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The $150 no limit hold’em re-entry event wrapped up late on Wednesday night. It was one of the last events of the series to conclude and Colby Johnson earned the title.

He defeated a field of of 696 entries to win $22,046. The 30-year-old Port St. Lucie native didn’t have an easy road to the title. He came out on top of a see-saw battle with Antonio Copo. Copo made a deep run in the 2015 WSOP Main Event for over $46,000.

But it was Johnson that walked away with the title after a long heads-up battle that lasted a couple of hours. Johnson took the chip lead into the final table and never let off the gas en route to a win.

The day started at 2 p.m. with 77 players still vying for the trophy. After less than a couple hours of play, the money bubble burst and the top the top 45 finishers were in the money. WSOP bracelet winner Will Givens earned a cash in the event and Frankie Flowers, a regular at all of the Hard Rock tournament series finished fifth for $4,218, just shy of his second Hard Rock trophy.

Final Table Results:

1st: Clayton Colby Johnson – $22,046
2nd: Antonio Copo – $12,946
3rd: Eracles Panayitou – $8,394
4th: John Cummings – $5,846
5th: Frankie Flowers – $4,218
6th: James Hamburger – $3,383
7th: Thomas Gari – $2,589
8th: Manny Alvarez – $1,837
9th: Vendel Johnson – $1,336
10th: Charles Bragg Jr. – $1,002

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 696

The $150 no limit hold’em re-entry is down to its final 10 players and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table. With one more elimination, the final nine players will get credit for a final table appearance.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 10 players:

Seat 1: Cuppy Cummings – 675,000
Seat 2: Thomas Gari – 725,000
Seat 3: Manny Amaro – 720,000
Seat 4: Charles Bragg Jr. – 175,000
Seat 5: Eric Panayiotou – 1,570,000
Seat 6: Jim Hamburger – 430,000
Seat 7: Vender Johnson – 585,000
Seat 8: Clayton Colby Johnson – 1,325,000
Seat 9: Antonio Copo – 240,000
Seat 10: Frankie Flowers – 630,000

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st: $22,046
2nd: $12,946
3rd: $8,394
4th: $5,846
5th: $4,218
6th: $3,383
7th: $2,589
8th: $1,837
9th: $1,336
10th: $1,002

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 696

A couple hours ago, during level 18, the money bubble of the $150 no limit hold’em re-entry event burst and the final 45 players earned a cash.

Currently, there are 25 players remaining with 10 minutes left in the level. Everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $585 with the final table rapidly approaching.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 696

Event 26 was the last small buy-in, big prize pool multi-day event on the schedule and it drew a great crowd. The tournament drew so many entries on the first day, it only needed 111 in the second flight to meet the $50,000 guaranteed prize. They picked up more than that, 390 entries hit the game in Flight B to easily sur the mark needed.

SHRP regular Hany Ayoub leads the 77 players returning for a chance at the title. The field should hit the money quickly because 45 players will earn a piece of the prize pool later this afternoon.

Cards go back in the air and 2pm and we’ll keep a check on their progress throughout the day.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Hany Ayoub – 252,500 (84 bb)
2. Jorge Aristizabol – 227,000 (76 bb)
3. Larry Farr – 205,500 (69 bb)
4. Carter Hirschberg – 195,500 (65 bb)
5. Eracles Panayiotou – 192,500 (64 bb)
6. Will Givens – 186,000 (62 bb)
7. Arie Ben-Mayor – 180,500 (60 bb)
8. Efthimios Piperakis – 180,500 (60 bb)
9. John Rembert II – 175,500 (59 bb)
10. Bryce McVay – 174,000 (58 bb)

Day 2 Counts | Day 2 Seats | Event 26 Payouts

We will take another look at this event after the bubble bursts and the final table nears.

Main Event Schedule

12PM: Final Table – $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship

• Championship Final Table Chip Counts and Seats
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 28 Day 2 – $25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em

• High Roller Chip Counts
• High Roller Table/Seat Assignments
• High Roller Payouts

12PM: Event 30 – $300 Big Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 15
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 30 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 26 Day 12 – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 26 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 26 Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• Event 26 Payouts

2PM: Event 29 Day 1 – $2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

• Event 29 Day 2 Chip Counts and Seats
• Event 29 Payouts

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

3PM: Event 100 – $200 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 100 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 101 – $130 Survivor No Limit Hold’em (1-in-10)

• 1-in-10 players will win $1,000 cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 101 Structure Sheet

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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Property Update

Preparations are underway for the development of an iconic hotel tower and resort:

• Parking – Poker players are encouraged to park in Winner’s Way Garage to access both the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament space and The Poker Room

• The Poker Room – Players may access the poker room by entering through the main lobby or via the exterior entrance on the opposite end of Winner’s Way Garage.

