$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: Blinds 100/200
Players have returned from their first break of the day and are back on the felt. We’re up to 22 active tables.
How would you like to spend your breaks chillin’ by the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Rockin’ Pool?
Just a few steps away from the tournament area is this gorgeous pool where you can catch some rays in between catching straights and flushes on the felt.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 3: Blinds 75/150
End of level and time for a break!
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Some early tweets from today’s field:
Live in the $500k Grtd @ SHRT #poker
— BoldaChips (@BoldaChips) June 7, 2014
About to reg this 500k in Tampa gl everyone
— Dustin Bradley (@dmanpoker12) June 7, 2014
Gl to @anteupandrew @MalowitzSara my friend Larry, any anyone else I know in this $560 500k lets all final table this beast!! @SHRTampa
— Jeff Metajan (@JMetajanPoker) June 7, 2014
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: Blinds 75/150
Before the blinds went up:
Seat 4 opened for 300 early, seat 7 three-bet from the cutoff, Osama Ismail flatted from the button, seat 2 (bb) flatted, then seat 4 four-bet to 2,800. Seat 7 flatted, then Osama jammed for ~27k.
Seat 2 tanked for a minute, then folded what he later said was pocket Queens. Seat 4 folded and seat 7 called.
Osama: 
Seat 7: 
Board: 
Osama’s Queens held up and he doubled up to over 60k.
A few hands later, Marvin Karlins is all-in on a flop of T T 8 and doubles up to about 20k with AT against pocket Jacks.
Marvin didn’t last long, busting out a few minutes later. Not sure if he plans to re-enter.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Level 2: Blinds 50/100
Eighteen tables are in action early today with plenty of room for more.
Late registration and re-entry are available for this event until the start of level 7 (about3:30pm). Players who bust out may choose to re-enter as many times as they like until registration closes.
Once registration closes for this flight, players can still register for the final flight, Flight F, at 7pm tonight.
If a player plays more than one flight and bags chips more than once, they will take their best stack into Day 2 (no combining).
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
In case a half-million dollar prize pool isn’t enough of an incentive, we’ve got more.
The chip leader at the end of each of the six starting flights will receive a $3,500 seat in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open Championship Event (June 12-18).
The eventual winner will also receive a $3,500 seat in the Championship Event. If it happens to be a player who already has a seat, they can cash the second seat in if they bag chips on their first day of the Championship. Of course if they bust out, they can fire their second bullet on the next starting day.
And if that’s not enough, there’s also the signature Hard Rock trophy guitar!
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
The fifth of six starting flights for this half-million guarantee event is underway here in the Rockin’ Poolside Tournament Area adjacent to the Rise Kitchen and Bakery.
Players began with 25,000 chips and Day 1 levels are 40 minutes long. They’ll play 12 levels (no dinner break) before bagging up for the night (about 8pm).
