$360 Pot Limit Omaha Level 18: 3,000/6,000 Players Remaining: 7 of 153
Wally Maddah limped in from the hijack, Mike Beasley completed from the small blind and David Prociak checked his option in the big blind.
The flop was and Beasley checked. Prociak checked as well and Maddah bet pot for 18,000. Beasley check-raised, Prociak folded, and Maddah got all in for 50,000.
Maddah showed , good for a gutshot straight draw, the nut flush draw, and a pair of jacks. Beasley tabled and was in the lead with a set of tens.
The turn was the and Maddah turned a bigger set. The river was the and Maddah doubled up.
$360 Pot Limit Omaha Level 17: 2,500/5,000 Players Remaining: 7 of 153
On the turn with the board reading , David Becker got the last of his chips into the middle on the turn against David Prociak.
Prociak showed and was up against Becker’s . Prociak had a pair of queens, a double gutshot straight draw, and two different flush draws against Becker’s two pair.
The river was the and Prociak rivered a flush to win the pot and eliminate Becker. Becker hit the rail in eighth place and took home $1,574 for his finish, while Prociak took a sizable chip lead over the rest of the table.
David Prociak – 425,000 Richard Becker – Eliminated
$360 Pot Limit Omaha Level 16: 2,000/4,000 Players Remaining: 9 of 153
Yaroslav Nokonechayy raised to 10,000 from early position and Mike Beasley called from middle position. David Prociak caleld on Beasley’s direct left and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz moved all in for 22,000. Martin Zamani called from the big blind and Nokonechayy, Beasley, and Prociak all called as well.
The flop was and everybody checked. The turn was the and action checked to Beasley, who moved all in for 38,000. Prociak called, Zamani folded, and Nokonechayy called as well.
The river was the and both players checked. Beasley tabled and won the side pot and the main pot with the wheel.
Abdulaziz was eliminated in 10th place and took home $858. The final nine players are all credited with making a final table.
Mike Beasley – 224,000 Abdulaziz Abdulaziz – Eliminated
$360 Pot Limit Omaha Level 15: 1,500/3,000 Players Remaining: 10 of 153
There are 10 players remaining in the $360 Pot Limit Omaha and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table. After one more elimination, the final nine will be credited with making an official final table.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 10 players:
Seat 1: Daniel Li – 119,500 Seat 2: Yaroslav Nakonechnyy – 249,000 Seat 3: Mike Beasley – 75,000 Seat 4: David Prociak – 142,000 Seat 5: Eitan Dahan – 98,500 Seat 6: Abdulaziz Abdulaziz – 31,500 Seat 7: Bradley Young – 265,500 Seat 8: Richard Becker – 77,000 Seat 9: Wally Maddah – 137,000 Seat 10: Martin Zamani – 320,000
$360 Pot Limit Omaha Level 14: 1,200/2,400 Players Remaining: 18 of 153
With 18 players remaining in the $360 Pot Limit Omaha, the remaining players are all in the money. Everybody is guaranteed a payday of at least $601.
Players have already begun dropping at a rapid rate and in-depth coverage will begin when the final 10 players redraw for seats at the unofficial final table.
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood Event #16 $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Total Entries: 70 Total Prizepool: $67,900
Michael Aron spends most of his time in Mexico grinding away on the virtual felt, but the online multi-table tournament specialist made a live score on Wednesday night. He took down SHRPO’s first-ever $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout.
Aron won both of his tables to best a field of 70 players to take home $23,765 along with another trophy to add to his collection.
“It feels good,” said Aron after the win. “It was a tough grind. I didn’t expect it to last this long. I haven’t won a live tournament in a long time, so it feels great even though it was a small field.”
The West Palm Beach native spends most of his time in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, where he can play a full slate of online multi-table tournaments. He typically makes his way back to Florida around the same time that the Seminole Hard Rock runs tournament series. It allows him to visit family and play a few poker tournaments as well.
This time, his visit home not only got home some family time, but landed him at a final table that featured Jean Gaspard, Nick Palma, Jack Duong, and 2016 November Niner Jerry Wong.
Gaspard, Duong and Wong were all eliminated fairly early in the final table, but Palma was still alive when three-handed play began with Aron and Michael McNeil.
There were a few discussions about a chop, but Aron was always the player who squashed any possibility of chopping up the prizepool and wanted to play the tournament to the end.
“I just wanted to play, ” said Aron of his reasons not to chop. ” I feel like people chop too much and this is why you play tournaments. To be in theses spots and have fun and enjoy yourself.”
Aron’s decision to play the tournament to the end worked out. He ended up heads-up with Michael McNeil and after 90 minutes of heads-up play, Aron had secured all of the chips in play, the title, and the first place money.
He gives credit to his online background for why he thrived in this format. The ability to play short-handed is something online players get to do more of.
“Once you get to the final table, it plays pretty much the same (as any other tournament),” said Aron. “But I think maybe at the first table it helped me a little bit because I play a lot of short-handed poker. So this benefits people who have short-handed experience.”
With 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open hitting the home stretch and the bigger buy-in events set to kick off, Aron will be spending more time in the tournament area and less time with his family.
“I’ll be here for the rest of the series,” said Aron.
Here is a look at the results:
1st: Michael Aron – $23,765 2nd: Michael McNeil – $13,580 3rd: Nick Palma – $8,148 4th: Brad Patton – $5,907 5th: Mark Smith – $4,549 6th: Jack Duong – $3,497 7th: Jerry Wong – $2,716 8th: Lawrence Paden – $2,173 9th: Haim Toorgeman – $1,901 10th: Jean Gaspard – $1,664
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Level 14: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 70
Michael McNeil raised to 52,000 on the button and Michael Aron moved all in out of the big blind. McNeil took a minute to mull over his decision before calling.
McNeil showed and was in the lead against Aron’s .
The board ran out and Aron turned a four to take the pot and win the tournament.
McNeil finished runner-up and took home $13,580 for his efforts, while Aron took the title and $23,765 in the win.
Michael Aron – $1,100 No LImit Hold’em Champion Michael McNeil – Eliminated