$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 17:  Blinds 2,500/5k/500 ante

Ricardo Rodriguez got his chips in the middle holding pocket Queens, but ran into Enzo Romano’s pocket Kings.

The board ran out 4 4 2 4 3 and made no difference.  Enzo had Ricardo covered and chipped up to about 350k, good for the chip lead.

Ricardo busted out in 9th place, earning $1,125.

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 17:  Blinds 2,500/5k/500 ante (40 minute levels)

Stephen ‘Geoff’ Brite was the first player to hit the rail.  He’ll collect $1,000 for 10th place.

Meanwhile, Ricardo Quinatana has yet to arrive and take his seat.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed

Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Late registration and re-entry are available for this flight until the start of level 9, about 4:30pm.

Players can opt to re-enter multiple times and if they bag chips in more than one flight, they will take their best stack into Day 2 (no combining chips from multiple flights).

The chip counts from yesterday’s two flights are available here.Kaleb Hanshaw and Oliver Arcand each earned $1,100 seats in Event 9 ($75k Guaranteed June 8-9) as chip leader of their respective flights.  Oliver Arcand is the overall leader with 255,400.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed

Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Cards are in the air here in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Rockin’ Poolside Tournament Area!

Players began with 12,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes long.  This is the third of six starting flights for this event.  Here’s the schedule of remaining starting flights:

C – now
D – 6pm Today
E – 12pm Wednesday
F – 6pm Wednesday

The survivors of all six starting flights will come together on Thursday at 1pm for Day 2.

$250 Classic Rockers (Seniors 45+) No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed

Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Blinds are up for the 90 Classic Rockers registered so far.  This event carries a $25,000 Guarantee on the prize pool.

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of 7, about 2:30pm.  Players who bust out may choose to re-enter as many times as they like until registration closes.

$250 Classic Rockers (Seniors 45+) No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed

Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Most would not consider a 45-year-old a ‘senior’, so we’re going to call them Classic Rockers.  They started with 12,000 chips and levels are 30 minutes long.

Cards are in the air for the 5th of 17 main events of the inaugural Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open!

The winner of this event will receive a $3,500 seat in the Championship event (June 12-18) and a signature Hard Rock guitar!

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open
$150 No Limit Hold’em
June 2-5, 2014

Flight A & B Entries: 294
Flight A & B Players Remaining: 35
Flight A & B Average Chip Count: 101,000

CHIP COUNT LEADERS (FLIGHTS A & B):
1. ARCAND OLIVER: 255,400
2. KALEB HANSHAW: 190,100
3. NICK CONANT: 173,300
4. SAM MEDINA: 168,000
5. JERRY PRIETO: 163,300
6. AARON YOUNG: 158,800
7. JEFFREY TRUDEAU JR: 148,000
8. CLYDE SWANSON: 141,200
9. CHRIS CARLSON: 138,700
10. ANTHONY LEE: 136,700
11. JACOB NAUMANN: 133,100
12. DANIEL BARNES: 124,300
13. JUAN MARTELL: 124,000
14. GERALD SILVA: 103,700
15. NICHOLAS VISCONTI: 100,400
16. BILL LINDERMAN: 97,600
17. RICARDO MERIDA: 92,000
18. TROY THROOP: 91,900
19. MARK ALTOMARE: 88,200
20. PAMELA BUZETTO: 79,200
21. GARTH FUDENS: 78,200
22. ROBIN FISHER: 76,400
23. ANTHONY MARCH: 74,900
24. VICTOR MOLER: 71,800
25. BRETT BERARDUCCI: 70,000
26. FRANCIS ENNIS: 69,600
27. DUANE DEKEYSER: 69,000
28. MICHAEL HENIN: 64,900
29. KOSTAS PAPASTAROV: 57,100
30. VONTZ BURKE: 36,200
31. THOMAS PRESLEY: 35,900
32. ROBERT RUEL: 30,800
33. SAMUEL CHAK: 30,800
34. DOMENICK CUTOGNO: 29,400
35. CHRISTOPHER SUAREZ: 23,700

Structure

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Day 2: 1 pm Thursday
Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante
16 Flight B Players Remaining

Oliver Arcand (Orlando, FL via Montreal) is the overall chip leader after bagging an impressive 255k (64 bb) in Flight B. That’s well ahead of Chris Carlson’s Flight B second place stack of 139k and Flight A chip leader Kaleb Hanshaw’s 190k.

“I had a couple of good hands,” said Arcand whose biggest pot involved a little luck. He held AK against pocket Jacks, but quad 7s on the board put Arcand’s Ace kicker in play to win a 100k chip pot.

Arcand earned himself a $1,100 seat into Event 9 (June 8-9) along with two days off before returning for Thursday’s Day 2.

A total of 35 players advanced from Flights A & B.

Flights A & B Chip Leaders

Oliver Arcand 255k
Kaleb Hanshaw 190k
Nick Conant 173k
Sam Medina 168k
Jerry Prieto 163k
Aaron Young 159k
Jeff Trudeau 148k
Clyde Swanson 141k

Others Advancing to Day 2:

A full list of chip counts will be listed after 10 am

Flight C kicks off at 12 pm, while the $250 Seniors Event $25,000 Gurantee is next on the schedule at 11 am in the Tournament Area overlooking the Rockin’ Pool.

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Play Resumes 1 pm Tuesday
Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante
10 Players Remaining, 140k avg (35 bb)

The two-day tournament is done for the night with play resuming 1 pm Tuesday.

Event 2 winner Filipp Khavin is the chip leader while Enzo Romano is a close second as they’re the only two players with more than 200k.

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Joe Williams 185,000
2 Manny Minaya 129,900
3 Jessie Wheatley 81,600
4 Filipp Khavin 212,700
5 Roberto Quintana 141,000
6 Julio Novo 196,000
7 Ricardo Rodriguez 154,000
8 Stephen “Geoff” Brite 49,900
9 Enzo Romano 201,000
10 Brian Fuchs 53,000