The blinds have been increased to 75/150. There are 28 players registered for the tournament so far.

Joel Pridgen (pictured) raises to 300 and gets four callers. Five players see a flop of and Pridgen continues with a 300 chip bet. Greg “C” raises to 1,200 and Pridgen tosses in a call.

The turn is and Pridgen checks again. Greg C bets 2,500 and Pridgen calls. The river is the and Pridgen check-calls 4,000 from Greg C.

“I guess we are chopping,” says Greg C as he tables .

Pridgen nods his head and shows . Pridgen rivers a straight to chop with Greg C, who flopped the nuts. Both players are still right around their 10,000 starting stack.

William Alexander – Chip Leader

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed

Eighteen players out of 113 entries in Flight 3 made the cut and bagged their chips for the night.

These 18 players will join the 23 survivors of the first two flights at 10am Sunday for Day 2.   A complete list with seat draw will be posted in the morning.

Of the 41 returning players, only the final 24 will get paid.  William Alexander bagged 247,500 and is the overall chip leader among the final 41.  Average stack is 91k.

Here are the Flight 3 players with their chip counts:

Rank Player Chips
1 William Alexander 247,500
2 Nate Kaplan 181,500
3 Jack Rovello 162,000
4 Jim Rumptz 146,500
5 Ralph Dyer 143,000
6 Joel Wadsworth 121,500
7 Chris Williams 103,500
8 Julio Novo 90,000
9 Barry Champion 66,000
10 Richard Higgins 59,000
11 Anthony Moon 59,000
12 Barbara Cardiva 58,500
13 Tim Pettus 54,500
14 Vitor Coelho 54,000
15 Ivan Maya 52,000
16 Marc Davis 34,000
17 William Booth Jr 33,500
18 Ryan Sponaugle 25,500

Daylight Savings Time begins tonight, so don’t forget to roll your clocks forward an hour!

Players are taking their seats and cards are getting in the air as the second event of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Spring Poker Open gets underway.

The $210 Pot Limit Omaha tournament has 22 players registered so far, but there is plenty of time for players to late register and re-enter. Players will be able to do that up until the beginning of level 5, at which point the field size will be set and payouts can be calculated.

Levels will be 30 minutes long and players will start with 10,000 in chips. The blinds are starting out at 50/100. This is a one day event, so stay tuned to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Blog for coverage of the event from start to finish.

Level 14:  Blinds 1,200/2,400/400

Three players were all-in pre-flop on the last hand of the night.

Marc Davis (sb)

Nate Kaplan (cutoff)

Button

Board

Nate’s pocket Aces held up and he busted the player on the button, chipping up to 181,500.  Marc Davis was left with only 34k.

That left 18 players to bag up chips for the night.  Chip counts will be posted shortly.

Two players were all-in pre-flop against the big stack of Alex ‘NoLastName’.

Small Blind

Alex (bb)

Seat 1

The board ran out and Alex rivered a gutshot straight to take the pot, busting both opponents in the process.  Alex extended his chip lead to ~230k.

With that hand, the field was reduced to 19 players.  Average stack is 89k.

Level 14:  Blinds  800/1,600/200

The last level of the night has begun with 21 players still in action.  Average stack is 81k.

These are the players with the big stacks:

Alex ‘NoLastName’ – 170k

Jack Rovello – 160k

‘NoName NoPicture’ – 120k

The numbers have been crunched and the total number of entries for all three starting flights was 249, generating a total prize pool of $124,500.  The final 24 players will earn a cut as follows:

Place Payout
1 $34,911
2 $20,443
3 $13,247
4 $8,429
5 $6,013
6 $5,179
7 $3,972
8 $2,888
9 $2,764
10 $2,652
11 $2,527
12 $2,403
13 $2,291
14 $2,166
15 $2,054
16 $1,930
17 $1,805
18 $1,681
19 $1,569
20 $1,444
21 – 24 $1,033

End of level 12 and players are enjoying their last break of the day.

They’ll return to level 13 (blinds 1k/2k/300 ante) and play through the end of level 14 (blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante) before bagging up for the night.

26 players remain.  Average stack is 65k.

Level 12:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Down to 30 players now at three tables.  Average stack is 56,500.

Vitor Coelho has fallen off the pace, dropping to about 100k.

Looks like Alex ‘NoLastName’ (pictured above) is the chip leader with ~130k.  When his table broke, Alex landed in the empty seat to the left of Vitor, so these two big stacks are positioned for some potential fireworks.