$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 75/150
Entries: 45
There are lots of familiar faces here for Level 1, the list includes:
Amelio Amato
Marsha Wolak
Maroun Akiki
Charlie Bell
Kevin Blewitt
Kyle Peck
Tony Tran
Gabriel Tudorache
More to come throughout the day.
$1,650 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: Blinds 50/100
39 entries
@SHRTPoker @HardRockTommy @HardRockByron can’t wait to come try to defend the title tomorrow!
— Stephen Diamantas (@SDiamantas) December 18, 2014
@JeremyJagoda @SHRTPoker yes I’m flying all the way from vegas to play it. Great event, structure and staff. — Allen Kessler (@AllenKessler) December 17, 2014
Ready to continue my run good @SHRTPoker for ME 300k like I did in the 200k. This time no chop just champ boys and girls!!
— Neri Sanchez (@mexmover10) December 18, 2014
@JTonetime i can vouch @SHRTPoker puts on a great tourney good turnouts and good prizepools — Sara Malowitz (@MalowitzSara) December 17, 2014
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1 Blinds 50/100
The crown jewel of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open is underway in the Poker Room.
This $300,0000 Guaranteed prize pool features three starting flights, today, Friday and Saturday.
Players start with 30k in chips and Day 1 levels are 45 minutes, with levels increasing to 60 minutes on Day 2. Registration and re-entry is open until the start of Level 9, approximately 6 pm.
Players bagging chips in more than one flight may take their best stack into Day 2.
Best of luck to everyone, bring home the guitar.
Championship Event Schedule
Day 1A: Underway
Day 1B: 11 am Friday
Day 1C: 11 am Saturday
Day 2: 12 pm Sunday
Hard Rock Calendar Girls Brendaly & Reani
Appearing in Poker Room 10am-12pm
It’s game time! Day one of the championship @SHRTPoker #WinterPokerOpen #HardRockGirls @brendaly13 @reanerz @Fender pic.twitter.com/tZrtHdmtks
— Hard Rock Girls (@HardRockGirls) December 18, 2014
With the last of the preliminary events wrapping up on Wednesday night, attention is turning toward the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open $1,650 No Limit Hold’em Championship.
The Championship event carries a $300,000 guarantee on the total prize pool and the first of three starting flights puts cards in the air at 11 am Thursday. Players may enter (or re-enter) multiple flights. If a player survives a flight to bag chips and wants to enter a later flight, he/she may do so and take the biggest stack into Day 2.
The second starting flight will take off on Friday at 11 am and the third flight gets underway Saturday morning at 11 am. The survivors of all three flights will be back on Sunday at 12 noon to play down to a winner.
Players will start with 30,000 tournament chips and levels last 45 minutes on Day 1. The levels will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2.
Satellites are running Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with a total of 27 seats guaranteed. Check out the schedule here.
During the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open, the $1,650 No Limit Hold’em Championship event drew 301 players, which generated a prize pool of $451,500.
Stephen Diamantas defeated Ryan Sponaugle heads-up to take home the $121,900 first place prize money, the trophy, and the guitar that goes to the winner of every Seminole Hard Rock Tampa main event. Sponaugle took home $72,240 for his efforts.
Diamantas topped a final table that featured well-known pros Allen Kessler and Cord Garcia to earn that six-figure payday.
Final table results from the 2013 Winter Poker Open:
1. Stephen Diamantas – $121,900
2. Ryan Sponaugle – $72,240
3. Stephen Korfonta – $47,408
4. Lance “Cord” Garcia – $32,734
5. Joshua Miller – $24,155
6. Allen Kessler – $19,189
7. David DeBoer – $14,674
8. Brandon Vasapolle – $10,610
9. David Tuthill – $7,676