Am Freitag startete Tag 1a beim $5.250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship und der Andrang beim $3.000.000 GTD Event war ziemlich groß. So wurden bereits stolze 419 Entries bezahlt und die Verantwortlichen gehen davon aus, dass heute an Tag 1b sich noch deutlich mehr Spieler einkaufen werden.
Nachdem 10 Levels zu jeweils 60 Minuten gespielt wurden konnten 142 verbliebene Spieler ihre Chips eintüten. Als Chipleader hatte Nick Pulpilo mit 445.500 (223 Big Blinds) die meiste Arbeit hierbei, gefolgt von Carlos Rodriguez mit 355.500 (178 BB). Gut durch den ersten Tag kam unter anderen auch Faraz Jaka, er kommt am Sonntag mit 222.500 Chips zurück an die Tische.
Das Turnier wird heute ab 12:00 Uhr Ortszeit mit Tag 1b fortgesetzt und ihr könnt der Action im Live Blog auf der SHRPO Homepage folgen.
Anbei die Chipcounts von Tag 1a:
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
| 1 | NICHOLAS | PUPILLO | 445.500 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | CARLOS | RODRIGUEZ ROJAS | 355.500 | 25 | 2 |
| 3 | KENNETH | FISHMAN | 341.000 | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | TANNER | MILLEN | 313.000 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | PHILLIP | HUI | 310.500 | 22 | 4 |
| 6 | MATTHEW | LEECY | 305.000 | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | JOSEPH | CHEONG | 304.500 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | KYLE | KERANEN | 262.500 | 26 | 9 |
| 9 | DAVIAN | SANTANA | 262.000 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | JOHN | ANDRESS | 250.000 | 26 | 6 |
| 11 | MATTHEW | BRETZFIELD | 245.000 | 25 | 3 |
| 12 | KENNETH | EINIGER | 234.000 | 19 | 2 |
| 13 | IHAR | SOIKA | 232.500 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | FARAZ | JAKA | 222.500 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | ALBERTO | RODRIGUEZ | 222.500 | 18 | 5 |
| 16 | PATRICK | CLARKE | 212.000 | 24 | 8 |
| 17 | GLENN | BECKER | 211.500 | 24 | 2 |
| 18 | DANIEL | SHIFF | 208.500 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | STEVE | OLIVIER | 204.000 | 13 | 8 |
| 20 | SAM | SOVEREL | 203.500 | 24 | 9 |
| 21 | GIL | ABOODI | 199.000 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | SAMUEL | PANZICA II | 197.500 | 2 | 8 |
| 23 | MICHAEL | CHIAPPETTA | 194.000 | 8 | 2 |
| 24 | QUINN | BRUNO | 190.500 | 24 | 7 |
| 25 | JUSTIN | LIGERI | 183.500 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | NEIL | BLUMENFIELD | 182.000 | 7 | 3 |
| 27 | JUSTIN | HARRELL | 175.500 | 1 | 9 |
| 28 | JOEL | HARWOOD | 175.500 | 7 | 2 |
