In the wake of the sector Series of Poker the tournament world takes a brief and well-earned rest for a couple of weeks before things chill into high gear in August. Probably the most top tournament series that has staked a claim as a late-summer mainstay is the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. The 2016 SHRPO runs from July 28 – August 16 and is about to host 83 events along the way, ending with a bang in mid-August with ‘TheBig4’ events: four tournaments with huge guarantees so we can all feature live-streamed final tables on Aug. 16.

The centerpiece of the series is the $5 million guaranteed $5,250 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship event that runs from Aug. 13 – 16. Last year saw Texas poker pro Omar Zazay outlast a field of 907 entries to win the title and the highest prize of $1,000,000. 2014 champion of the development Daniel Colman came incredible on the subject of defending his title, ultimately finishing in third place last year.

The championship event is naturally a part of the aforementioned ‘TheBig4’ tournaments, with the $1 million guaranteed $25,500 no-limit hold’em high roller, the $1 million guaranteed $2,650 no-limit hold’em and the $500,000 guaranteed $1,100 no-limit hold’em events rounding out the list.

Full-ring no-limit hold’em is way from the one game on offer throughout the series. There are H.O.R.S.E., Omaha eight-or-better and pot-limit Omaha events, in addition to bounty, turbo and heads-up format no-limit hold’em events.

The series kicks off with a $500,000 guaranteed $360 buy-in no-limit hold’em re-entry event. There are six starting flights on offer, with 11 AM and six PM starting times on July 28 – 30.

Players will begin with 20,000 in chips and play 14 levels, each lasting HALF-HOUR. People who make it through to day 2 will return at 1 PM on July 31 to minimize to a winner.

You can follow in conjunction with the Seminole Hard Rock’s tournament blog here.

For a glance on the complete 2016 SHRPO schedule take a look at Card Player’s tournament database right here.

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