Event 17: More Champions

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200/25 ante

The tournament board shows 538 players registered for the flight as Level 5 gets underway and four of them have WSOP Main Event bracelets.

Huck Seed, Carlos Mortensen, Greg Merson, and Jamie Gold are taking a final shot at making Day 2 of the SHRPO Championship. Gold was the last to join but they are all building stacks.

Huck Seed
Huck Seed
Greg Merson
Greg Merson
Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen
14SHRPO Event 1 Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold

Event 17: Barcelona to Hollywood

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100

Francois-Charles Scapula might have the most interesting story about getting to the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, bubbling one tournament to get an entry into another.

Scapula was playing in the huge EPT Barcelona event just a few days ago and found himself one of five players who were eliminated on the money bubble. Tournament staff chopped up the bottom four spots to split among the five players but there was the matter of awarding a seat into the SHRPO Main Event.

The five of them played a quick Sit & Go and Scapula beat Randall Flowers heads up with win the seat. Flowers is also in the Championship field but he is nowhere near Scapula’s table.

Francois-Charles Scapula
Francois-Charles Scapula

Event 17: Cupcakes and Chips

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100

A familiar face showed up this morning with a gift. Michael Prada and Angela Prada-Moed began their tournament day by delivering tasty treats to various tournament staff. The couple own Sweet Times Cupcakes in Miami, as well as some nice tournament results. Michael took down Event 3 a few weeks ago after tearing through the Turbo event, but he has a ways to catch up with his wife.

Angela Prada-Moed had a successful WSOP summer when she came one spot from winning a bracelet. She outlasted all but Will Givens in the 1,841-player field in $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Event 45, the runner-up spot paid her $189,632 and the envy of all sweet loving people.

Angela Prada-Moed and Michael Moed

Angela Prada-Moed and Tim West
Angela Prada-Moed and Tim West

Event 17: More Faces

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100

We don’t know what the final tally will be at the end of registration, but the ballroom is packed at the moment. A quick walk through the field during the first level found David Benyamine, Andy Frankenberger, Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade, Dennis Phillips, Darryll Fish, Adam Levy, Tim West, Nancy Birnbaum, Marsha Wolak, and Stuart Paterson.

Event 17: Last Chance

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

It’s going to be a big day. Whatever the field looks like by the dinner break, it’s going to be memorable.

The first two flights of the tournament drew 777 players but Flight 1C should top them both if the crowd in the lobby was any indication. A few of those waiting for the floor to open were Ted Forrest, David Williams, and 2012 WSOP champion Greg Merson.

It’s the final day to enter the $10 million Guaranteed Championship. Late registration/re-entry closes around 8pm when the dinner break ends and Level 10 begins.

Cards are in the air and the final flight is underway.

Event 17: Flight B Chip Counts

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)

There were 443 entrants in Flight B and 140 of the survived 13 levels of play to bag chips.  Here they are with their chip counts:

Last NameFirst NameCITYSTCHIP COUNT
DALALSUJAYMCDONOUGHGA302200
PARKROBERTLILBURNGA292900
KUETHERJOSEPHLAS VEGASNV262200
RETTENMAIERMARVINLONDON256500
PANAYITOUERACLESTOMS RIVERNJ254000
YOUNGBRADLEYNEW YORKNY235900
SEARSNIKOLAIDAVISBURGMI221200
FAIRRYANMIAMI BEACHFL220300
leahmichaelLAS VEGASNV213600
COHENJEFFREYPARKLANDFL189900
SEROCKJOSEPHALBUQUERQUENM187500
HANNAWADANNYW BLOOMFIELDMI185300
PHAMTUANPONTE VEDRA BEACHFL172500
OSTROWRONALDCOCONUT CREEKFL169200
KAPLANJORDANSTATEN ISLANDNY167000
TREVILLIANBRETTMACQUALIE HILLS165300
CREELTHOMASMONROELA164500
KESSLERZACHARYBOCA RATONFL164400
POLKDOUGLASLAS VEGASNV163400
RHEEMDAVIDLOS ANGELESCA158100
DEADMANSIMONNORFLOK156200
ORTIZMICHAELHIALEAHFL153700
STAMMENKEVENCARTHAGENAOH152600
KURSHUMIARDITPALM BEACH GARDENSFL148900
AFRIATERICSAINT-LAURENTQC146100
DuvdivaniLennyFORT LAUDERDALEFL141400
PELLEGRINIANTHONYLargoFL141200
MCCORMICKTHOMASFARGOND135200
ZAKHEIMSCOTTDAVIEFL135100
GROSSSTEVENLAS VEGASNV133000
RASMUSSENTHAYERSAINT PETERSBURGFL131900
WHEELERJASONSAN DIEGOCA131300
DUQUETTEMARCBOCA RATONFL128800
SALSBERGMATTHEWSTUDIO CITYCA128500
ZIEGLERJANCOCONUT GROVEFL127100
TRANNGHI124700
POSNERSEANMIAMI BEACHFL124400
MARKOVITHOMERNETANYA124200
SelverScottLAS VEGASNV121600
DIAZFERNANDO JMIAMIFL119200
HAMMONDJEFFREYPLANTATIONFL118800
MICULITZKIGASTONAVENTURAFL113900
BrynKenneyLONG BEACHNY113100
SNELLBRUCEOKEECHOBEEFL113000
BARONISAACSAN FRANCISCOCA109400
XAVIEREL FASSYMIAMI BEACHFL107100
VALERSTEINROMANNEWTOWNPA105900
HERMMARKWAYNEPA105400
VOLPEPAULWEST CHESTERPA105000
BRUNNERBRIANCARMELIN104300
MCKEEHENJOSEPHGWYNEDDPA103300
WHITAKERANDREWTAMPAFL100000
THOMASRUSSELLWALLINGFORDPA99800
DORRANCEJAMESHERSHEYPA99200
MOSESANTHONYSAINT ANTHONYMN99100
LUTESTRAVISCRAWFORDSVILLEIN98800
PAURTAYLOREL DORADO HILLSCA92000
TimoshenkoYevgeniySEATTLEWA91800
LEHAVOTYoramWestonFL90200
VUNGOCSOUTH DAYTONAFL89400
MCNULTYTHADJACKSONVILLEFL88700
CHIAPPETTAMICHAELBOCA RATONFL87400
KLODNICKICHRISTOPHERPHILADELPHIAPA87100
LEHAVOTAMIRFORT LAUDERDALEFL86800
WALSWORTHPETERSARASOTAFL85800
CAMPANABRITTFLORENCESC85700
PASTRANALEONARDN PALM BEACHFL85100
VENOVSKIALEXANDERCLERMONTFL84800
CHADHA VILLAMARINCARLOSWASHINGTONDC83900
MYERSBRADLEYSURUNGTONVT82500
THOMASTOMALBERTSONNY82400
PAULGABRIELLAS VEGASNV80400
BURBICKCOREYDAVIEFL79200
BREAKSTONESTUARTMEMPHISTN78800
BOLOTINALEKSANDRBROOKLYNNY78500
EFRONSCOTTBOCA RATONFL78400
SAVELYEVDMITRYHOLLYWOODFL77900
TATALOVICHRICHARDSCOTTSDALEAZ77300
O'SEAHJOHNDUBLIN76400
OBRIENDANIELLAS VEGASNV74700
YASSANAGUIDEERFIELD BEACHFL74000
AgacheGabrielBOCA RATONFL72700
RAGHAVANRAVINORTHBROOKIL71600
RIESSRYANPORT AUSTINMI71000
ANDRADEGABRIELHOUSTONTX70000
EliasDarrenPHILADELPHIAPA68700
KOHLBERGCURTWESTONMA66300
MOROFIRWOODMERENY66000
NEWMANSTEWARTWESTONFL65800
PERPERDANIELHIGHLAND PARKIL65000
CONSTANDSEMARCOSBenito Juarez64200
KELLSTROMDANASTEVENSON RNHCA63700
PISANIFRANCESCOCORAL SPRINGSFL63300
WERTZJOSEPHMONTOURSVILLEPA63100
PAHUJAMUKULCOCONUT CREEKFL62300
HARTSMANDAVIDGLENDALEWI60900
LAMPHEREADAM58600
GAZEVITZMICHAELCAPE CORALFL58100
PAHUJAVINEETHICKSVILLENY57000
MOORMANCHRISTOPHERBEFLEET56300
JOSEPHYCLIFFSYOSSETNY54600
SCOTTJAMESBALDWINFL52900
FRIERSCOTTCOOPER CITYFL52600
Simon RossiterJeffreySouthbank52500
MADSENJEFFREYLAS VEGASNV51900
WhitebrookRichardMIAMI BEACHFL51000
HAUGENMATTHEWCHICAGOIL50400
NGUYENTHUANLAS VEGASNV49900
CHAMANIRONITJOHANNESBURG49800
DAVISMARKLAS VEGASNV49700
WYLERSCOTTOCEAN RIDGEFL46100
INSELBERGDAVIDLONG BEACHNY46000
HARTSCOTTCORAL SPRINGSFL44100
MILAMWILLIAMCORAL SPRINGSFL43900
SITTON IIIJOHNGREENVILLESC43900
PATELHIRENNAPERVILLEIL43800
SANCHEZ SERRANODIEGOMEXICO CITY43600
MILCHMANZACHARYDELRAY BEACHFL40800
CROSSBENJAMINHOLL WOODFL38600
DorcyDebraOAK HILLFL38100
WEISSMANJOEYBOCA RATONFL37800
COLBURNBRANDONHOLLYWOODFL36500
SIGHEFLORIANSAN DIEGOCA36200
HAMILTONLISALAS VEGASNV35000
KUEYNATALEBRONXNY32100
MACKEYJAMESKANSAS CITYMO31300
STEINBERGLANCEJERICHONY30800
JAVANIPUNNORTHRIDGECA30000
PLYLERRONNIEWAXHAWNC28200
KOVALCHUKVLADIMIRHALLANDALE BEACHFL27500
WILLIAMSJOSEPHPLANT CITYFL26800
CRUZCARLOSMIAMIFL25400
BECKERANDREWBOYNTON BEACHFL25100
LIBERTAJOSEPHBERLINNJ23500
HOLLANDANDREWMACOMBMI21300
MCEUENJESSEAKRONOH21200
GOUREAUJEREMYBAL HARBOURFL21100
DUBEMARKNEWBURYPORTMA18600
FOSTERDERRICKHOLLYWOODFL17900
XUGUOUHITEGUCIGALPADNR