| 29 | DEREK | SUDELL | 170.500 | 22 | 2 |
| 30 | EDWIN | CUBAS | 169.500 | 20 | 6 |
| 31 | BRANDON | EISEN | 169.500 | 13 | 2 |
| 32 | YING | WONG | 164.500 | 11 | 4 |
| 33 | LONGSHENG | TAN | 163.000 | 9 | 5 |
| 34 | RUSLAN | DYKSHTEYN | 162.000 | 17 | 4 |
| 35 | Marc | MAC DONNELL | 159.500 | 11 | 2 |
| 36 | DANIEL | STRELITZ | 159.000 | 7 | 4 |
| 37 | JOSHUA | HILLOCK | 154.500 | 16 | 7 |
| 38 | RONALD | SPOONER | 154.500 | 16 | 8 |
| 39 | ROBERT | MAZZIE | 153.500 | 24 | 1 |
| 40 | ALAN | SCHEIN | 151.500 | 2 | 9 |
| 41 | Zachary | Donovan | 149.000 | 8 | 5 |
| 42 | BRIAN | MANCILLA | 148.000 | 15 | 8 |
| 43 | RYAN | OLISAR | 146.500 | 12 | 6 |
| 44 | JASON | MERCIER | 146.000 | 19 | 9 |
| 45 | MATTHEW | STOUT | 145.500 | 18 | 7 |
| 46 | JACOB | SCHINDLER | 144.000 | 3 | 9 |
| 47 | JEFFREY | MADSEN | 142.500 | 5 | 3 |
| 48 | DAVID | NATHANIEL JR | 142.500 | 28 | 7 |
| 49 | DUSTIN | LEE | 141.500 | 18 | 9 |
| 50 | JOHN | ESPOSITO | 141.000 | 20 | 5 |
| 51 | DANIEL | FUHS | 140.500 | 16 | 5 |
| 52 | JOHN | COMPTON | 137.000 | 4 | 7 |
| 53 | ANNA | ANTIMONY | 131.000 | 16 | 4 |
| 54 | KUNAL | PATEL | 130.000 | 19 | 8 |
| 55 | ISAIAH | GOLDMAN | 128.000 | 8 | 4 |
| 56 | JORGE | MORALES REBELLON | 125.500 | 21 | 4 |
| 57 | REX | CLINKSCALES | 123.000 | 5 | 4 |
| 58 | ANDRE | AKKARI | 122.500 | 13 | 1 |
| 59 | NICHOLAS | SALIMBENE | 122.500 | 5 | 2 |
| 60 | CHAD | EVESLAGE | 117.000 | 14 | 9 |
| 61 | BRYN | KENNEY | 110.500 | 7 | 5 |
| 62 | ANTONIO | SALORIO | 107.500 | 22 | 1 |
| 63 | SCOTT | ARNOLD | 107.000 | 11 | 6 |
| 64 | DAVID | PAREDES | 106.000 | 6 | 8 |
| 65 | CHRISTOPHER | USUDE | 101.000 | 28 | 6 |
| 66 | ADAM | ADLER | 100.000 | 27 | 1 |
| 67 | BADIH | BOUNAHRA | 94.000 | 22 | 9 |
| 68 | JARED | GRIENER | 94.000 | 3 | 8 |
| 69 | GRANT | LASSETER | 93.000 | 23 | 8 |
| 70 | JOSHUA | KAY | 92.000 | 28 | 4 |
| 71 | RALPH | MASSEY | 92.000 | 25 | 5 |
| 72 | MAURICE | COSTIGAN | 89.500 | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | JOSE | MONTES | 88.500 | 4 | 1 |
| 74 | NICHOLAS | SCHULMAN | 88.500 | 21 | 6 |
| 75 | BRIAN | HASTINGS | 87.000 | 23 | 7 |
| 76 | WILLIAM.A | FOXEN | 86.500 | 12 | 7 |
| 77 | NOAH | SCHWARTZ | 86.500 | 23 | 1 |
| 78 | KEITH | FERRERA | 85.500 | 10 | 4 |
| 79 | CHRISTOPHER | MCNAMARA | 85.000 | 17 | 3 |
| 80 | FRANK | SINOPOLI | 83.000 | 10 | 1 |
| 81 | Emanuel | Failla | 82.000 | 18 | 8 |
| 82 | THOMAS | GITY | 82.000 | 3 | 7 |
| 83 | RYAN | VAN SANFORD | 81.500 | 20 | 2 |
| 84 | JOSEPH | SENA MCKEEHEN | 80.500 | 17 | 5 |
| 85 | LAWRENCE | MA | 79.000 | 6 | 3 |
