$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 259

Players just returned from a fifteen minute break. The $250,000 Guarantee has been passed with late registration open until 7:30.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 250

Nipun Java opened to 800 from under the gun, Mike Wang raised to 3,200 from the button, and the big blind called. Java got out of the way.

The flop came , the big blind checked, and Wang bet 4,500. The big blind called.

The hit the turn, the big blind checked, and Wang bet 7,700, and the big blind called.

The river brought the , the big blind shoved for around 8,000 and Wang called. The big blind tabled but is no good against Wang’s , as Wang scored an elimination.

Mike Wang – 52,000

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 243

Under the gun opened to 600, Ryan Jones raised to 1,600, and a player in middle position reraised to 3,200. The original raiser folded and Jones called.

The flop came , Jones checked and middle position bet 3,000. Jones called.

Both players checked the on the turn. The river brought the , and Jones bet 3,500 winning himself the pot.

Ryan Jones – 41,000

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 3,030

The six remaining players are taking a 15-minute break. Steven Bennett is the new leader while Nicholas Managee needs to make a move with five big blinds coming back.

Seat 1: Josias Santos – 7,875,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2: Nicholas Mahabee – 1,500,000 (5 bb)
Seat 3: Steven Bennett – 17,800,000 (59 bb)
Seat 4: Jack Shea – 7,550,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6: Peter Eichhardt – 14,525,000 (48 bb)
Seat 8: Dominic Pacelli – 11,425,000 (38 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $260,252 + Trophy
2nd: $169,983
3rd: $111,428
4th: $93,551
5th: $76,129
6th: $59,843

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 239

Matthew Vetstein moved all in from middle position for his last 5,250. Jesse Cohen called from late position with and appeared to be in great shape against Vetstein’s .

The board ran out and Vetstein hit runner-runner flush to stay alive in the tournament.

Matthew Vetstein – 11,000
Jesse Cohen – 37,5000

$300 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10: 1,200/2,400 Limits

Registration is closed in today’s 11am $300 Omaha 8/Stud 8 event and the figures are final. The tournament drew 91  entries generating a total prize pool of $23,205. The top 12 spots pay with a min-cash worth $605. Payouts escalator from there and top out in the form of a $6,665 top prize. In addition, the winner pockets the property’s token guitar pick trophy.

Details:

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Forida
Event 7
$300 Omaha 8/Stud 8
Entries: 91
Prize Pool: $23,205
April 9, 2018

1st – $6,665
2nd – $4,443
3rd – $3,012
4th – $2,118
5th – $1,548
6th – $1,176
7th – $932
8th – $771
9th-10th – $665
11th-12th – $605

The event drew a number of notable players including David Prociak, Phil Hui and Matt Axelrod.

The clock shows 42 players remaining and they’re set to head on dinner in about 25 minutes. This is a one-day event and we’ll provide the 10-handed final table seating chart when it’s reached followed by the final report, a winner’s photo and the final results.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 3,030

Jerry Wong put his short stack in the middle from the big blind after Steven Bennett open the button. Bennett quickly called with a bigger pair.

Wong:
Bennett:

The table gasped as both flopped a set on the board. The turn and river were no help and Wong’s bad luck day finished in seventh place.

Steven Bennett – 17,100,000 (68 bb)
Jerry Wong – Eliminated in 7th place ($43,935)

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 3,030

Josias Santos opened to 550,000 from the hijack and Jerry Wong moved all in from the big blind with the bigger stack. Santos called all-in for 4,050,000 and he was at risk.

Wong:
Santos:

It was another final table race and Santos was ahead with the tens. The dealer kept the board low and Santos locked up the hand with the turned set .

Josias Santos – 8,400,000 (34 bb)
Jerry Wong – 3,600,000 (14 bb)

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 3,030

Dominic Pacelli opened to 550,000 from the cutoff and Schuyler Thornton moved all in for 4,900,000 from the button. The blinds released and Pacelli called.

Thornton:
Pacelli:

They were racing and Thornton needed to improve to stay in the game. He never had a sweat as the dealer ran it to send him out in eighth place.

Dominic Pacelli – 16,200,000 (65 bb)
Schuyler Thornton – Eliminated in 8th place ($29,543)

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 3,030

Peter Eichhardt opened from the cutoff and Rafael Fernandes moved all in from the big blind for 1,300,000. Eichhardt quickly called to put him at risk.

Fernandes:
Eichhardt:

Fernandes had two live cards but could not pair as the board ran to send him out in ninth place.

Peter Eichhardt – 14,200,000 (57 bb)
Rafael Fernandes – Eliminated in 9th place ($21,210)