$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200/25 ante

Registration has closed for the Seniors Event and they drew a nice, friendly crowd of 144 players. Tournament staff are crunching the numbers and we will return with the prizepool information.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200

The Seniors event has hit the break.  At the moment, we have an outstanding 143 entries so far as the re-entry period draws to a close.  We’ll have the top chip stacks and final entry count shortly.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200

As we get close to the break for the Seniors Event, it also brings the last level before rebuys are over.  With the red all-in buttons flying around the tables, Al Forman (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) took advantage of one of those moments.

With the on the board and a round of betting, a seemingly harmless came on the turn and the chips hit the middle between Forman and his opponent.  Forman held vs and added the for the full house building his stack and sending another player to the registration line to re-enter.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150

As we arrived at the table, Andrew Klivan (Miami, FL) had pushed all-in on a board with Miguel Buenafe (West Seneca, NY) having already bet the turn.  Buenafe asked for a count and then made the call.

Klivan flips over for the straight and Buenafe responds with “Pocket fours?  Really?” and turns over his to also show a straight with the same hand.

Klivan who said he’d only won one hand to that point today was not pleased with the chop but stays alive in Event 9.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

A surprise entrant in the Seniors Event is TJ Shulman. He skipped the first day of The $1,000,000 guaranteed Event 8 to play cash games but was in the room early getting ready for Flight 1C. Then he ran into a friend on the way to the cage.

“He offered me a prop bet,” Shulman explained, “and odds I couldn’t turn down.”

Shulman’s friend bet he couldn’t final table the Seniors Event with maximum of two entries. He didn’t think Shulman could resist the temptation of the big prizepool tournament on the other side of the room. If he does make the Seniors final table, he’ll have some juggling to do in order to take a shot at Event 8 as well.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100

The Seniors Field quickly increased to 93 players by the start of Level 2 and taking his seat was poker legend “Miami” John Cernutto.

The three-time WSOP bracelet winner has once again shown he is always a force to be reckoned with already putting up two top-three finishes in Events 2 & 7 in this 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

Cernutto will certainly be on of the players to watch in this event as it progresses as well as the rest of this series.

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

64 players have already gotten into today’s Seniors Event with more filing in.  With an outstanding start, it stands to be an exciting first day for Event 9.

With this being a re-entry event and players starting with 10k in chips, we’ll be in for an entertaining event with chips flying around the tables.  As one player said just before cards went in the air looking down at his stack, “One boo-boo and it’s over.”

$250 Buy-In Seniors No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The second weekend of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open sees a speciality tournament kick off. The $250 buy-in Seniors Event is open to anyone 50 years or older and they are making a good showing of it.

Players start with 10,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels until 11pm this evening, or the final table, whichever comes first. Late registration is available until the start of Level 5 and players can re-enter as many times as they wish during that if they happen to bust out.