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
June 5-8, 2014
Flight A-D Entries: 477
Flight A-D Players Remaining: 129
Flight A-D Average Chip Count: 92,500
CHIP COUNT LEADERS (FLIGHTS A-D):
1. RICH MILROY: 398,800
2. STEVEN BENNETT: 257,500
3. ROBBIE GODBEY: 241,000
4. ANGEL VU: 227,400
5. MIKE COLLINS: 203,200
6. VINCENT FIORENZA: 201,300
7. BRYCE MCVAY: 193,800
8. JOSEPH GIBBONS: 180,500
9. ZHIJIAN XING: 176,400
10. PETER WALSWORTH: 173,200
11. MARIA LUCIANO: 168,000
12. JAMES MILLIS: 167,400
13. MICHAEL JEANES: 166,800
14. JOHN PAPPAS: 166,100
15. ENZO ROMANO: 163,300
16. DEVIS MULLA: 158,800
17. MARIE HARRELL: 158,400
18. ROBERT WILLIAMS: 152,200
19. KENNETH ODONNELL: 148,100
20. CHRIS CARLSON: 145,600
21. TOM NGUYEN: 145,100
22. LANA NESTER: 145,000
23. NATHYN MONTAGANO: 144,900
24. NATHANIEL PALOMBO: 142,200
25. MATTHEW QUEIOR: 136,300
26. JASON LAMADELEINE: 133,300
27. FRANCISCO GOMEZ: 130,100
28. MIKE WAKEFIELD: 127,900
29. JOSH MASKELL: 127,800
30. FILIPP KHAVIN: 126,900
31. GREGORY MARCUS: 126,400
32. CRAIG FEDERER: 122,900
33. LAIMIS BUCNIUS: 119,100
34. MIKE BROWNE: 119,000
35. DEREK BOWERS: 118,600
36. CHARLES MITCHELL: 116,200
37. CHRISTY PHAM: 116,200
38. ARMANDO ROSAL: 113,200
39. SYED ALVI: 112,100
40. BRIAN ARBAUGH: 110,200
41. VI LY: 109,600
42. ANDREW GRAHAM: 107,400
43. BASIL ABUSRUR: 107,300
44. ARCHIBALD MCLAUCHLIN: 105,600
45. ROBERT KRANTZ: 104,300
46. GREGORY DORNON: 103,200
47. JOHN INGOLD: 102,600
48. JASON GOLDMAN: 101,000
49. MICHAEL NGUYEN: 100,500
50. BOB OROURKE: 98,300
51. ZOLTAN CZINKOTA: 98,300
52. SEBASTIAN GALLEGO: 98,300
53. EDWARD GILFILLAN: 96,800
54. DERRICK CUTLER: 94,500
55. ROBERT LASETER: 94,000
56. TIMOTHY PETTUS: 93,100
57. MICHAEL FERNEMAN: 93,100
58. JOHN DOBSON: 90,200
59. WILLIAM SCARSDALE: 90,000
60. BRENT BALLENTINE: 87,200
61. JAMES WEIR: 86,900
62. PAUL STANECHEWSKI: 86,800
63. ADAM TEMPLEMAN: 84,400
64. BRUCE SNELL: 84,100
65. SEAN DAVIS: 82,400
66. CHAD HANA: 82,000
67. EUGENE STONE: 80,600
68. KIA AMROOEI: 80,200
69. WADIE KHALAF: 78,800
70. JEFF ALBRIGHT: 78,800
71. ZUHDI MANSAUR: 77,900
72. DON CHAMBERS: 76,500
73. IOANNIS PATSOURAKIS: 74,600
74. BANG NGO: 74,500
75. LOU OJEDA: 73,300
76. SANG SUH: 72,900
77. JEFFREY MORZELLA: 70,500
78. SYED AIJAZ: 69,400
79. ALEX IVAN: 68,900
80. MICHAEL MANTICOFF: 67,900
82. STEVE PATTERSON: 64,700
81. AVI HAKMON: 64,000
83. KARL FORREST: 63,700
84. RAY DELCUETO: 62,300
85. TERRI-ANNE CRAWFORD: 61,400
86. NICK CONANT: 60,200
87. RYAN KETTERER: 58,100
89. JODY KEELING: 56,100
88. CORY WILLIAMS: 55,900
90. AL GOMEZ: 55,700
92. JUSTIN BILYK: 55,100
91. ALEX GRASSIA: 54,200
93. BEN THOMASON: 53,300
94. ANTHONY BRAMMER: 53,200
95. JULIO NOVO: 53,000
96. DAVID HUNT: 52,300
97. JONATHAN BALDWIN: 50,700
98. AMELIO AMATO: 50,700
99. DAVE ROY: 48,800
100. DUANE DEKEYSER: 48,000
101. MICHAEL GETOFF: 47,700
102. DOUGLAS ARCADI: 43,900
103. STEVE DELOADUE: 42,700
104. GLENN BLUMBERG: 41,300
105. CHARLES FAWCETT: 41,200
106. JOEY GUILIANO: 40,200
107. ANTHONY ARGENTO: 39,800
108. WALTER NAUGHTIN: 38,500
109. MARWAN SCHOOP: 37,700
