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Second Day of Championship Event Gets Underway Today At Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” 1um21

210 entrants took part in Event 18, the $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool No Limit Hold’Em Championship Event yesterday with 48 players making the cut. Today will be the 2nd flight, Day 1B, of the event as more players will the mix in the hopes of returning on Sunday for a shot at the big payday. Play will start at noon and players will start with 20,000 in chips. The levels are one hour long and registration is open until the beginning of Level 5. Players may also re-enter up to that point. Play will end after 10 levels of play. 50p6n

In addition, there is one last chance to get in via satellite as there is a turbo mega satellite taking place at 9 a.m. – the cost to enter is $200.

We will be providing continuous updates for the Championship Event on our live updates blog.  Here is the full schedule of events:

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Schedule

In addition, here is additional information you can find regarding the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open”:

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Satellites

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Leaderboard Promotion

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Social Media Information

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Things To Do

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Main Event: Chip Counts Posted 42r6c

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Chip counts for the Main Event after Day 1A have been posted:

Main Event Chip Counts

The top 10 in chips after Day 1A are as follows:

Place Name Chip Count
1 Serge Coles 249,500
2 Nigel Murray 249,000
3 Kevin Froemmiar 233,300
4 Mark Gaudino 193,300
5 Shea Smith 159,500
6 Marcus Harris 144,300
7 Kevin Spires 142,200
8 David Forster 141,400
9 Abbey Daniels 119,500
10 Tyler Stafman 118,400
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Main Event Chip Counts 3v523z

Place
Name
Chip Count
1st Matthew Waxman 1,302,000
2nd Michael Mizrachi 1,208,000
3rd John Pizano 1,104,000
4th Javier Prado 976,000
5th Yuan Yangshen 743,000
6th Tyler Stafman 632,000
7th Mark Morono 593,000
8th John Piscopo 573,000
9th Tom Gleason 534,000
10th John Cynn 514,000
11th Daryll Fish 509,000
12th Nigel Murray 495,000
13th Kevin Spires 257,000
14th Michael Landress 98,000
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Main Event Day 1A: Serge Coles Leads The Way As Play Ends For The Day 5k1b3j

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

We have ended play for the day in Event 18 here at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open.” 210 players started the day with hopes of building a big stack to take forward to Day 2 on Sunday and nearly 12 hours later we were down to 48 players, meaning nearly a quarter of the field survived. Among those making it through to day 2 were Michael Mizrachi and David Diaz but it is Serge Coles leading the way with 249,500 in chips followed very closely by Nigel Murray with 249,000 in chips. Rounding out the top three is Kevin Froemming with 233,300. Players will return at 1 p.m. on Sunday. For those that did not make it through or have not yet taken their shot, Day 1B will get underway tomorrow at noon. We will have full chip counts as soon as they become available.

Serge Coles, Day 1A Chip Leader - 249.5K
Serge Coles, Day 1A Chip Leader – 249.5K
Nigel Murray, Day 1A 2nd Chips - 249K
Nigel Murray, Day 1A 2nd Chips – 249K
Kevin Froemming, Day 1A 3rd Chips - 233.3K
Kevin Froemming, Day 1A 3rd Chips – 233.3K

 

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Main Event Day 1A: Last Level 1v2g6m

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 500/1K/100 ante

There isn’t much going on right now other than people racing for their tournament lives, Michael Mizrachi trying to grind a short stack into a big one, and local Nigel Murray walking around to tables in between hands dishing out good natured insults like “the worst player at the table is the chip leader” (Nigel is among the chip leaders himself).

Once the players have bagged and tagged, we’ll get you who made it through the day and what their chip counts are. There are 63 players remaining at the present time.

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Main Event Day 1A: Last Break 84a1g

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 400/800/100 ante

Players are on their last break of the day – a 15 minute color up the green 25 chips break. There are 81 players of the original 210 remaining. A couple of twitter updates from players that have played today:

 

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Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Leaderboard Promotion Update 5j1m1

We have three tournaments left until we determine the winner of our Leaderboard Promotion. Right now Lance Goldenberg is leading the way with 65 points and there are four players tied for second with 62.5 points. There are still plenty of players within reach of the top two though so it’s going to come down to the wire to find out who wins the great 1st and 2nd place prizes we are giving away.

SHRPO Event 2 Winner - Lance Goldenberg - $5,377
Leaderboard Promotion Current Leader – Lance Goldenberg

The updated leaderboard can be found here:

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Leaderboard

Information about how the Leaderboard Promotion works can be found here:

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Leaderboard Promotion Information

Good luck the rest of the way!

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Main Event Day 1A: It’s Never Over Until It’s Over 193e3x

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Blinds: 250/500/75 ante

Two players with similar sized stacks got it all in pre-flop. The player in Seat 5 had AsQs and was going up against Seat 6 and pocket 9’s. Seat 6 had Seat 5 just barely covered and had to be feeling like he was about to be eliminate when the flop came 6s5s2s giving Seat 5 the nut flush. The dealer put up the 6d on the turn giving Seat 6 a small sliver of hope. “Six,” he asked the dealer for one of the cards that would give him a full house (a 9 would have as well). And just like that, she put out a third 6, the 6h. Seat 5 didn’t even realize he had lost the hand until the dealer started pushing the pot to Seat 6. “Oh wow,” he said when he realized what had happened. “You have me covered right? Wow.”

At Michael Mizrachi’s table, he decided to try and push Edina Pantinchin out of a pot. It didn’t work. He opened the action for a raise from the button and she three bet from the big blind to 3.9K. Grinder made it 10K to go and Edina moved all in. A sly smile came over Mizrachi’s face and he pushed his cards to the dealer.

 

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Main Event Day 1A: Back From Dinner 3q6v61

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 250/500/75 ante

Players have returned from dinner break. There are 108 players remaining. A quick walk around the tables showed the current chip leader to be sitting at approximately 135K. We’ll be playing four more levels and then call it a night.

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Main Event Day 1A: Dinner Break 5e5km

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 200/400/50 ante

Players are now on a one hour dinner break. On the last hand before the break, Darryl Fish moved the rest of his short stack in and found two callers in Seat 2 and Seat 4. The flop came K-J-T with two diamonds. Seat 2 led out for 20K, Seat 4 moved all in for just a little more. Seat 2 made the call. Seat 2 had K-8 of clubs for top pair. Seat 4 had Q-J for 2nd pair with the open ended straight draw. Fish had A-7 and would need a queen to hit Broadway. The turn was a 6 and the river was an Ace giving Fish top pair but also giving Seat 4 the straight.  Fish grabbed his bag and hurried out of the room, not having to worry about returning from dinner.