$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight 1A Entries: 236

The field for this evening’s flight is relatively stacked with familiar faces considering the modest price point. The heroes are mostly spread out evenly throughout the room, but two of them have found themselves elbow to elbow at one of the far tables.

Adam “Roothlus” Levy is one of the original legends of online poker, and he’s amassed more than $2.5 million in his live career, as well. Mukul Pahuja is best known for his live prowess, accumulating more than $4.3 million, with the vast majority of that coming during the last three years. He’s also won a few tournament titles, narrowly missing out on a couple more major ones, as well.

Both Levy and Pahuja are Florida natives, both are accomplished tournament pros, and they’re keeping it friendly so far here in Event 9.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 80 of 379

At the ten-minute mark of Level 14, the clock was paused. A card was drawn, and it was a , so each table will play that many more hands before the survivors bag up for the night.

A full list of chip counts will be posted shortly following the close of play.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with 400 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 89 of 379

Brandon Miller moved all in for 33,400 in the cutoff, and Darryll Fish re-shoved for just less than 40,000 in the small blind. Miller was at risk, flipping for his tournament life.

Miller:
Fish:

The board ran out , and the running aces weren’t enough to scare Miller. He flopped a set and rivered a full house, doubling up.

Fish was left with just 6,000 chips, and two hands later, he called a Miller raise to put himself all in for 5,200. John Templeton re-shoved behind them both, though, and Miller folded to let them fight heads up.

Fish:
Templeton:

The board ran out , and Templeton earned the knockout with aces full.

Brandon Miller – 74,000 (31 bb)
John Templeton – 54,000 (23 bb)
Darryll Fish – Eliminated

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

Day 1A drew 379 entries, setting a strong early pace for this $1,000,000 guaranteed re-entry event. While that flight is nearing the conclusion of their day, another flight is just beginning on the other side of the room.

Day 1B will follow the same format as this morning’s flight, with 20,000-chip starting stacks and 30-minute levels all day long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at about 10:30 p.m. Flight B will end at the conclusion of Level 14, and the survivors from all six starting flights will advance Sunday’s combined Day 2.

Here are the vitals in short form, if bulleted lists are more your thing:

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 flights will end after Level 14
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

$250 Seniors (50+) Event (Re-Entry)

Registration has closed for Event 10, and the numbers are in. This Seniors Event drew a big field of 161 entries, an increase of more than 100 entries from last season’s total of sixty. This year’s entries generated a prizepool worth $33,810 to be shared by the final 18 players.

A min-cash is worth $507, and the four-figure payouts begin with the eighth-place finisher. The eventual champion will earn $9,804 and the trophy for Event 10.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st: $9,804
2nd: $5,748
3rd: $3,381
4th: $2,705
5th: $2,029
6th: $1,691
7th: $1,352
8th: $1,014
9th: $761
10th-12th: $676
13th-15th: $592
16th-18th: $507

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with 200 Ante
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 144 of 379

Sam Panzica opened to 3,000 in early position, and a player behind him three-bet to 8,000. Greg Ostrander cold-four-bet shoved for 25,200 on the button, and Panzica re-shoved over the top for about 30,000 total. The third player folded, leaving Ostrander heads up for his tournament life.

Panzica:
Ostrander:

The board ran out , and Ostrander’s kings held to earn him the double-up.

Greg Ostrander – 62,000 (52 bb)
Sam Panzica – 4,400 (4 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with 100 Ante
Flight 1A Entries: 379

If you’ve spent any time around major poker tournaments, you’re probably familiar with its soundtrack. There’s generally music playing softly through the speakers (typically rock music here at Seminole Hard Rock), the shouts of cocktail servers offering their wares, and periodic, “Seat open!” calls from the dealers. All of those sounds are mostly overshadowed by the constant, plasticky clatter of chips being shuffled by nearly everyone in the room.

At least one player is out to change that.

Attention #shrpo players: if you catch me shuffling chips at the table, mention this tweet and I will give you $20. #freeroll

— Darryll Fish (@DarryllFish) April 7, 2016

A quick chat with Fish revealed the motivation for the freeroll. “First of all, it’s obviously really bad for you hands,” he said. “But I’m also really focused on mindfulness lately. And everyone is so used to shuffling chips, that the act of not doing it is a much more mindful thing to do.”

Fish said he was considering trying this at the WSOP last year, but he waited until now to finally roll it out.

With Event 10 beginning this afternoon, the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is one third complete. Action will continue to escalate over the course of the coming weeks, and the series culminates with the World Poker Tour® Tournament of Champions, which runs from April 22-24.

The $15,000 invitation-only event is open to all WPT Champions Club members, and it features a ton of bonus prizes provided by WPT and their partners. The added loot includes:

• $100,000 in cash
• A special Hublot® watch
• An Aurae® Solid Gold MasterCard
• A pair of Monster Gold Headphones
• A custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables
• A seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour
• A round of golf at the world-class Shadow Creek Golf Course with Matt Savage and two friends
• A 2016 Corvette

Each of the final six players will also win a Monster SoundStage, the high-definition wireless home music system with multi-room audio.

The Corvette — added to the prizepool by Monster — is the newest addition to the list of bonuses, and it brings the total overlay to more than $250,000 in cash and prizes.

Click here for more info on the WPT Tournament of Champions.

2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood
Event 8
$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)  
Total Entries: 67
Prize Pool: $13,020

Cinda Goodale is the champion of the $250 Ladies Event, defeating a field of 67 entries to claim the trophy. By way of a heads-up deal with Sandy Matza, Goodale also collected $3,516 in cash, plus a $1,050 seat for the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale satellite.

The champ is a real estate investor from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She learned poker in 2004 when this property opened close to home, and she’s having some good success so far as a part-time player.

Goodale entered the final table as one of the shorter stacks before finding her stride down the stretch. “I was fighting the whole day until we got to the final table,” she said. “Then I finally went on a run.” Her late momentum propelled her past some of the more skilled players in the game, including Abbey Daniels (4th place) and Natasha Barbour (3rd).

While there were serious prizes on the line, the ladies seemed to remember that poker is still a game. Drinks were flowing for much of the evening, and there was no shortage of laughter, even as things started to get more serious toward the money bubble. Even the dealers were occasionally cracking jokes. It felt, at times, as much like a home game as a trophy event.

“Oh, we had a lot of fun,” Goodale said after her win. “We had a lot of fun. Crack up, have a good time, play our game.”

Complete Results:
1st: Cinda Goodale – $3,516 + $1,050 satellite seat
2nd: Sandy Matza – $3,515 + $200 Kuro comp
3rd: Natasha Barbour – $1,562
4th: Abbey Daniels – $1,172
5th: Sandra Barbour – $911
6th: Julie Zelman – $781
7th: Patricia Case – $651
8th: Regina Portella Cassab – $521
9th: Parlia Fnu – $391

Event 8 Final Results

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 62

Cinda Goodale opened the button with a raise to 15,000, and Natasha Barbour three-bet shoved for about 80,000 total from teh small blind. Sandy Matza called in the big blind, and Goodale folded out of the way.

Barbour:
Matza:

The board ran out , and Matza won the pot with the nut flush. Barbour was eliminated in third place.

Sandy Matza – 300,000 (50 bb)
Natasha Barbour – Eliminated