Event 8: Chip Counts Through Flight B

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 107

Flight A: 46 Entries; 10 Advanced
Flight B: 61 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

Registration is open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTCHIP COUNT
1ShaunDavisFort LauderdaleFL419,000
2LeeFarrisPhoenixAZ379,000
3SalomonSuttonMiamiFL349,000
4LarryMurphyIzres NoneKY300,000
5KonstantinShukhmanBoca RatonFL297,000
6JeffreyShayaniOyster BayNY290,000
7AbelPonceHomesteadFL266,000
8CharlemagneBenjamin JrNorth Miami BeachFL250,000
9MikeChiappettaBoca RatonFL245,000
10ArlenVeitiaWest Palm BeachFL220,000
11IraFriedmanDelray BeachFL219,000
12RaminderSinghDelray BeachFL195,000
13JohnnyBrombergLos AngelesCA174,000
14ArunBalasubramanianIrvingTX159,000
15NiallCostiganLantanaFL155,000
16PhilipConsoloMiami ShoresFL145,000
17SergioGihaMiamiFL145,000
18CourtlandTwymanBoca RatonFL132,000
19MikhailChykiliovMiami BeachFL125,000
20ZacharyEichenbaumDelray BeachFL125,000
21KurtLichtmanMiamiFL120,000
22RonaldFernandezMiamiFL119,000
23BryanHydenGainesvilleFL114,000
24EugeneKatchalovLas VegasNV114,000
25StevenCabasMiamiFL99,000
26Julian TeomanPetrowskiBoca RatonFL76,000
27AnibalPabonHomesteadFL62,000
28DarioDussanNeiva46,000
29SagiZommerDavieFL35,000

Event 8 Day 1B: Last Level

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  19 of 60

The last level of Flight B is upon us.

Only 40 more minutes for them to run up a stack for Day 2 or hit the felt and try again tomorrow.

We will post the complete chip count list later this evening, see if anyone can take the overall lead from Shaun Davis and his 419,000 from last night.

Event 8 Day 1B: Three Tables Remain

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  24 of 58

Flight B is down to the last three tables with 24 players remaining. At this point, the field will get shorter and will not grow much as players will start waiting until tomorrow’s final flight to take their last shot.

Or they’ll wait until Sunday morning and max late reg the tournament.

Event 8 Day 1B: Abel Ponce Leads Late

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  29 of 57

Abel Ponce

The final break ended, and players are back in their seats, ready to grind the last three levels before survivors bag up for Sunday.

Abel Ponce has been chasing Johnny Bromberg all day, sitting to his right while both stacks grew. It look like Ponce finally got him and now leads late with 332,000.

Event 8 Day 1B: Last Break

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  28 of 56

James Carroll

Time is running out on a Friday evening and the final break is coming up. If you’d like to get late, they are playing three more levels after the upcoming break.

But there’s always tomorrow’s final flight at 11 am. Or max late reg until Sunday.

Matt Clark

Event 8 Day 1B: King of Hollywood? King of Florida Poker?

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  32 of 52

Raminder Singh

Raminder Singh took his seat in the $1,700 Deepest Stack before the dinner break, trying to add to his already impressive résumé. He won so many tournaments that we stopped counting on Hendonmob and just say “it’s a ton.”

Other players have bigger individual wins; one other has the same number of major wins, but no one else has both.

Singh has taken home 16 SHRP trophies from our four major series. His biggest career cash was from topping the 1,188 entries in the 2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship for $486,353. The biggest field Singh beat was the 3,229-entry opening $600 Deep Stack during the 2019 SHRPO series.

All told, through those 16 tournaments alone, Singh outlasted a combined 6,857 entries and earned $907,849.

He has trophies from all around Florida, one of a handful of players with titles from Hollywood and our two sister properties in Tampa and Coconut Creek, and Singh shows no signs of stopping his victory tour.

