$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 275
Championship players are on their first break with 275 entries here and many more expected between now and tomorrow night when we close registration.
We already have $1.3 million contributed toward the $3,000,000 guarantee and getting it closer by the minute.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 255
Ryan Van Sanford bet 800 preflop from middle position, and Dimitri Vorbe called from late position. The hijack and Vanessa Kade (button) also called before the flop was dealt 
.
Van Sanford then bet 1,000, Vorbe called, and the hijack called before Kade raised to 4,000. Van Sanford and Vorbe folded, and the hijack called before the turn fell 
.
Both remaining players checked to the 
on the river, and Kade bet 10,000. The hijack check-folded so Kade stacked up 53,500.
Vanessa Kade – 53,500 (267 bb)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 248
The SHRPO Championship is nearing 250 entries heading to the first break, a nice turnout for the early afteroon.
Some friendly faces are with us today including two-time WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open champ Briant Altman, WSOP and PokerGo sideline reporter Jeff Platt, and two-time WPT champ Jonathan Little.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 238
UTG raised to 800 preflop, and both the cutoff and button called before Steve Buckner raised to 2,600 from the big blind. The original raiser folded, but the cutoff and button come along for the ride.
The flop was dealt 
, and Buckner bet 3,300. Both remaining opponents folded, and Buckner stacked up 54,000 after collecting the pot. After the hand Buckner told the table, “No fold’em hold’em, that’s the name of the game.”
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 222
We mentioned Dimitri Vorbe earlier, our defending SHRPO Champion, but he’s not the only big Hollywood winner in the field today. The last time we crowned a major winner, Mark Davis took the crown as the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown champ for a cool $1 million.
Davis is here this afternoon trying for back-to-back wins.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 211
The flop read 
when Raul Hernandez got all in from the hijack, and Bin Weng called to cover him on the cutoff. Here is a look at their cards.
Hernandez: 
Weng: 
Turn and River: 
Hernandez doubled up to survive with 56,500, and Weng held 37,000 after the hand.
Raul Hernandez – 56,500 (282 bb)
Bin Weng – 37,000 (185 bb)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 201
There was about 4,000 in the pot, and the flop read 
when Neil Blumenfield bet 3,500 from the small blind. UTG+1 called, and the button tanked for a minute before folding.
The turn fell 
, Blumenfield fired out 5,000, and his opponent called before the river delivered the . Both players checked, and then Blumenfield flipped over 
. UTG+1 folded so Blumenfield stacked up 62,000 after collecting the pot.
Neil Blumenfield – 62,000 (310 bb)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 175
We have a lot of top players in the field early with some big results. But none but one (so far) today can claim to be a SHRPO Champion.
Dimitri Vorbe was here at the start of the day, back to defend the title he won in this room last year. The 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship drew 1,180 entries and Vorbe topped them all to walk away with $929,365 plus the very big, very pretty Guitar Tower trophy.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 151
The clock hit 11 am and Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal put cards in the air for the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.
They are scheduled to play 10 full hour-long levels with a break every two levels and a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The preliminary tournaments on the schedule have come and gone and today we present to you the headliner of the festival; the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship. Flight A of the $5,300 Championship gets underway at 11 am and features a huge $3,000,000 guarantee that will attract some of the top players in the game.
Players start with 40K stacks out front and all levels last 60 minutes until going up to 90 with 27 players remaining. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm and players may re-enter a single time per day if they are eliminated. The opening flights will play 10 full levels and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.
Exciting times in the Grand Ballroom, we are ready.