There was only one event in action on Tuesday in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, as it was the second starting day for Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em), with three flights starting at 11:00 am, 3:00 pm, and 7:00 pm.
This event needed to attract a field of at least 1,500 entrants to clear the $150,000 prizepool guarantee, and that number was surpassed about halfway through the day. Even if registration closed after two starting days instead of three, the prizepool would already be more than $200,000.
But there are still three more starting flights tomorrow (Wednesday) to grow the prizepool even larger.
Here is a breakdown of the starting fields for each flight:
Flight A (Mon @ 11 am): 285
Flight B (Mon @ 3 pm): 347
Flight C (Mon @ 7 pm): 397
Flight D (Tue @ 11 am): 278
Flight E (Tue @ 3 pm): 406
Flight F (Tue @ 7 pm): 376
Flight G (Wed @ 11 am): ?
Flight H (Wed @ 3 pm): ?
Flight I (Wed @ 7 pm): ?
Total Field Size (so far): 2,089
Total Prizepool (so far): $208,900
So there have been 2,089 entrants in this tournament so far, but most of them have already busted. How many survivors have made it through?
Flight A: 36
Flight B: 35
Flight C: 44
Flight D: 25
Flight E: 36
Flight F: 47
Flight G: ?
Flight H: ?
Flight I: ?
Total # of Survivors to Day 2 (so far): 223
Of those 223 survivors, only 11 made it thru Day 1 with more than 200,000 in chips. Here’s the top of the leaderboard, with the blinds increasing to 1,500-3,000 and a 300 ante:
1. Edward Gilfillan – 305,400 (101 bb)
2. Corey Zarnoch – 274,800 (91 bb)
3. Leonard Sande – 268,000 (89 bb)
4. Manny Julve – 235,300 (78 bb)
5. Nancy Birnbaum – 229,100 (76 bb)
6. Mark Zand – 225,800 (75 bb)
7. Gerardo Gonzalez – 225,200 (75 bb)
8. Beatris Gonzalez – 216,600 (72 bb)
9. Ryan Gunderson – 212,300 (70 bb)
10. Jeremy Costa – 201,000 (67 bb)
11. Michael Chwiej – 200,800 (66 bb)
Will the field size reach 3,000? Will the prizepool reach $300,000 for a $125 buy-in tournament? And will anyone from the three starting flights on Wednesday be able to cross the 300,000 mark and catch Edward Gilfillan for the Day 1 chip lead?
Return to SHRPOlive.com on Wednesday for the answers to these and other questions.