1.  2015 SHRPO – $250 No-Limit Hold’em – ($6,716)
2.  2015 RRPO – $350 NLHE Black Chip Bounty – ($11,400)
3.  2015 RRPO – $350 No-Limit Hold’em – ($15,298)
4.  2018 RRPO – $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em – ($37,706)
5.  2019 SHRPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em – ($200,000)
6.  2020 LHPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max – ($22,520)
7.  2021 SHRPO – $200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH – ($6,256)
8.  2022 Showdown – $150 No-Limit Hold’em – ($5,008)
9.  2022 RRPO – $600 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em – ($7,897)
10.  2023 Showdown – $400 No-Limit Hold’em – ($12,230)
11.  2024 LHPO – $3,500 LHPO Championship – ($486,353)
12.  2024 Showdown – $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em – ($18,400)
13.  2024 SHRPO – $300 Quad Stack Bounty NLHE – ($6,730)
14.  2025 Showdown – $300 Quad Stack 6-Max Bounty NLHE – ($4,499)
15.  2025 Showdown – $400 No-Limit Hold’em – ($7,576)
16.  2026 LHPO – $400 Bounty NLH/PLO Mix – ($7,015)

Raminder Singh won the 2024 LHPO Championship

Event 8 Day 1B: Johnny Bromberg Leads After Dinner

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  32 of 48

Johnny Bromberg

Action is back underway with 32 players remaining at four tables, six more levels to run today, and the same player at the top of the counts.

Johnny Bromberg continues to sport a big stack, leading the field with 252,500 and still trailed by Anibal Pabon with 153,500 and Abel Ponce with 143,500. Phil Consolo and Jason Rocho round out the top five with a bunch of talent also in the mix.

Here are a few more counts from around the tables:

Johnny Bromberg – 252,500 (253 bb)
Anibal Pabon – 153,500 (154 bb)
Abel Ponce – 143,500 (144 bb)
Phil Consolo – 127,500 (128 bb)
Jason Rocha – 120,500 (121 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 116,000 (116 bb)
Matt Clark – 99,500 (100 bb)
Eugene Katchalov – 98,000 (98 bb)
Niall Costigan – 77,000 (77 bb)
Harrison Ruggiero – 71,500 (72 bb)
Katherine Iwasiutyn – 55,500 (56 bb)
Willie Wiggins – 50,000 (50 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – 50,000 (50 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  50,000 (50 bb)
Raminder Singh – 41,500 (42 bb)
Ryan Eriquezzo – 29,000 (29 bb)
Ivan Marynych – 22,500 (23 bb)

Phil Consolo
Jason Rocha

Event 8 Day 1B: Dinner Break

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  31 of 46

Level 8 ended and tournament staff sent Event 8 players on their 40-minute dinner break while they color the black chips out of play.

They will return to play six more levels before survivors bag up their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.

If players wish to grab a bite at the table or the Poker Cafe area, you can now order food from The BŌL to your table (top-tier Asian cuisine), among other items on the Poker Room menu, or you can grab something and sit in the cafe lounge area.

Event 8 Day 1B: Getting There

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  31 of 46

Harrison Ruggiero

Flight B of the $1,700 Deepest Stack is edging its way toward the 40-minute dinner break and creeping up on 50 entries for the second of three flights.

Harrison Ruggiero, Charlemagne Benjamin, and Matt Clark are two the of the recent entries with a couple regulars roaming the tables, waiting until after the break to register.

Charlemagne Benjamin

Event 8 Day 1B: Johnny Bromberg Shows Up; They Ship Him the Lead

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  30 of 39

Johnny Bromberg

Johnny Bromberg was in the $1,700 Deepest Stack for all of 30 seconds (perhaps a slight exaggeration) before he managed to have the biggest stack in the room.

In reality, he took his seat during the last level before the break and had someone try to take him down with jacks. Bromberg had aces, they held, and now he leads the field at break with 219,900.

GGEZ

The two closest stacks to him have the exact same amount; Abel Ponce to Bromberg’s immediate right has 178,500, and Anibal Pabon is a table away, also with 178,500.

The field will play two more levels before taking their 40-minute dinner break.

Abel Ponce
Anibal Pabon