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CSOP: Familiar Faces

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$300 CSOP Big Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

NBA Champ and Miami Heat Power Forward Udonis Haslem is here grinding today’s CSOP tournament. Former Real Housewives of Miami Star Dr. Karent Sierra is in the building, and sitting to her direct left is current Housewives star Joanna Krupa. Pop star Ryan Cabrera is playing also, along with local celebrities Sun Sentinel writer Nick Sortal, and 940 AM WINZ on-air personality Andy Slater.

Some other familiar, more conventional poker players are spotted in the field as well:

Matt Affleck
Darryll Fish
Amanda Musumeci
Angel Vu
Dennis Phillips (2008 WSOP Main Event 3rd place finisher)

75 players so far in today’s fun-filled charity tournament. Come on down…we’re just getting warmed up!

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CSOP: Stars are strolling in

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$300 CSOP Big Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

We’re still a few minutes away from the highly anticipated start of tonight’s CSOP Celebrity Charity tournament, as the stars are strolling in through the red carpet. A few of the stars already spotted are Nathan Morris from R&B supergroup Boyz II Men, NBA Champion and Miami Heat Point Guard Norris Cole, and Actress/ Model/ Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa.

Come down and register now, play poker with the stars!

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CSOP: Just Ten Minutes to Start

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$300 CSOP Big Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

The celebrities and poker players are arriving and taking their seats in preparation for the 6pm start of the Habitat for Humanity Charity tournament.

Players will begin with 12,000 tournament chips and all levels are 15 minutes long.  Players in this event WILL earn points toward the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Leaderboard and SHRP Player of the Year standings. Late registration and re-entry will be available until the start of Level 9, approximately 8:15pm.

Cards will be in the air shortly!

 

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Event 16: Stout Doubles While Sacks Leaves

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$2,200 Buy-In Six-Max No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Matt Stout is trying hard to miss his own brainchild Charity Series of Poker Event in an hour after finding a big double. He flopped top and bottom pairs with As6h and dodged the flush draw of Luke Brereton to move over 110,000.

Meanwhile on Table 3, Elliott Zaydman was all-in with Julian Sacks with a race.

“I never win these,” Sacks said as he was standing before the flop. The board ran out 9h4d2c5d7c to back up his statement. The field is down to 16 players with the bubble looming.

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Event 16: Dropping Quickly

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$2,200 Buy-In Six-Max No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/100 ante

Players are quickly dropping and we’re on the cusp of redrawing at 18 players. Among the early exits were Luke Graham with his small stack and the mysterious A. Jones.

Matt Stout is getting short but is enjoying his time until his Charity Series of Poker kicks off at 6pm, when he will perform double duties.

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CHARITY SERIES OF POKER tournament is tonight!

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Just a reminder that the $300 buy-in Charity Series of Poker (“CSOP”) Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) event starts tonight at 6pm! Come on down and play with your favorite celebrities including pop singer Ryan Cabrera; Miami’s own two time basketball champion Norris Cole and three time champion Udonis Haslem; former seven time basketball champion Robert Horry; model and former Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa; Boyz II Men singer Nathan Morris; and Former Real Housewives of Miami Star Dr. Karent Sierra.

Local media personalities also joining the list of celebrities going all-in are Papa Keith, 103.5 FM on-air personality; Andy Slater, 940 AM WINZ on-air personality; Jeff Lennox, WSVN Today in Florida anchor.

With a starting stack of 12K in chips and 15 minute blind levels, this one is sure to be a blast! Players can register up until the start of Level 9 of play at 8pm.

Half of the $300 buy-in will be donated to two charities – Habitat For Humanity International and Habitat For Humanity of Broward – and the remaining placed in the tournament prize pool. To increase excitement and participation, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is adding over $15,000 to the prize pool, including a $5,300 entry into the $10 Million Guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship event.

So what are you waiting for? Come on down and register to play with your favorite star, and donate to a good cause now!

