And So it Begins
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Sunshine State of Florida for Day 1a of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guarantee Championship Event. Hundreds of the game's biggest names have migrated down south for this highly anticipated $5,300 buy-in tournament, and with unlimited re-entries allowed for all three of the starting flights this week, we're ready to see some fireworks.
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The cards will be in the air around noon EDT, so be sure to come back to check out the Player Updates tab and more. For now, check out the preliminary results this far during the SHRPO:
Event | Guarantee | Entries | Winner | 1st Prize |
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Event #1: $350 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack | $500,000 | 3,391 | Derek Buonano | $90,000 |
Event #2: $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em | $75,000 | 98 | Benjamin Stark | $27,000 |
Event #3: $240 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack Turbo | $25,000 | 249 | Steven Cardarelli | $4,928 |
Event #4: $240 $240 Seven-Card Stud | $5,000 | 41 | Kevin Painter | $2,287 |
Event #5: $240 No-Limit Hold'em Black Chip Bounty | $20,000 | 252 | Christopher Carey | $7,053 |
Event #6: $125 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack | $150,000 | 3,617 | Brett Bader | $49,627 |
Event #7: $560 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack | $1,000,000 | 3,389 | Ray Piccin | $291,087 |
Event #8: $240 Omaha Eight-or-Better | $15,000 | 105 | Cory Blum | $5,458 |
Event #9: $150 No-Limit Hold'em Double Green Chip Bounty | n/a | 159 | James Sutherland | $1,968 |
Event #10: $240 H.O.R.S.E. | $10,000 | 102 | Jason Like | $4,999 |
Event #11: $2,200 No-Limit Hold'em | $150,000 | 85 | Jacob Schindler | $59,500 |
Event #12: $240 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better | $10,000 | 156 | John Holley III | $5,919 |
Event #13: $240 Hold'em Escalator | $10,000 | 75 | Jorie Polokoff | $2,016 |
Event #14: $150 No-Limit Hold'em | $20,000 | 428 | Bennie Sims | $8,000 |
Event #15: $240 Seniors' No-Limit Hold'em | $10,000 | 192 | John Holley III | $9,207 |
Event #16: $350 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em | $20,000 | 185 | Matthew Kirby | $11,233 |
Event #17: $300 No-Limit Hold'em | $25,000 | 233 | Luis Vazquez | $12,002 |
Event #18: $240 Double Stack Pot-Limit Omaha | $10,000 | 202 | Seth Weinberg | $9,030 |
Event #19: $150 No-Limit Hold'em | $20,000 | 347 | Oneil McCalla | $6,265 |
Event #20: $150 No-Limit Hold'em | $20,000 | --TBD-- | --TBD-- | --TBD-- |