• Inside hotel – Services and amenities inside the hotel will remain open along with regularly scheduled events and entertainment.

For additional construction updates, please visit TheNewHardRock.com

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 696

Flight A: 306 Entries, 35 Advanced
Flight B: 390 Entries, 42 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 2pm

Day 2 table and seat assignments:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
Louis	Tirado	39,500	62	1
Perry	Shaio	73,500	62	2
Frankie	Flowers	57,500	62	3
Yamir	Rios	106,000	62	4
Richard	Vargas	85,500	62	5
Jerrold	Jacobs	93,000	62	6
Tom	Thomas	51,500	62	7
Carey	Pickus	53,000	62	8
Larry	Farr	205,500	62	9
Pavel	Ignatov	62,500	63	1
Alfred	Vargas	31,000	63	2
Vito	Polera	74,000	63	3
Juan	Mubarak Peralta	54,000	63	4
John	Cunningham	100,000	63	6
Rudijanto	Soetikno	140,000	63	7
Michael	Penalek	49,500	63	8
Stelvio	Gaichello	29,500	63	9
Ken	Bruno	54,500	64	1
Jim	Hamburger	101,500	64	2
Paul	Prager	62,000	64	3
Hany	Ayoub	252,500	64	4
John	Valevich	148,500	64	5
Keith	Wagner	50,000	64	6
Vendel	Johnson	143,000	64	7
Bryce	McVay	174,000	64	8
Carlos	Loving	62,500	64	9
Brian	Goldberg	44,000	69	1
Irwin	Cohen	46,000	69	2
Brian	Dunn	77,000	69	3
Antonio	Copo	87,000	69	4
Scott	Belovicz	82,000	69	5
Fred	Allenspach	33,000	69	7
Yuan	Shen	48,000	69	8
Jorge	Aristizabol	227,000	69	9
Blaine	McRae	65,500	70	1
Alexander	Michaels	84,000	70	2
Eric	Manzol	71,500	70	3
Darren	Collette	80,000	70	4
John	Rembert II	175,500	70	5
Peter	Chin	94,000	70	6
Miguel	McDonald	28,500	70	7
Barry	Gallo	147,000	70	8
Arie	Ben-Mayor	180,500	70	9
John	Cummings	126,500	71	1
Francisco	Regaldo	86,500	71	2
Arman	Soltani	70,500	71	4
Darren	Davidson	34,000	71	5
Justin	Liu	161,000	71	6
Alfredo	Ratmiroff	74,500	71	7
Marcela	Newmark	84,500	71	8
Clayton	Johnson	85,000	71	9
Michael	Harley	48,000	72	1
Regina	Portella Cassab	100,500	72	2
Carter	Hirschberg	195,500	72	3
Thomas	Gari	73,000	72	4
Dan	Avitsur	49,000	72	5
Bruce	Snell	142,000	72	6
Steve	Frederick	75,000	72	7
Anna	Dikker	42,000	72	8
Sebastian	Gallego	98,000	72	9
Lois	Rivera	62,500	75	1
Bruno	Fortin	63,000	75	2
Dov	Markowich	92,000	75	3
Rafael	Rodriguez	53,000	75	4
Kevin	Hartman	94,500	75	5
Jordan	Meltzer	11,000	75	7
Will	Givens	186,000	75	8
Charles	Bragg	32,000	75	9
Manuel	Alvarez	93,500	76	1
Eracles	Panayiotou	192,500	76	2
Arturo	Garcia	152,500	76	3
Efthimios	Piperakis	180,500	76	4
Dustin	Tragethon	45,000	76	5
Adam	Goldberg	47,500	76	6
Andrew	Frier	48,500	76	7
Michael	Ortiz	66,500	76	8
Denys	Bazeline	89,500	76	9

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 696

Flight A: 306 Entries, 35 Advanced
Flight B: 390 Entries, 42 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 2pm

