$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 145
The field is narrowing steadily, but one player that hasn’t budged is defending champion Bo Bloom. Bloom claims a stack of 66,500 and is above average meaning his title defense is very much still alive.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 145
For Amelio and Shari Amato, today’s Classic Rockers event is a family affair. The poker-playing husband and wife duo has experienced tremendous success, both owning six figures in career earnings.
With the 145-entry starting field in today’s event already down to 63, both are putting themselves in position to add to their resumes. Additionally, they’re seated at adjacent tables and can keep tabs on the eachother quite easily.
At present, Amelio has the edge on his better half claiming 55,000 chips to her 45,000.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 80 of 145
Registration is closed in today’s 11am $180 Seniors Classic Rockers event. The tournament drew 145 entries generating a total prize pool of $19,375. The top 18 finishers earn prize money with a min-cash worth $291. Payouts culminate in a $5,809, but in addition to the cash, the tournament’s winner earns a guitar trophy and a seat in the $300,000 guaranteed Championship.
Prize pool details:
2016 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, FL
Event 11
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers
Entries: 145
Prize Pool: $19,375
December 13, 2016
1st – $5,809 + Championship seat
2nd – $3,197
3rd – $1,841
4th – $1,550
5th – $1,163
6th – $969
7th – $775
8th – $581
9th – $436
10th-12th – $388
13th-15th – $339
16th-18th – $291
The clock currently shows 80 players remaining in the middle of Level 9. Among them are defending champion Bo Bloom, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah, last year’s seventh-place finisher Ray Delcueto, Tony March and Markvin Karlins.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
End of Level 8: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Entries: 142
With registration still open, but the blinds and antes climbing, there’s a delicate dance between the field growing and shrinking at the same time. Nearly half a row of tables have broken and the players are on their second 15-minute break of the day. When they return, registration will close and the prize pool will be finalized.
We’ll provide the complete payout information when available.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 134
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah has had a tough go of it early. He kicked off the Seniors Classic Rockers event running his flopped set into the Royal Flush of Shari Amato.
Maddah had a stack and was still fighting, but met some more misfortune a few hands later. Maddah was in the small blind eyeing a raise from the button. He three-bet, the button moved all-in and he called.
Maddah: 
Button: 
Runout: 
Maddah was feeling good after the flop, but the button spiked a set on the turn for a come-from-behind win. Maddah acknowledged her win with a, “Nice hand” and shipped the double her way.
Despite the cold streak, the ambassador is still alive in the event.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 118
With the first break wrapped, it appears to be Brenda Worley who sits atop the counts. Worley cruised through the first four levels of play and quadrupled up her starting stack. With holding of 81,000, she’s in great shape to make a run here in the Classic Rockers event.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Entries: 114
The field is steadily growing since cards went in the air nearly two hours ago. There has been a constant uptick in the four levels since and the entry count crossed the triple-digit threshold a few minutes ago. It’s a ways off from last year’s final tally, but late registration and re-entry are available until 3:30pm.
In addition to their share of the $15,000 guaranteed prize pool, the winner of the Seniors Classic Rockers event goes home with Seminole Hard Rock Tampa’s token guitar trophy.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 89
The action was unclear, but there was an all-in and call on a board of 
. Tampa regular Marvin Karlins was the one who did the calling, announcing, “Call. Flush.” flipping over 
. An obvious mis-read of his holdings, the table got a good chuckle out of the hand. Karlins’ actual hand, which was a pair of eights, was second best to the opponents’ pair of nines 
. Thankfully for Karlins, he had the all-in bet well covered.
“It is the Seniors Event,” tablemate Tony March laughed.
Always a good sport, Karlins was a class act in defeat.
“I was over here thinking I had the nuts,” Karlins joked. “If you’re going to make a mistake, make a big mistake.”
While the table shared a quick laugh at Karlins’ expense, it would be remiss to not bring to light his long list of successes. Karlins owns nearly $220,000 in career earnings coming over the course of 33 cashes. His crowning poker achievement came in November of last year when he finished fourth in a $5,000 televised WPT event in northern Florida earning nearly $120,000.
$180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 45
The clock strikes 11am and it’s time for the Seniors “Classic Rockers” Event. Officially Event 11 on the Winter Poker Open schedule, the Seniors Event drew a monster field of 210 entries last year seeing Bo Bloom emerge victorious for the tournament’s $8,066 top prize.
Participants in this year’s event must be age 50 or older. They’ll take their seats to 20,000-chip starting stacks and will log 30-minute levels throughout the event. Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 which translates into roughly 3:30pm.
Here are the details:
11AM: Event 11 – $180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
Updates throughout the day will be provided right here at SHRTPoker.com. Good luck, seniors!
Main Event Schedule
11AM: Event 11 – $180 Seniors Classic Rockers 50+ (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 12 – $150 Deep Stack Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
2PM: Event 21 – $55 Qualifier into Championship Satellite (1-in-5)