| 86 | EDGAR | VARAS | 78.500 | 10 | 7 |
| 87 | VITO | POLERA | 78.000 | 5 | 9 |
| 88 | KENNETH | BRUNO | 77.000 | 13 | 9 |
| 89 | NIRATH | REAN | 75.500 | 10 | 8 |
| 90 | DOMINIQUE | MOSLEY | 75.000 | 16 | 6 |
| 91 | ANTHONY | ZINNO | 75.000 | 12 | 8 |
| 92 | PAUL | DOMB | 74.000 | 4 | 9 |
| 93 | RAYMOND | MCDONOUGH | 73.500 | 9 | 1 |
| 94 | DEJUANTE | ALEXANDER | 70.500 | 9 | 4 |
| 95 | SCOTT | ROBBINS | 69.000 | 25 | 6 |
| 96 | JAVIER | ZARCO | 69.000 | 13 | 3 |
| 97 | ERIK | CHRISTENSEN | 68.000 | 26 | 1 |
| 98 | JEFFREY | FIELDER | 68.000 | 21 | 5 |
| 99 | CRAIG | MASON | 66.500 | 22 | 3 |
| 100 | RAMAN | AFANASENKA | 65.000 | 14 | 6 |
| 101 | RYAN | RIESS | 65.000 | 15 | 4 |
| 102 | MATTHEW | O’DONNELL | 64.000 | 4 | 8 |
| 103 | MICHAEL | CACERES | 63.500 | 7 | 6 |
| 104 | RYAN | HOHNER | 62.000 | 27 | 9 |
| 105 | AUSTIN | BUCHANAN | 58.500 | 14 | 4 |
| 106 | ANTHONY | COUSINEAU | 58.000 | 11 | 3 |
| 107 | JOHN CHRISTIAN | TEMPLETON | 57.500 | 21 | 3 |
| 108 | ADAM | ZELTSER | 57.500 | 27 | 4 |
| 109 | MATTHEW | WANTMAN | 56.500 | 18 | 6 |
| 110 | ALEXANDER | HABER | 55.500 | 21 | 7 |
| 111 | HARRISON | GIMBEL | 55.000 | 15 | 5 |
| 112 | MATTHEW | GLANTZ | 55.000 | 6 | 2 |
| 113 | MICHAEL | GARAVUSO | 54.500 | 1 | 1 |
| 114 | JULIAN | WOHLGEMUTH | 53.600 | 4 | 6 |
| 115 | JOSEPH | ELPAYAA | 53.500 | 10 | 9 |
| 116 | KURT | LICHTMAN | 53.500 | 15 | 6 |
| 117 | MEN | NGUYEN | 53.500 | 17 | 7 |
| 118 | NELSON | RESENDIZ | 53.000 | 6 | 9 |
| 119 | SPENCER | CHAMPLIN | 50.500 | 2 | 3 |
| 120 | THOMAS | MARCHESE | 50.000 | 19 | 1 |
| 121 | ROMAN | SOYBELMAN | 49.500 | 14 | 8 |
| 122 | STEVEN | KARP | 49.000 | 28 | 5 |
| 123 | BENJAMIN | YU | 48.000 | 23 | 9 |
| 124 | ANDREW | MICALI | 46.500 | 9 | 3 |
| 125 | STEVEN | WOLANSKY | 46.000 | 27 | 2 |
| 126 | JOSEPH | DIPASCALE | 45.500 | 14 | 5 |
| 127 | IDO | ASHKENAZI | 44.500 | 11 | 7 |
| 128 | SCOTT | ZAKHEIM | 42.000 | 17 | 6 |
| 129 | JAMES | CALDERARO | 41.500 | 12 | 9 |
| 130 | GAVIN | O ROURKE | 41.000 | 12 | 5 |
| 131 | FELIPE | RAMOS | 40.500 | 26 | 7 |
| 132 | MUHAMMAD | ABDEL RAHIM | 40.000 | 2 | 2 |
| 133 | JUSTIN | KINDRED | 39.000 | 28 | 8 |
| 134 | SHANKAR | PILLAI | 39.000 | 23 | 2 |
| 135 | MATAS | CIMBOLAS | 37.500 | 11 | 5 |
| 136 | ALEXANDER | ROCHA | 33.500 | 25 | 4 |
| 137 | JACOB | BAZELEY | 32.000 | 20 | 3 |
| 138 | MOHSIN | CHARANIA | 30.000 | 27 | 3 |
| 139 | VITOR | COELHO | 27.500 | 6 | 1 |
| 140 | VUONG | DO | 26.500 | 26 | 8 |
| 141 | MICHAEL | TAIT | 26.000 | 20 | 9 |
| 142 | ELLIOTT | ZAYDMAN | 14.000 | 9 | 2 |
