$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
122 Entries

Registration closes with an unofficial total of 122 entries, which sets the five flight total at 399.

That’s one shy of what’s needed to reach the $200,000 Guaranteed prize pool.

The last chance to play this event begins 6 pm tonight, with registration and re-entry open until ~10:30 pm.

Mike Beattie (Tampa, FL) & Leif Oskarsson (Sarasota, FL) are off to good starts in today’s early flight as levels are now 40 minutes long.

@dr_ddennis @SHRTPoker 122 players for Flight #1E – 40min levels now… blinds 75/400/800. Have 70k.

— Mike Beattie (@GatorMAB) December 13, 2014

At 82k level 8 break #shrtampafallopen #shrtampa #pokerlifegear pic.twitter.com/55HIJdS2qc

— PokerLifeGear (@pokerlifestkr) December 13, 2014

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 7: Blinds 250/500/50 ante
114 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~2:30 pm)

Debra Dorcy (Oakhill, FL ) is taking advantage of the “best stack forward” option after bagging 44k in Friday’s Flight.  She’s one of two players we see with chips in the bank who is hoping to run-up a bigger stack for Sunday’s Day.

Dorcy is trying to improve on her 22 big blind stack which is the rationale behind the rule.  The other returning player is Rick Clayton (St. Louis, MO) who bagged 39k yesterday after a brutal beat.

Clayton lost set over set in a hand that featured Shawn Cunix (Columbus, OH) who was gambling.  Cunix finished with a top ten stack Thursday but failed to bag a monster stack after the three-way all in.

There’s no sign of Cunix who is going to settle for his 159k Flight A chip count (80 bb), while Dorcy and Clayton try and improve on their bagged short stacks.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
66 Players Advancing to Day 2
105k avg (53 bb)
Next Blinds: 1k/2k/300 ante
Day 2: 12 pm Sunday

Continue reading EVENT 5: Chip Counts Flights A-D →

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 5: Blinds 150/300
95 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~2:30 pm)

Players are back from their first break of the day and are right around the 100 entry mark for the flight.

@dr_ddennis 1st break @SHRTPoker Winter Open Event #5 – 82 players. Have 16k. Start 25k. Lost a couple big hands early. Blinds 200/400

— Mike Beattie (@GatorMAB) December 13, 2014

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 4: Blinds 100/200
81 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~2:30 pm)

We’re only at the start of Level 4 and the field is at 81 entries, more than any total in the previous four flights.

Friday’s Flights C & D both had 79 entries after 4.5 hours of registration; there are still three hours of registration left for Flight E.

The total entries is currently at 358 and quickly approaching the 400 needed to hit the $200,000 Guarantee. 

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 3: Blinds 75/150
75 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~2:30 pm)

Players are firing up the Tweets and we encourage everyone to tag @SHRTPoker and use the hashtags #SHRTPoker or #WinterPokerOpen

Playing the Hard Rock Winter Open Event #5 $560 NLHE $200,000 Guarantee. (@ Poker Room in Tampa, FL) https://t.co/5ryqSXgcnq

— Mike Beattie (@GatorMAB) December 13, 2014

Heading to Hard Rock Tampa for $560 day 1 200 k grtd. #shrtampafallopen #pokerlifegear @SHRTPoker @SHRTampa — PokerLifeGear (@pokerlifestkr) December 13, 2014

@pokerlifestkr @SHRTPoker @SHRTampa that means a lot to our poker team coming from a respected local business owner #pokerlifegear #goodguy

— Tommy Bates (@HardRockTommy) December 13, 2014

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 2: Blinds 50/100
55 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~2:30 pm)

Familiar Faces in the Field:

Steven Bennett
Debra Dorcy
Ross Fischer
Robbie Godbey
Filip Khavin
Marc Kropf
Greg McNealy
Mike Monaco
John Pappas
Woody Pass
Greg Wytka