Event 17: Flight B Photo Gallery

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)

Event 17: Flight B In The Rearview Mirror

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)

End of Level 13: 600/1200/ 200 ante

The second of three starting flights of the $10 Million Guaranteed Championship event is bagged and tagged.  Many big name players came and went today as 443 entrants took to the felt, bringing the total entry count for the first two flights to 777.

Among those who reported to the rail are Marsha Wolak, Dan Heimiller, Bobby Oboodi, Darryll Fish, Amanda Musumeci, Jean ‘Prince’ Gaspard, Todd Terry, Ian O’Hara, Jared Hamby, and Tyler Patterson.  We expect to see most of these again tomorrow for Flight C, which gets underway at 12pm.

After 13 levels of play, there were about 140 players remaining to bag up chips.

End of Flight B chip chirps:

Russell Thomas 100,000
Stewart Newman 68,000
Dan Perper 65,000
Vinny Pahuja 57,000
Chris Moorman 56,300
Cliff Josephy 54,600
Joey Weissman 37,800
Nipun Java 30,000

Zachary 'Redlocks' Kessler
Zachary ‘Redlocks’ Kessler

Another player going on a late night rush was Zachary ‘Redlocks’ Kessler.  He tweeted his hot run:

A fresh batch of players (plus many firing a second and/or third bullet) will fill the Ballroom Saturday afternoon, so stay tuned to SHRPO.com for all the action!

Event 17: Bag Em Up!

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
End of Level 13: 600/1200/ 200 ante

Sujay Dalal
Day 1B Chip Leader – Dalal

Robert Park
2nd in chips for Day 1B – Park

Play has ended for the night and players in today’s Flight 1B have bagged and tagged their chips for Day 2 on Sunday, starting at noon. Here are the top chip counts for tonight, with Sujay Dalal the Day 1B chip leader stacking 302,200 in chips. Robert Park finished up 2nd in chips with 292,900. Dalal will receive a $5K bonus for ending his Day 1 as chip leader, and Park will get $2,500 for being the runner up.

Sujay Dalal 302,200
Robert Park 292,900
Joe Kuether 262,200
Marvin Rettenmaier 256,500
Eric Panayiotou 254,000

Here are a few of the other notables making it to Day 2 on Sunday:

Mike Leah 213,600
Keven Stammen 152,600
Matt Salsberg 128,500
Scott Seiver 121,600
Angel Vu 89,900
Scotty Nguyen 49,900