$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries: 436 (Total Entries: 1,105)

It’s been a great summer for South Florida poker players, with many returning home from Las Vegas with some new jewelry plus a nice bankroll boost, and they aren’t done yet.

Yesterday, we mentioned Phil Hui and his WSOP Poker Players Championship title but he was not the only one wrapped in glory at the series.

Two weeks into June, Howard Mash joined nearly 6,000 other players in the $1,000 WSOP Seniors Championship and four days later was posing for pictures with a bracelet before collecting his $660K score. He was already known us in the Sunshine State with four wins at our sister property in Coconut Creek, now a lot more people know Mash as a WSOP champion.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Entries: 386 (Total Entries: 1,055)

Unlike yesterday, it was pretty easy to find our early leader in Flight C. Noel Atherley is far away the frontrunner after four levels and his 103,000 is the first to clear six figures.

Other notable stacks include Aaron Rosenthal (63,500), Harvey Freedman (55,000), Adam Zoltser (55,000), Darnell White (46,500), Lou Stadler (46,500), and Michael Newman (45,600).

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries: 355 (Total Entries: 1,024)

Four levels are in the books for Flight C and players took a walk away from the Event Center for the first break. The combined entry count climbed over 1,000 a little while ago and we’re cruising towards the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight C Entries: 226 (Total Entries: 895)

It didn’t take very long for Flight C to cross over 200 entries and they got there before the first level was complete. It will blast right past the previous two flights and it will be the biggest so far by the time registration closes at 3:30 pm.

Andre Rakusa was among the first 200 and he had a pretty good run in this tournament last year. Event 1 drew more than 3,000 entries during the 2018 SHRPO series and Rakusa outlasted all but three of them. He finished in fourth place for nearly $95K, the biggest cash of his career.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight C Entries: 135 (Total Entries: 804)

After some brief player instructions, Tournament Supervisor Jordan Cutter put cards in the air for Flight C of Event 1.

Players will make their way through the first four levels before taking the first break of the day.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

Day 2 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open brings another nice slate of games starting with Flight C of the $1,000,000 Guarantee opening tournament. The first two flights combined yesterday to put 669 entries into the tournament for a great start to the series.

We expected a bigger turnout on a Friday afternoon leading into the last two massive fields tomorrow.

Event 1 players sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes long, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and Flight C will come to an end after Level 14. Survivors will put their chips in a bag for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Cards fly at 11 am and we’ll be tracking them all day long.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 669

Flight A:  376 Entries; 59 Advanced
Flight B:  293 Entries; 42 Advanced
Flight C:  Friday at 11am
Flight D:  Friday at 6pm
Flight E:  Saturday at 11am
Flight F:  Saturday at 6pm
Day 2:  Sunday at 1pm

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  42 of 293

The second starting flight for Event 1 has come to an end with 42 survivors from a field of 293, and Roberto Berrocal bagged up a monstrous stack worth 439,500 (110 big blinds) to lead the overall field so far.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here is an unofficial look at the six players who bagged up at least 200K:

1.  Roberto Berrocal  –  439,500  (110 bb)
2.  Carlos Rodriguez  –  328,000  (82 bb)
3.  Borja Iglesias  –  327,000  (81 bb)
4.  Brette DeJesus  –  321,000  (80 bb)
5.  Vadims Ivanovs  –  206,000  (52 bb)
6.  Lisa Teebagy  –  200,000  (50 bb)

Flight C begins tomorrow (Friday) at 11:00 am, with registration open with unlimited re-entries until 3:30 pm.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  70 of 293

With the board showing on the turn, John Valevich checks the small blind, the player in the hijack bets 12,000, and Valevich check-raises to 36,000. The hijack thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card was the , and Valevich quickly moves all in for well over 100K. The player in the hijack thinks for a bit before he folds, and Valevich takes the pot to build his stack up to about 240K.

John Valevich  –  240,000  (120 bb)

With about 70 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 84,000 (42 big blinds).