$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200/25 ante
Players continue to enter, or re-enter, the tournament at regular intervals as the entrant number went over 280 during Level 5.
Below you’ll find some of the more familiar faces it the crowd.
$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200/25 ante
Local legend Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi was among those joining the tournament after the first break but his first shot here went the same as Vanessa Selbst. Tournament staff were balancing tables and preparing to break Mizrachi’s table when he 
was table to show his flopped set was beaten by a turned gutshot straight.
The 3-time WSOP and 2-time WPT champions shook it off before walking back to the lobby.
$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 75/150/25 ante
Players returned from their break and local regular Derrick Simon is leading the field with 70,375. A number of notables players are also having good day but the first bullet didn’t work for Vanessa Selbst. The three-time WSOP bracelet winner was notably absent from her table as they went on break but we are on the look out.
Derrick Simon – 70,375
Noah Schwartz – 52,200
Blair Hinkle – 47,850
Bart Hanson – 43,300
Micah Raskin – 38,150
Matt Affleck – 37,775
Joe Cada – 34,825
Darren Elias – 34,125
Chris Moorman – 33,400
Joe Kuether – 33,200
Mukul Pahuja – 32,250
Dan Buzgon – 32,050
Matt Stout – 31,600
Chance Kornuth – 31,100
Dan O’Brien – 30,350
Josh Arieh – 28,800
John Dolan – 28,575
Jared Jaffee – 25,750
Kevin Schaffel – 24,825
Nenad Medic – 20,400
Brian Hastings – 12,350
Matt Glantz – 8,250
$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150
The first break of the Championship is here and players are enjoying 15 minutes away from the table. The tournament board is showing 257 entrants so far and sure to climb until registration closes about five hours from now.
A few more big names popped up over the last level including Brian Hastings, Dan O’Brien, Abe Mosseri, Jared Jaffee, Nenad Medic, Chris Moorman, and former November Niners John Racener and John Dolan.
Notable break-time chip counts to come shortly.
$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150
Defending champion Blair Hinkle is in the house and naturally his random seat draw puts in on Table 1. Hinkle won the inaugural $10 Million Guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship by outlasting 2,384 other including Justin Bonomo heads-up. He earned $1,745,245 the title, the biggest of his career.
Hinkle isn’t a one-hit wonder. His résumé shows one World Series of Poker bracelet, three WSOP-Circuit rings, and $3.6 million in career tournament earnings. Blair isn’t the only talented poker player, his brother Grant also holds WSOP jewelry.
Defending my title @shrpo 10M Guarantee. Defended 1 title so far this year, how bout another? #SHRPO #fb
— Blair Hinkle (@blur5f6) August 28, 2014
$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Players continue to take their seats as the second level rolled around. Some big names in the field have taken to Twitter to let the world know.
Playing the 1st day of the 10 million guarantee @shrpo i am joining the movement #onebulletteam Here goes nothing . #itslikepeeinginthewind
— Noah J Schwartz (@noahjschwartz) August 28, 2014
Firing off my 1st (hopefully last) bullet at the 2nd greatest tournament in the entire world, the @shrpo $5300/$10 mil! gl friends! #VAMOOOO
— Matt Stout (@MattStoutPoker) August 28, 2014
Main Event of @shrpo. $10Million guaranteed prizepool! Well over $1M for 1st. This would be a good one to win
— Tyler Patterson (@TylerPoker) August 28, 2014
Getting ready to start off the @shrpo 5k re-entry main. Had my apple sauce for breakfast so feeling pretty invincible. #clockingin
— Cliff Goldkind (@CliffGoldkind) August 28, 2014
Main Event dia 1A do SHRPO 10kk GTD!!! Bom jeito de comemorar o aniversário não? Vamoooooo! #29th… http://t.co/dcqYJzUkmV
— Bruno Kawauti (@brunokawauti) August 28, 2014
$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
It’s still very early but some big names have already joined the field.
Just 15 minutes into the start of the day find Vanessa Selbst and Noah Schwartz sitting side-by-side at Table 31 with Mike Leah, Matt Glantz, Josh Arieh, Matt Affleck, Tyler Patterson, Todd Terry, and 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada spread among the first 190 players in the ballroom.
$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
The headlining event on the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open schedule is upon us and it is going to be a big one. The tournament sports a huge $10 million guaranteed prize pool, the biggest found in poker, for just a $5,300 buy-in. Many players are in the tournament via different levels of satellite qualifiers and those continue to run until the final turbo qualifier on Saturday morning at 9am.
The structure affords players space and time to use all the weapons in their poker arsenal. They sit behind huge 30,000 stacks at the start, with 40-minute levels until Late registration/re-entry closes at the start of Level 10. They will switch over to one hour levels at that point before coming back to 90-minute levels on Day 2.
Local grinders will mix it up with WSOP bracelet winners, popular poker professionals, celebrities, athletes, and amateurs. They will all be shooting for some part of the 8-digit prize money and their journey starts today.
Players are taking their seats in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino ballroom for the first flight of three, all hoping to bag chips at the end of the day to battle some of the best players in the world. Cards will be in the air shortly, we’ll be here from start to finish with all the highlights and updates.
Pumped up! @shrpo is here! $10,000,000 prize pool! Day 1st today, Friday, Saturday. Couple of millionaires to be made here next few days!
— Matthew Affleck (@mcmattopoker) August 28, 2014
Perfect structure this week @shrpo IMO. Levels 1-9 (40 min) 10-23 (60 min) 23+ (90 min). Deep play late and deep ITM day 2!
— Matthew Affleck (@mcmattopoker) August 28, 2014
1 hour until the start of the 10 milly @shrpo !!!! ill b playing Friday:) if you dont have a seat yet there are still sattys goin on!
— Natasha Barbour (@natashabarbour) August 28, 2014
As officially announced earlier, PokerStars.tv will be live streaming final tables of both the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller and $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event. They will bring their broadcast team and live stream technology to provide commentary and hole cards on a broadcast delay.
This news required a tweaking of the Super High Roller structure. The event was originally schedule to run as a 3-day event but it has now been adjusted. The new structure will have the starting field on September 1 play down to its final table of eight players before pausing the action. Those who make the Super High Roller final table will return on September 2 to the Paradise Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in front of their fans, friends, and family.
Spectators over 18 years old are welcome to watch the final tables live in the Paradise Live theater along with a world-wide audience on the internet.
$100,000 Super High Roller structure sheet
$10 Million Guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open structure sheet
As you may have heard or seen on Twitter, there are stories floating around about the final table of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guaranteed Championship being Live Streamed.
This has been confirmed by sources at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. BOTH the final tables of the Championship and the $100k Buy-in High Roller event will be streamed on PokerStars.tv, as announced at EPT Barcelona and reported here. The stream will include hole cards and a broadcast delay to protect the integrity of the game.
For people in and around the Hollywood, FL area, both of these final tables will take place in Paradise Live in Seminole Paradise September 2nd and 3rd. Spectators will be allowed. Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for additional details as we get closer to the events.