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	Hany	Ayoub	252,500
2	Jorge	Aristizabol	227,000
3	Larry	Farr	205,500
4	Carter	Hirschberg	195,500
5	Eracles	Panayiotou	192,500
6	Will	Givens	186,000
7	Arie	Ben-Mayor	180,500
8	Efthimios	Piperakis	180,500
9	John	Rembert II	175,500
10	Bryce	McVay	174,000
11	Justin	Liu	161,000
12	Arturo	Garcia	152,500
13	John	Valevich	148,500
14	Barry	Gallo	147,000
15	Vendel	Johnson	143,000
16	Bruce	Snell	142,000
17	Rudijanto	Soetikno	140,000
18	John	Cummings	126,500
19	Yamir	Rios	106,000
20	Jim	Hamburger	101,500
21	Regina	Portella Cassab	100,500
22	John	Cunningham	100,000
23	Sebastian	Gallego	98,000
24	Kevin	Hartman	94,500
25	Peter	Chin	94,000
26	Manuel	Alvarez	93,500
27	Jerrold	Jacobs	93,000
28	Dov	Markowich	92,000
29	Denys	Bazeline	89,500
30	Antonio	Copo	87,000
31	Francisco	Regaldo	86,500
32	Richard	Vargas	85,500
33	Clayton	Johnson	85,000
34	Marcela	Newmark	84,500
35	Alexander	Michaels	84,000
36	Scott	Belovicz	82,000
37	Darren	Collette	80,000
38	Brian	Dunn	77,000
39	Steve	Frederick	75,000
40	Alfredo	Ratmiroff	74,500
41	Vito	Polera	74,000
42	Perry	Shaio	73,500
43	Thomas	Gari	73,000
44	Eric	Manzol	71,500
45	Arman	Soltani	70,500
46	Michael	Ortiz	66,500
47	Blaine	McRae	65,500
48	Bruno	Fortin	63,000
49	Pavel	Ignatov	62,500
50	Carlos	Loving	62,500
51	Lois	Rivera	62,500
52	Paul	Prager	62,000
53	Frankie	Flowers	57,500
54	Ken	Bruno	54,500
55	Juan	Mubarak Peralta	54,000
56	Carey	Pickus	53,000
57	Rafael	Rodriguez	53,000
58	Tom	Thomas	51,500
59	Keith	Wagner	50,000
60	Michael	Penalek	49,500
61	Dan	Avitsur	49,000
62	Andrew	Frier	48,500
63	Michael	Harley	48,000
64	Yuan	Shen	48,000
65	Adam	Goldberg	47,500
66	Irwin	Cohen	46,000
67	Dustin	Tragethon	45,000
68	Brian	Goldberg	44,000
69	Anna	Dikker	42,000
70	Louis	Tirado	39,500
71	Darren	Davidson	34,000
72	Fred	Allenspach	33,000
73	Charles	Bragg	32,000
74	Alfred	Vargas	31,000
75	Stelvio	Gaichello	29,500
76	Miguel	McDonald	28,500
77	Jordan	Meltzer	11,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 390

Registration closed for the second flight of the $150 no limit hold’em re-entry event with 390 entries. This brings the total number of entries over both flights to 696 and generated a prizepool of $83,520, which easily sured the $50,000 guarantee.

The cage has calculated and released the payouts. The top 45 players will earn a cash of at least $418, with the eventual winner taking home $22,046.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 26
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 390
Prize Pool: $83,520
April 3 – 5, 2017

Payouts:

1st: $22,046
2nd: $12,946
3rd: $8,394
4th: $5,846
5th: $4,218
6th: $3,383
7th: $2,589
8th: $1,837
9th: $1,336
10th-12th: $1,002
13th-15th: $793
16th-18th: $668
19th-27th: $585
28th-36th: $501
37th-45th: $418

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

Most of the recent events on the schedule, aside from the major WPT tournaments, featured a single-day format but Event 26 changes things up with a small buy-in, multi-day tournament that will put together a great prize pool.

The $150 buy-in tournament has a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and two starting flights, the second kicking off at 5pm. Flight A drew 306 entries to leave them only 111 needed today to hit the mark, every new entry after the will kick the prize pool higher.

Entrants will sit down to 10,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 and they will continue through the evening until the end of Level 14. Those still holding a stack will put their chips in a bag for a Day 2 return on Wednesday.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 26 Structure Sheet

Main Event Schedule

12PM: Day 3 – $10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale

• WPT Finale Day 3 Chip Counts
• WPT Finale Day 3 Table Seat Assignments
• WPT Finale Payouts

12PM: Event 27 – $360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 27 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 28 Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• Day 1 will end when 8 players remain or Tournament Director discretion
• High Roller Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 26 Day 1B – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 26 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 29 Day 1 – $2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 12 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 29 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 98 – $90 Turbo Satellite into Event 27 (1-in-5)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $360/$50K GTD Event 24
• Players begin with 6,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in The Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 98 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 99 – $130 Survivor No Limit Hold’em (1-in-10)

• 1-in-10 players will win $1,000 cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 99 Structure Sheet

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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Property Update

Preparations are underway for the development of an iconic hotel tower and resort:

• Parking – Poker players are encouraged to park in Winner’s Way Garage to access both the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament space and The Poker Room

• The Poker Room – Players may access the poker room by entering through the main lobby or via the exterior entrance on the opposite end of Winner’s Way Garage.

• Inside hotel – Services and amenities inside the hotel will remain open along with regularly scheduled events and entertainment.

For additional construction updates, please visit TheNewHardRock.com