$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 12:  Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 ante

During the previous level, Scott Gertiser (Venice, FL) knocked Garrett Topping off the top of the chip leaderboard.

A short-stacked player was all-in and called by both Garrett and Scott, (pictured above) who was on his left.  The flop fell and Garrett checked.  Scott fired 20k and after some thought, Garrett called.

Turn was the and again Garrett checked.  Scott shoved his last 31,300 in the middle.  After mulling it over for a half a minute, Garrett called and the hands were tabled:

Garrett: for Ace-high with nut flush draw

Scott: for top pair and the lead

Short stack: for a pair of 7s

The river brought the and changed nothing.  The short stack was busted.  Garrett’s stack dropped to ~65k.  Scott chipped up to ~143k and became the new chip leader.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 11:  Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

As of the last break, James Garrett Topping (Alpharetta, GA) was the chip leader with 135,400 chips.  He’s sharing the felt on table 9 with former chip leader and still big stack Jimmy Dowda.

Garrett cashed in an event during the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Spring Poker Open and he was an early chip leader during that event, also.

The average stack is now about 52k.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 10:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Players are back in action following their break.  There is no dinner break during this flight, since they’re only playing through the end of level 14 (until about 7pm) before bagging up for the night.

Play will halt early if they happen to reach 12% of the starting field, which would be with only 21 players remaining.

There are 86 players remaining, so more than half the field has been eliminated.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 9:  Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

Players are off on another break while the staff color up the green 25 chips and get another count.

Registration is open 24/7 for all tournaments of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open.  Players can register here in the tournament area until midnight, right in front of the entrance to the Rise Kitchen & Bakery.

After midnight when registration is closed here, they can still register in the Poker Room at the Cage.

So avoid the lines and register early!

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 9:  Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

As of the last break, Jimmy Dowda (Groveland, FL) was the chip leader with over 93k in chips.

He’s now chillin’ out, enjoying his table-side massage from Pamela, the Rock N’ Masage lady.  Just another amenity offered here at the Hard Rock Tampa.

Registration is closed for Flight A of Event 1, but there’s more poker to be had here this afternoon.

Event 18 is a $135 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em Satellite where 1 in 10 players will win a $1,100 seat into Event 9 on Sunday, June 8th at 2pm.  Two seats are guaranteed to be awarded.

Event 9 is a $1,100 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) event with a $75,000 Guarantee on the prize pool.

Event 18 is underway here in the poolside tournament area at the Hard Rock Tampa.  Late registration is available until the start of level 7 (about 5:15pm).

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 7:  Blinds 300/600/75 ante

The players are back in action following the break.

The final entry count for Flight A is 176, contributing $52,800 to the total Prize Pool, which is guaranteed to be at least $300,000 at the end of all six starting flights.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 6:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante

Players have completed six levels and are enjoying their second break of the day.  This also means it is time to count the chips.

Registration will close at the end of this break, so this is the last chance to enter or re-enter this event.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 6:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante

Blinds are climbing and some big stacks are emerging.

Former chip leader Richard Hope is up to ~75k, but is no longer the chip leader.  Maui Robinson (Sarasota, FL) is up to about 77k.

Jeffrey Trudeau (Orlando, FL) is up to about 85k.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 5:  Blinds 150/300/25 ante

The Hard Rock Tampa has ordered brand new tournament chips and they’re being used for the first time in this series.

The new chips have vivid colors and edgemarks to make it easy to discern the different colors and give the players with time on their hands something to line up.