Event 19 Recap

Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$150 No Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-entry)
$50,000 Guarantee

Total Entries: 543
Total Prize Pool: $65,160

Event 19 Champion Ade Adeyemi
Event 19 Champion
Ade Adeyemi

Recap:
After two days of wild play and a final table filled with high emotion, one of the good guys took down the Event 19 title.  After a deal was made between the final six players, Ade Adeyemi ended up with the biggest stack of the remaining players and was declared champion.

The most important hand of Adeyemi’s night came when he was in a four-way pot pre-flop and decided to risk it all after a raise, a call and re-raise.  Holding jacks, Adeyemi pushed his stack and got the other three players to lay their hands down and in a event where the chips stacks ended very close it turned out to be the big winner.

Adeyemi couldn’t have been happier after the victory.  “It feels pretty good.  It’s a pretty nice win and a nice trophy.”

After the win, Adeyemi announced he would be making a donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help combat a disease that has affected him and his family personally.  “I’m trying to help raise funds to help raise funds for cancer.  We have to beat this disease for all of us and our kids.”

Adeyemi had nothing but great things to say about his poker home here in Florida.  “They are the best.  You can’t beat it.  I love it here – this is my home.  I play every tournament here all the time and every single tournament in this series.  So it’s nice to be able to take one trophy home.”

Congratulations to our Event 19 Champion – Ade Adeyemi!

Final Table Results:
1st –  Ade Adeyemi (Pembrook Pines, FL) – $11,310
2nd – David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) – $10,800
3rd – Homero Molina (Hollywood, FL) – $7,437
4th – Andreas Athanasopoulos (Tamarac, FL)- $6,808
5th – Larry Baxter (Parma, MI) – $4,920
6th – Devin Delatorre (Miami, FL) – $2,769
7th – Iman Dan (Los Angeles, CA) – $2,118
8th –  Bradley Mixson (Miami, FL) – $1,531
9th – Lawrence Israel, Jr. (Northbrook, FL) – $1,108
10th –  Andreas Corneliusson (Stockholm, Sweden) – $847

 

Championship Day 4: Play Ends with Mark Rube (11.62 Million) Leading the Final 6

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante

Chip Leader Mark Dube
Chip Leader Mark Dube

Day 4 has come to a close in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open and just six players remain from the 1,027 that entered. It was a relatively short march to the final table on Tuesday and play ended a little before 9 p.m. ET. The quick finish at the end was due in large part to the presence of two dominating stacks.

The chip leader at the end of play was Mark Dube with 11,620,000. He is closely trailed by Brian Altman, who bagged up 10,330,000. The next largest stack is held by Kelly Minkin with 3,780,000, so you can see how the majority of the remaining chips in play have navigated to two players. It will set up an interesting table dynamic when cards get into the air tomorrow.

Here is a look at the seating chart and chip counts for the final day.

Seat 1: Brian Altman – 10,330,000
Seat 2: Mark Dube – 11,620,000
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi – 2,515,000
Seat 4: Kelly Minkin – 3,780,000
Seat 5: Greg Rosen – 1,150,000
Seat 6: Jon Graham – 1,400,000

Here is a look at the remaining prize money up for grabs.

1st: $723,008
2nd: $434,462
3rd: $262,912
4th: $220,189
5th: $180,752
6th: $146,245

There were a dozen players who busted out of play today on the march down to the WPT final table of six players. Notables lost along the way were Justin Zaki (12th), Bruce Kramer (11th), and Jared Jaffee (10th).

7th: Dean Baranowski (Lewisville, TX) – $116,667
8th: Nathan Tuthill (Falmouth, VA) – $88,733
9th: Walter Fisher (Rego Park, NY) – $60,798
10th: Jared Jaffee (Brooklyn, NY) – $39,437
11th: Bruce Kramer (Westminster, CA) – $39,437
12th: Justin Zaki (Tierra Verde, FL) – $39,437
13th: David Nowling (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – $27,934
14th: Kareem Marshall (Cambridge, MA) – $27,934
15th: Panagiotis Nifakos (West Palm Beach, FL) – $27,934
16th: Sebastian Ruiz (Sandago) – $18,075
17th: Sergii Baranov (Odessa) – $18,075
18th: Alexander Denisov (Warcuavskoe) – $18,075

The final table will begin at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Tune back in at that time for live coverage from the final day of this championship event.

Championship Day 4: Payouts

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante

Here is a look at every player that busted during Day 4 in the WPT Championship Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

7th: Dean Baranowski (Lewisville, TX) – $116,667
8th: Nathan Tuthill (Falmouth, VA) – $88,733
9th: Walter Fisher (Rego Park, NY) – $60,798
10th: Jared Jaffee (Brooklyn, NY) – $39,437
11th: Bruce Kramer (Westminster, CA) – $39,437
12th: Justin Zaki (Tierra Verde, FL) – $39,437
13th: David Nowling (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – $27,934
14th: Kareem Marshall (Cambridge, MA) – $27,934
15th: Panagiotis Nifakos (West Palm Beach, FL) – $27,934
16th: Sebastian Ruiz (Sandago) – $18,075
17th: Sergii Baranov (Odessa) – $18,075
18th: Alexander Denisov (Warcuavskoe) – $18,075

Championship Day 4: Dean Baranowski – 7th Place ($116,667)

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante

Dean Baranowski
Dean Baranowski

Dean Baranowski raised all in preflop for 260,000 UTG+1 and Mark Dube reraised to 700,000 on the small blind. Sanjay Gehi tanked for a minute on the big blind before folding pocket sixes. The two remaining players then revealed their hands.

Dube: AcQc
Baranowski: 7s6s

Board: 8s7c4c10c3c

Baranowski was eliminated in seventh place, good for $116,667. Dube increased his chip lead of over 10 million after the hand. Play came to a close for the night with the elimination of Baranowski because the WPT final table of six players is set. Stay tuned for chip counts and a summary of the day.

Championship Day 4: Nathan Tuthill – 8th Place ($88,733)

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante

Nathan Tuthill
Nathan Tuthill

Nathan Tuthill moved all in preflop from late position for 600,000 and Mark Dube called on the big blind. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Dube: 3h3c
Tuthill: AsQs

Board: Ah7s3s2d5d

Tuthill was eliminated on the hand in eighth place, good for $88,733 in prize money. Dube stacked up 10,180,000 after the hand.

Championship Day 4: Chip Count Update

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante

Here is a look at the chip counts from the WPT Championship Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open on the dinner break.

Brian Altman – 10,170,000
Mark Dube – 9,495,000
Kelly Minkin – 3,130,000
Snajay Gehi – 2,440,000
Jon Graham – 2,375,000
Greg Rosen – 1,820,000
Nathan Tuthill – 685,000
Dean Baranowski – 680,000