$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Level 7: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Gerald Silva took an early chip lead, peaking at about 60k before the first break. He’s fallen off the pace and now a few other players are building stacks.
Alexander Beeece is up to ~56k and appears to be in the lead. Greg McNealy is close behind with ~55k.
Daiane Mendes is also accumulating chips. She’s up to about 50k.
Many poker players never venture outside the poker room, except to get food and get to and from their cars. But there’s a lot more to the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. The Lobby Bar, Council Oak, and the Hard Rock Cafe regularly host great musicians.
Last Saturday night, the Hard Rock Cafe was rocked by the comedy of Damon Wayans and his son Damon Wayans, Jr.
The pair of comedians sold out two shows and had their audiences in stitches with stories of dating, their family lives, and careers.
To see what great entertainment is coming to Seminole Hard Rock Tampa in the future, check out their Calendar of Events.
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Level 5: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
In case you missed it, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Blogger Jeff Shurilla aka @ShurillaGorilla is in tonight’s field.
He proved he’s more than just a poker blogger last January when he booked a five-figure score at a casino in Atlantic City. He finished 5th in a field of 818 entries in the $350 Big Stack NLH event for over $15,000.
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Level 4: Blinds 150/300/25
More familiar faces have joined the field:
Michael Gencal
Alexander Beece
Greg McNealy
Kevin Gugliottta
Wadie Khalaf
And some have re-joined, after busting out. Manny Minaya and Roberto Qunintana are a couple who have recently returned to the registration window.
Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9, which will come at about 10:30pm.
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Level 3: Blinds 100/200
Daiane Mendez was somewhat disappointed with her stack at the end of Flight B. She bagged only 10,600, less than the starting stack of 15,000.
The upside is that she can try again today, since this event allows players to bag more than once and take their “best stack” into Day 2.
If she does better today, she’ll have more chips tomorrow. If for some reason she fails to bag chips at the end of this flight, she will still have her 10,600 chips from last night.
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Level 2: Blinds 50/100
Players are still filling in the empty seats here in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room, looking to get a piece of that $50,000 prize pool for the low, low, price of just $250.
Some of the usual suspects in action already:
Steven Bennett
Tim Clermont
Tony Antonious
Tom Nguyen
Anthony Pellegrini
Kyle Peck
Daiane Mendes
Tim Harrell
Manny Minaya
Richard Hope
Robert Quintana
Claudemir Osorio
Robbie Godbey
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
The fourth and final starting flight is underway here in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room.
Players began with 15,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes long. Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (about 10:30pm).
Cards are in the air!
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante (26 minutes remaining)
Since the clock stopped early in Flights A & B, the clock stopped at the same time in Flight C.
There were 51 entries in this flight and by the time they reached level 12, only 6 remained to bag chips. Average stack for this flight is 127,500.
Here are the chip counts:
John Pappas 216,500
John Holley 144,300
John Ripstra 144,000
Herbert Woodbery 120,000
Marcus Seitz 72,000
Richard Clayton 66,500
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 1k/2k/300
7 players remaining, 109k avg (55 bb)
The field is down to a final table and playing one more level before bagging and tagging.
Bad Beat on Cash Table
Losing never felt this good, as the $10,000 Omaha Bad Beat Jackpot hits in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room.
The $3/$6 Omaha players wish to remain anonymous, but we can tell you that a straight flush beat quad Jacks to give the loser of the hand $5,000.
The board shows 
with the winner holding 
for a Queen-high straight flush. The loser of the hand, but the winner of the jackpot turns over 
for quads.
The winner of the hand takes the pot, 30% of the jackpot for $3,000 and earns the $250 high hand for the half hour.
After paying out the remaining $2,000 table share, the Omaha jackpot is reset to $2,500.