$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The third of six starting flights, Flight C,  is underway here in the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Ballroom.

Players begin with 12,000 chips and 20-minute levels, switching up to 30-minutes from Level 10 through 16. The tournament has a $150,000 guarantee on the total prize pool.

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 10 (about 10:15pm).

The are three more flights on tap for Tuesday at 11am, 3pm, and 7pm.  Players who bust out or surrender their chips can enter any subsequent flight as long as registration is still open.

Cards are in the air!

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1.5k/3k/500 ante

Action was so fast in the opening flight of Event 5 that they stopped play early. Flight 1A drew 261 participants and they were scheduled to play 16 levels or 10% of the field, whichever came first.

With the magic number set at 27 remaining, the field hit that mark at the midpoint of Level 15. Staff paused the clock with 14:48 left in the level and players bagged up their chips for Day 2 on Wednesday. TJ Shulman finished 1A with an early lead with five more flights left to play.

Top Flight 1A stacks:

TJ Shulman – 411,500
Jacques Alabre – 275,000
Errol Rosen – 215,000
Steven McKoy – 165,500

Playing this 150 buyin @shrpo lost a big flip JJ < AQo. 4K on 1st break

— john holley (@hohnjolley) August 18, 2014

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1.2k/200

Registration has closed for Flight 1A of the $250 No Limit Hold’em Event 5 and it drew a nice crowd of 261 entrants. Of those starters, only 81 remain to play into Level 11.

The first Monday of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open brings a fun, fast event. The $150 buy-in tournament allows re-entry through the first 9 levels and the action is sure be high while the registration desk is open.

The first flight has been playing for a few hours now, but action has just begun for Day 1B here in South Florida.

Players begin with 12,000 stacks and 20-minute levels, switching up to 30-minutes from Level 10 through 16. The tournament has a $150,000 guaranteed prizepool. There are six starting flights with three per day. Flight 1C will kick-off later tonight at 7pm.

Players are in the their seats and cards are in the air.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500/50 ante

Marsha Wolak went on break with just over 8,000 in her stack but doubled that in a hurry. She was all-in versus fellow short stack Shawn Sorgi looking at a probably chop. Wolak tabled which was a micro-favorite against .

Wolak picked up a backdoor flush draw on the flop and then went running hearts to jump to 17,000.

Other chips counts around the room:

TJ Shulman – 105,650
Adam Lamphere – 46,400
Joseph Levitt – 37,650
Alexander Fleites – 34,550
Jacques Alubre – 34,375
Alan Reddish – 33,550
Paul Somers – 32,250
Hector Pacheco – 32,050
Curtis Countryman – 31,975
Brian Ragauckas – 30,800
Barry Bindelglass – 30,325
Christopher Hayes – 28,425
Errol Rosen – 28,025

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/50 ante

The steady stream of players into the tournament continues as they head off on their first break. So far there has been 225 getting in the game and we now have two WSOP champions sitting together when Marsha Wolak grabbed the 8-seat next to “Miami John” Cernuto.

TJ Shulman looks like the current chipleader as he’s built his start from the initial 12,000 to over 100,000 before the break.

We are gathering the chip counts and will return shortly.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150

The small buy-in tournament is pulling in a nice early crowd with the entrant number climbing over 150 before the noon hour. The price is also putting players in a gambling mood with plenty of speculative hands getting action. Dealers are calling “seat open” on a regular basis and there is always someone in line at the registration desk.

“Miami John” Cernuto and Errol Massey were early players and we’re combing the field for more Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open regulars.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The first Monday of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open brings a fun, fast event. The $150 buy-in tournament allows re-entry through the first 9 levels and the action is sure be high while the registration desk is open.

Player begin with 12,000 stacks and 20-minute levels, switching up to 30-minutes from Level 10 through 16. The tournament has a $150,000 guaranteed prizepool, six starting flights with three per day. Flights 1B and 1C kick-off at 3pm and 7pm.

Players are in the their seats and cards are in the air.