Seminole Hard Rock to host Summer Poker Open

In Florida, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa will be hosting the Summer Poker Open tournament series, which will feature a $1 million Guaranteed Championship.
This will be the third of a four tournament series included in the Player-of-the-Year program. Following the Open in August, the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player-of-the-Year will be announced with a prize package valued at more than $30,000.
The tournament is scheduled to run June 12-18 for the $1 million guaranteed championship. The property will be adding a second poker area of 61 tables by its Rockin’ Pool to accommodate the expected volume for the tournament. The second poker area, which will bring the total number of tables to 111, will have floor-to-ceiling window views of the pool.
The buy-in for the tournament will be $3,500 and registration will begin around May 1. Visit the poker room or go online for updates and registration information at: http://www.seminolehardrocktampa.com/
Ultimate landmark: Earlier this month, Ultimate Poker (www.UltimatePoker.com) dealt its 30 millionth hand of online poker. This landmark moment comes just shy of the site’s one-year anniversary, and combines hands dealt in both Nevada and New Jersey.
On April 30, 2013, Ultimate Poker made history when it became the first site in the United States to offer legal online poker. Last November, Ultimate Poker also went live with legal, real-money online poker in New Jersey. The company is the online poker product of Station Casinos.
Esfandiari series: The final two episodes of Season 1 of “Strip Magic” starring Antonio Esfandiari have been released. The latest can be found on GamingToday’s website on the Going Out page. (http://www.gamingtoday.com/vegas_style). Earlier episodes can be found here.
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