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With registration now closed and the re-entry period over, the tournament staff has released the prizepool information for this event.
With 91 unique entries and 26 re-entries a total prizepool of $50,807 was created. From there, 12 players will get paid with a minimum cash worth $1,067 and first-place earning a healthy $15,242.
The following players hold the biggest stacks in the room, with the exception of Matt Cafarella, who has recently busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
120,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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120,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
115,000 | |
|
115,000 | |
|
115,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
105,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
80,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
70,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
50,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
26,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
The players below are among those who have entered and now exited this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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Busted |
St. Catherines native David Conron has shot up to a place near the top of the chip counts.
He's managed to ride pocket rockets twice to build a stack above 100,000 chips, first besting a pair of eights, then fading a four-flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000 |
Buffalo's own Bruce Pace has jumped out to a massive chip lead here in Level 8.
Not only is he the first player past the 100,000-chip mark, but he's quickly closing in on 200,000.
Pace was a little sketchy about the details of his metoiric rise, but did admit to cracking one players pocket aces on the way to building the mountain of chips he now has.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The $3,500 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Championship will take place starting Thursday, April 16, 2015.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., announced that the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, now in its fifth year, will return April 6-22, 2015. Held in the resort ballrooms, the 17-day series will feature the $3,500 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed WPT Seminole Hard Rock Championship with three starting flights beginning Thursday, April 16 at 12 p.m. local time.
Last year's Championship was the largest WPT playing field in history with 1,795 entries. Players may play any or all starting flights and choose their best stack. Reentry will be allowed for six levels, and the televised final table will be take place on Wednesday, April 22 in Hard Rock Live located in Seminole Paradise, with live coverage available on www.SHRPO.com.
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown will open with a $250 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed no-limit hold'em tournament with six starting flights starting at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m. on April 6 and April 7. The poker action will continue with a $570 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed deep-stack no-limit hold'em event with six starting flights April 9-12.
The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship final table will be aired on Fox Sports. Broadcast schedule will be released at a later date. On-site registration for all Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown events is available 24/7 at the poker room. To participate, players must obtain a free "Wild Card" at the player's club or in the resort’s poker room located in Seminole Paradise. Visit www.SHRPO.com.
Enter to win a seat in to the $5 million WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship by visiting www.SHRPO.com/winaseat. Satellite events for the Championship will be held at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood starting February 22, 2015. To review the entire series and satellite schedule, please visit www.SHRPO.com; follow the event on Twitter at @SHRPO, hashtag #SHRPO.
The players have been sent off on an extended 15-minute break as the tournament staff colors up the green 25-denomination chips and removes them from play.
Chipleader for a good portion of the day in Event #1 Friday, Jeffery Hobrecker eventually bowed out in 9th Place.
He's back at it again today and off to a decent start having increased his starting stack by about 35 percent.
He recently went about proving that discretion is the better part of valor calling a 2,100-chip early position open, only to join the opener in folding when a player in late position bumped it to a healthy 8,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,000 |
