the final table
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  126 of 497

Flight A players reached another break, this time as tournament staff took the black chips out of play, and they are back in action trying to reach the last 50 to advance to Day 2.

Sammy Summers had a big stack at the second break and now leads the field with 254,000. Salvatore Tangredi is still up there, sitting in second with 202,500.

2024 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:  174
Prize Pool:  $90,480
November 20, 2024

Registration closed for the $600 Seniors 50+ event with 174 entries, creating a prize pool worth $90,480. The last 22 spots will be paid with $1,040 for a min-cash and $21,860 up top for the Event 2 champ.

1st: $21,860 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $14,500
3rd: $10,700
4th: $8,000
5th: $6,100
6th: $4,640
7th: $3,560
8th: $2,760
9th-10th: $2,180
11th-12th: $1,500
13th-15th: $1,240
16th-22nd: $1,040

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  74

We took a peek in the Meeting Room and found a pretty view. The $600 Big O had a huge turnout before the first break, with 74 entries, and we are still waiting on many of our Omaha regulars. They are on pace to make this our biggest field for this event, and that’s nice.

Some early grinders include Zhen Cai, Dimas Martinez, Gabe Ramose, Chris Labrie, Brandon Ageloff, Michael Rosenberg, and Ryan Hoenig.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  207 of 497

Registration closed for Flight A of RRPO Event 1 with 497 entries, setting the pace for the next seven flights. They contributed $164K to the $2,000,000 guarantee with some huge fields expected this weekend.

Flight A will continue until 50 players remain and survivors will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

The chip leader at the end of the flight will be in a good position to earn a Club WPT Gold Passport. The biggest stack to start Day 2 will be awarded the Gold Passport, good for an entry into their $5 Million Freeroll, which takes place at Wynn Las Vegas on Dec 13-15, 2024.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries: 497

Action is back underway in Flight A and we closed the books on the opening session with an unofficial 497 entries. Tournament staff are adding it up and we will report the numbers when they are official.

The two biggest stacks in the room swapped places 60 seconds into the new level. Salvatore Tangredi was the leader during the break with 191,500 and Artur Rudenkov was not far behind with 185,000.

Then Rudenkov shipped someone out on the first hand back and took the lead with 220,000.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries: 477

The clock is ticking down on Level 8 and players will soon take the second break of the day. That will leave only 15 minutes left to jump into this big field with bigger coming up during the busy weekend.