Event 5 Recap

Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

January 25, 2014

Total Entries:  156
Total Prize Pool:  $32,760

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Event 5 Winner Oscar Lindo

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RECAP:

Event 5 ($250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em) lived up to its name on Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open when the final table took just two hours to decide a champion. The final nine took their seats from the field of 156 players at 7:30 p.m. ET after a noon start time.

The winner after the brisk pace of play was Oscar Lindo from Spring Hill, Florida (45 minutes north of Tampa). He was going to start his drive home earlier today when he discovered that this tournament was about to start. “I made the decision to play and it turned out to be the right one,” said Lindo about his choice to jump into this tournament at the last minute. His decision led to a tournament win worth $10,480 and he also took home the Seminole Hard Rock guitar pick trophy.

The short stacks at the start of the final table quickly made their exit as the field quickly played down to the final five players. That was when the only slight slowdown took place. Lindo doubled up during that stretch when he spiked an ace with AsJc in the hole against the pocket kings of Robert Melo.

Action picked up soon after that to set up a final battle between Lindo and Melo for the tournament title. Lindo held the chip lead when the final began, and he quickly increased it to the point where Melo had no choice but to move all in on a short stack with 4d4h. Lindo held KdQc and the final board ran out Ah5c2sQsKh to give Lindo the tournament title.

Lindo plans on coming back for the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event later in the tournament series, but he has to return home for work for now. “The structures are amazing, and they almost always meet the guarantee. There are all these players so you’re never going to have a bad tournament,” said Lindo after the victory about his experience here at the Seminole Hard Rock.

RESULTS:

1st: Oscar Lindo – $10,480
2nd: Robert Melo – $6,061
3rd: Armando Gutierrez – $3,931
4th: Joseph Squires – $2,703
5th: Bryce McVay – $2,080
6th: Jeff Satinoff – $1,622
7th: Alfonso Perez – $1,278
8th: Jeffrey Nemes – $950
9th: Gil Morgensztern – $655

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