110. JOSEPH WILLIAMS: 37,000
111. RICHARD DECARLO: 35,700
112. JOHN PFOLSGROF: 35,500
113. JOSE GALVEZ: 35,400
114. BEN VAN KLINK: 33,300
115. ERIK CHRISTIANSEN: 33,100
116. PAUL DEFEO: 31,700
117. MONIR MAHER: 31,100
118. ADRIAN GAVITE: 30,600
119. JAMES PALMER: 29,200
120. STEVE NOVAK: 26,900
121. AKIVA PEARLMAN: 26,800
122. DANIEL CLEMENTE: 25,400
123. JEFF MOORE: 25,400
124. EVAN PANESI: 24,300
125. SIMON AGAMIYEV: 24,300
126. THAI TRUONG: 24,000
127. MARC KOCSIS: 23,400
128. MARC HENNESS: 23,400
129. KEVIN KEARNS: 22,500
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
47 Players Remaining (of 157 Flight D Entries)
“I’m too tried to count,” says Rich Milroy (St. Petersburg, FL) who bags 398,800 (200 bb) which is twice the count as any other player in the flight. He also has nearly a 150k chip lead over every player in the first four flights.
Milroy won a monster 375k chip pot late in the night which helped him earn the $3,500 Championship Event seat bonus as chip leader.
“I’ll try not to let it effect my play,” says Milroy of his chip count heading into Sunday’s Day 2.
Players have two more flights Saturday to take a shot at the $500,000 Guaranteed prize pool. Flight E takes off at 11 am, while Flight F goes at 7 pm.
Currently 129 players have advanced from 477 entries; the average chip stack is 92k (46 bb)
Overall Chip Leaders
(Flights A-D, with Flight D stacks noted)
Rich Milroy 398,800 (D)
Mike Bennett 257,500
Robbie Godbey 241,000
Angel Vu 227,400
Mike Collins 203,200
Vincent Fiorenza 201,300
Bryce McVay 193,800 (D)
Joseph Gibbons 180,500
Zhijian Xing 176,400 (D)
Peter Walsworth 173,200
Maria Luciano 168,000
James Millis 167,400
Michael Jeanes 166,800
John Pappas 166,100 (D)
Enzo Romano 163,300 (D)
Devis Mulla 158,800
Marie Harrell 158,400
Robert “Carwash” Williams 152,200 (D)
Kenneth O’Donnell 148,100
Chris Carlson 145,600
Tom Nguyen 145,100 (D)
Lana Nester 145,000
Nathyn Montagano 144,900
Nathaniel Palombo 142,200
A full list of chip counts will be posted after 11 am
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
51 Players Remaining, 77k avg (48 bb)
The last level of the night is underway. A look at some of the players entered in this flight.
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante
58 Players Remaining, 68k avg (57 bb).
During the last level, three of the four biggest stacks were all on Table 4, now only two of them are there.
Chip Leader Rich Milroy, Oscar Lindo (3rd in chips) and “Carwash” Williams (4th) see a flop of 
.
Williams checks, Lindo checks, Milroy bets 20k, Williams folds and Lindo calls.
Turn: 
Lindo checks, Milroy bets 20k, Lindo check-raises to 60k, Milroy calls.
River:
Lindo open shoves 96k and Milroy snap calls.
Lindo: 
(flopped straight)
Milroy: 
(flopped set, rivered full house)
Lindo can’t believe his straight is rundown by a full house and he’s out after losing the 375k pot.
Milroy extends his chip lead by taking his mega stack to more than 400k (300+ bb). The huge pot also earns him our Seminole Hard Rock, Hard Play of the Day.
Hard Rock, Hard Play of the Day – Milroy