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“CSOP” Championship Trophy

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Celebrities Confirmed for “Charity Series of Poker” Tournament

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Celebrities Confirmed to Play in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino “Charity Series of Poker” Tournament Benefiting Habitat For Humanity International and Habitat for Humanity of Broward

Tournament Added To the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Schedule on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (August 26, 2014) – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has announced its confirmed list of celebrities who will be playing in the  Charity Series of Poker (“CSOP”) tournament taking place on Wednesday, August 27 at 6 p.m. The CSOP tournament was recently added to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open schedule and will benefit Habitat For Humanity International and Habitat for Humanity of Broward.

Celebrities who will ante up for the cause include Pop Singer Ryan Cabrera; Miami’s own two time basketball champion Norris Cole and three time champion Udonis Haslem; former seven time basketball champion Robert Horry; model and former Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa; Boyz II Men singer Nathan Morris; and Former Real Housewives of Miami Star Dr. Karent Sierra.

Local media personalities also joining the list of celebrities going all-in are Papa Keith, 103.5 FM on-air personality; Andy Slater, 940 AM WINZ on-air personality; Jeff Lennox, WSVN Today in Florida anchor.

The Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em event will feature a $300 buy-in, half of which will be donated to the two charities – Habitat For Humanity International and Habitat For Humanity of Broward – and the remaining placed in the tournament prize pool.  To increase excitement and participation, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is adding over $15,000 to the prize pool, including a $5,300 entry into the $10 Million Guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship event.

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open runs August 14 – September 3, 2014. The Championship features a signature $10 million guaranteed prize pool, with 30,000 in tournament chips and three starting flights on Thursday, August 28, Friday, August 29 and Saturday, August 30.  Players may play any or all starting flights. Re-entry will be allowed for nine levels.  The $10 million guarantee will make two new millionaires out of the first and second place winners.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is partnering with Charity Series of Poker to benefit Habitat For Humanity International and Habitat for Humanity of Broward.  PokerStars is supporting the Charity Series of Poker tournament.  Onsite registration is open until Wednesday, August 27 at 8:00 p.m. Full schedule can be found at www.SHRPO.com

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Charity Series of Poker Trophy

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The Charity Series of Poker, brain child of poker pro Matt Stout, will be holding their next event on August 27th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The $300 buy-in charity tournament will benefit Habitat For Humanity International and Habitat For Humanity of Broward and feature a lot of great prizes including entry into the $10,000,000 Guarantee 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event.

Half of the buy-in will go the Habitat for Humanity organizations with the rest going into the tournament prizepool. The structure will generate plenty of action and raise a lot of money for these worthy charities.

The tournament will have a lot of top pros and celebrities, now it has a trophy.

14SHRPO CSOP Trophy

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Event 8: More Player Sightings

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$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante

We found more poker superstars in the house!

First, we’re very happy to be joined here in Hollywood, FL by 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener.  Racener is coming off a runner-up finish in Event #38 of the World Series of Poker losing a tough battle to German poker superstar George Danzer.

Next, Will Givens is in the field as well.  The Colorado native won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #45 and also took 4th in Event #33.

Finally, Matt Stout is also here.  Stout finished 5th in the 5 Million Dollar Guarantee here last spring and added three more WSOP cashes this year including a third place finish in Event #31.

Stout and The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open will also be hosting the Charity Series of Poker Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em tournament which will take place on August 27th at 6p.m. with a $300 buy-in.  The tournament will benefit Habitat for Humanity International and Broward County.

 

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Event 5C: Matt Stout to Host Charity Tournament

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$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 12:  Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Players have returned from a break and are back in action.

Matt Stout

One of those players is Matt Stout, professional poker player and founder of Charity Series of Poker (“CSOP”).

A tournament benefiting Habitat For Humanity International and Habitat for Humanity of Broward has been added to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.  Presented by Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, the tournament will take place on Wednesday, August 27 at 6 p.m.

The Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em event will feature a $300 buy-in, half of which will be donated to the two charities and the remaining placed in the tournament prize pool.  To increase excitement and participation, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is adding over $15,000 to the prize pool, including a $5,300 entry into the $10 Million Guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship event.

Onsite registration is open until Wednesday, August 27 at 8:00 p.m. A full schedule and details can be found at SHRPO.com.