$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

We are playing down to the end of the day for Flight C on one side of the Hard Rock Event Center and we have the fourth flight ready to go on the other. The first three flights combined to put 1,217 entries into Event 1 to leave it only 783 shy of hitting the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with three full flights to go.

Entrants will start out with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm. Their day will come to an end after Level 17 when all those with chips will return on Sunday for Day 2.

The tournament also features the big blind ante structure where the player in the big blind pays the single ante for the entire table.

The opening tournament is building rapidly and they will get very close to crossing 2,000 entries this evening to leave us very close at the start of Flight E tomorrow morning.

• $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
• A single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 180 of 475

The numbers were crunched and the third flight of the $1,000,000 Guarantee opening event on the schedule officially drew 475 entries. That pushed the combined total up to 1,217 total entries leaving the tournament only 783 entries away from hitting the seven-digit mark.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 475

The second break of the day is complete and registration closed for Flight C when they were back underway in the Event Center. The tournament clock shows 475 entries but we will wait for the official word from the smart people.

Everyone still in the game is trying to catch Michael Jagroo and Natacha Goureau at the top of the counts. Jagroo is sitting nicely with 138,000 with Goureau not far behind with 130,000.

1. Michael Jagroo – 138,000
2. Natacha Goureau – 130,000
3. David Poces – 120,000
4. Thaddeus Deitriech – 120,000
5. Brad Butcher – 118,500
6. Ido Ashkenazi – 113,200
7. Wilford Lyons – 108,000
8. Tim Shane – 108,000
9. Alton Mendleton – 104,700
10. Carlo Rodriguez – 100,000

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 436

Matt Yorra took a seat in this afternoon’s flight with a chance to make a little history. The SHRP regular has a tournament victory in each of our major series in 2018 and can make it three series in a row over the next two weeks.

Yorra opened his year with a win in the $570 Big Stack event during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open and followed that up with a $570 Six-Max title during the Poker Showdown.

We can find only two other players with a win in three straight series; both Michael Newman and former SHRP Player of the Year David Prociak accomplished that feat in 2016/2017.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 420

The Flight C entry count moved over 400 after the break and it is now the biggest of the tournament so far. That record may not last long with three huge flights remaining.

Sean Shah is taking his Event 1 shot today only a few days removed from his latest poker victory. He was in the poker room last week and took down the Monday Night Big Stack $20K Guarantee tournament for $6,800 plus a seat in the $2,650 SHRPO Big 4 tournament. Shah owns two SHRP major titles, both coming in 2012, from the Coco Poker Showdown and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 367

The break is complete and players returned to their seats as the field grew to 367 entries. Flight C is close to becoming the biggest flight of the tournament so far and 11 more will get it there.

James Hayes is the early frontrunner with nearly 70,000 after four levels. Satish Surapaneni and Alan Wentz round out the list of players over 60,000 and Mitchil Tabasky’s early lead increased to 50,000.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 342

Two hours are gone in Flight C and players are enjoying a brief moment away from the tables. They can take a walk, catch some sun, or enjoy the new snack bar stations in the hallway.

We’ll walk the tables and look for the big stacks in the room.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 286

The Hard Rock Event Center is quickly filling up and we hit our first milestone number late in Level 2. Entry 258 this afternoon pushed the combined entry count to 1,000 and the prize pool is midway to hitting the $1,000,000 Guarantee with late reg open till 3:30pm in this flight and three more huge flights to go.

SHRP regular Michael Damiani is one of the early entrants today and the recent new poppa is trying to take home a trophy while adding some big cash to a college fund.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 216

Mitchil Tabasky is off to a flying start this morning. We missed the action getting the chips in the middle but Tabasky had his opponent at risk for 15,000 after a flop.

Tabasky’s opponent flopped a set with but he went better with the flopped Broadway straight holding . He avoided the comeback full house on the turn and to take a huge early pot moving him up to 45,000.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is rolling into the first weekend after a successful start to the series on Thursday. The $570 buy-in Event 1 kicked things off with a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and we already have 742 entries in the game after the first two flights.

Today’s middle two sessions will put us on the verge of hitting the magic 2,000 entry number well before registration closes on the tournament late Saturday evening. A great start to the series.

Event 1 players sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time if a player should lose their stack. Flight C will conclude at the end of Level 14 and all survivors will return on Sunday for Day 2 along with the 113 players who advanced yesterday.

Action gets underway at 11am for the second day of the series.

Chip counts through Flight B

• $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
• A single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet