$1,650 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 10: 400/800/100 ante
January 25, 2014
Total Entries: 68
Total Prize Pool: $102,000
1st: $34,680
2nd: $19,278
3rd: $13,311
4th: $10,200
5th: $7,650
6th: $5,712
7th: $4,437
8th: $3,570
9th: $3,162
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Event 5: $250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed
January 25, 2014
Total Entries: 156
Total Prize Pool: $32,760
1st: $10,480
2nd: $6,061
3rd: $3,931
4th: $2,703
5th: $2,080
6th: $1,622
7th: $1,278
8th: $950
9th: $655
10 – 12th: $541
13 – 15th: $459
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Event 1: $570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
January 22 – January 25, 2014
Total Entries: 1,724
Total Prize Pool: $1,000,000
1st: $174,010
2nd: $113,000
3rd: $74,000
4th: $63,000
5th: $52,500
6th: $42,500
7th: $33,000
8th: $24,000
9th: $17,500
10 – 12th: $11,500
13 – 15th: $7,500
16 – 18th: $5,200
19 – 27th: $4,400
28 – 36th: $3,690
37 – 45th: $3,140
46 – 54th: $2,680
55 – 63rd: $2,250
64 – 72nd: $2,000
73 – 81st: $1,850
82 – 90th: $1,700
91 – 100th: $1,550
101 – 110th: $1,450
111 – 120th: $1,400
121 – 130th: $1,350
131 – 140th: $1,300
141 – 150th: $1,250
151 – 160th: $1,200
161 – 170th: $1,150
171 – 180th: $1,100
181 – 200th: $1,050
$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 ante
Queens holding up against two ace-kings propelled Barbaro Diaz to the chip lead for Day 1F and the overall chip lead.
Diaz bagged 432,000 just edging out Vasilii Leschenko’s 424,000 from Day 1B and will lead the pack on Day 2 tomorrow.
Other players were able to capitalize on the risk-takers at the end of the night and put up some outstanding chip counts as well. Scott Menard bagged 374,000 and Evan Dollinger ended the night with 363,500. Michael Delgado rallied late to score 355,000, Christopher Nelson finished at 322,000 and Payam Pourghassem totaled 321,000.
Overall, 75 players advanced bringing the final total to 391 players going on to Day 2. Total entries for Event 1 ended up at 1,724.
Play resumes tomorrow at 1 PM with $1,000,000 in payouts on the line. Best of luck to everyone coming back for Event 1 on Sunday!
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Event 4: $350 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
January 24, 2014
Total Entries: 38
Total Prize Pool: $11,400
1st – $4,104
2nd – $2,850
3rd – $1,824
4th – $1,482
5th – $1,140
$350 Omaha 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 Limits
They were playing two short-handed tables but Donnie McBrayer was unable to stick around until the formed the 10-handed final table. He was sent out to put the tournament on the money bubble and they are redrawing seats for the final 10.
Payouts:
1st – $6,000
2nd – $4,200
3rd – $2,700
4th – $2,000
5th – $1,500
6th – $1,200
7th – $1,000
8th – $800
9th – $600
$350 Omaha 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 Limits
Today we crown the first champion of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open with Event 2 set to restart. The Omaha/8 tournament drew 55 players to the split pot game and 16 still remain with a shot at the title.
Only 9 of them will get a piece of the $20,000 prize pool with the winner set to earn $6,000. Claudeangelo Beaudouin leads the way but can be anyone’s game with this volatile variant. Beaudoiun has three Omaha/8 titles to his credit, including a WSOP Circuit ring, but Robert Campbell and Michael Moed also show top results in the format.
Play is about to get underway and will continue until we have a new champion.
| Table | Seat | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | CITY | ST | CHIP COUNT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | CLAUDANGELO | BEAUDOUIN | KISSIMMEE | FL | 107,500 |
| 1 | 2 | TIMOTHY | PATRUS | FORT LAUDERDALE | FL | 86,000 |
| 1 | 9 | DONALD | TODD | DAVIE | FL | 73,500 |
| 2 | 2 | ROBERT | LEFF | HALLANDALE BEACH | FL | 72,000 |
| 1 | 7 | JORDAN | SHEPARD | BOCA RATON | FL | 60,000 |
| 2 | 9 | CHARLES | WELLS | MELBOURNE | FL | 60,000 |
| 2 | 6 | MARY | PLANT | COOPER CITY | FL | 59,500 |
| 2 | 7 | MARK | GALLO | ATLANTIS | FL | 49,500 |
| 2 | 3 | Anita | Perl | CORAL SPRINGS | FL | 46,500 |
| 2 | 5 | CAMERON | REID | ESTERO | FL | 45,500 |
| 2 | 1 | DONNIE | MCBRAYER | AUBURNDALE | FL | 31,000 |
| 1 | 4 | MICHAEL | MOED | MIAMI | FL | 30,500 |
| 1 | 5 | MARC | LEVY | BOYNTON BEACH | FL | 27,000 |
| 1 | 3 | SCOTT | SHARP | LAUDERHILL | FL | 25,000 |
| 2 | 8 | ELON | DIAMOND | EL PORTAL | FL | 24,500 |
| 1 | 6 | ROBERT | CAMPBELL | NORTH MIAMI | FL | 22,000 |
Payouts:
1st – $6,000
2nd – $4,200
3rd – $2,700
4th – $2,000
5th – $1,500
6th – $1,200
7th – $1,000
8th – $800
9th – $600
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Event 2: $350 Omaha 8B (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
January 22 – January 23, 2014
Total Entries: 55
Total Prize Pool: $20,000
1st – $6,000
2nd – $4,200
3rd – $2,700
4th – $2,000
5th – $1,500
6th – $1,200
7th – $1,000
8th – $800
9th – $600
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll Poker Open”
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
November 28 – December 3, 2014
Total Entries: 601
Total Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Recap:
The showcase event of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” kicked off on November 28. The $3,500 buy-in Championship Event drew 601 entrants and Chris Bolek outlasted all 600 players to earn the title plus the $480,200 that goes along with the honor.
The Championship featured two starting flights and included world champions, local regulars, and top professionals. A few of the WSOP bracelet winners in the house included Vanessa Selbst, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Jason Mercier, Tristan Wade, Brian Hastings, Mike Leah, Marsha Wolak, and 2001 Main Event Champion Carlos Mortensen along with former November Niners John Dolan and Dennis Phillips. Matt Glantz, Ari Engel, Matt Affleck, Mike Leah, and Chance Kornuth were just some of the other professionals taking a seat.
Day 2 saw only 224 players return for a chance at the title with 63 of them getting a piece of the $2,000,000 prize pool. It took nearly an hour to lose one player on the money bubble and it was local “Sheddy” Siddiqui going out in 65th against eventual 4th place finisher Jeff Chang to put the rest of the field in the money.
Day 2 ended with exactly four tables remaining and Chang in the lead. It was a quick Day 3 as they just needed to eliminate 18 of the 36 players to call it a night. It was over when WSOP and WPT champion Eli Elezra was knocked out in 19th.
The Championship final table was set when Jebhar Patterson was eliminated in 11th place on Day 4 but there was still some work to do. They were scheduled to play down to the last six players to move on to the live-streamed final table stage in the Paradise Live Theater.
After a quick dinner break and despite a comeback attempt, Mohammed Jaafar went out in 7th place to send the remaining players to Day 5.
Professional Faraz Jaka was the first to be sent out on the final day when his Big Slick could not out race the pocket Jacks of Sean Winter. Steven McKoy quickly followed suit to start a long four-handed battle.
Former chip leader Jeff Chang had little luck under the lights and was knocked out by new leader Sean Winter. Andy Andrejevic spent a lot of the last two days on top of the chip counts but his Championship came to an end in 3rd when he moved all-in against Bolek and his 
couldn’t catch versus 
.
The heads up match between Bolek and Winter started relatively even but Bolek took most of the major pots. With a dwindling stack, Winter took a shot with 
but was no good against 
to send him out in runner-up position.
Bolek was short stacked several times at the final table but won a critical come-from-behind hand against Sean Winter and never looked back. He fought hard, played a patient game, and battled back to win the championship.
Bolek is recently off a runner-up finish at WPT Bestbet less than one month ago and now has the biggest victory of his career. He also moved over $1,000,000 in career tournament earnings with the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship.
“This is my home,” Bolek said simply when asked about his run. “I’m a South Florida player and I come here a lot. Their structure are great, competitive with anything else in the country.”
“I’m just going to enjoy this moment for awhile,” he said when asked what was next.
Payouts:
1st: Chris Bolek – $480,200
2nd: Sean Winter – $270,000
3rd: Andy Andrejevic – $170,000
4th: Jeff Chang – $138,000
5th: Steven McKoy – $110,000
6th: Faraz Jaka – $91,000
7th: Mohammed Jaafar – $73,000
8th: Jacobo Fernandez – $55,000
9th: Mike Dentale – $38,000
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: Blinds 15k/30k/5k
With the Championship final table locked up for tomorrow, we can attention to the only other event left in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open”.
Event 19 is down to the final table after six hours, starting the day with 85 and only 10 remain.
Seat 1: Errol Massey
Seat 2: Aaron Frei
Seat 3: Justin Lee
Seat 4: William Ryan
Seat 5: Rene Martinez
Seat 6: Luke Doolittle
Seat 7: A. Nonymous
Seat 8: Francisco Regaldo
Seat 9: David Light
Seat 10: Stuart Greenbaum
Payouts:
1: $20,748
2: $12,183
3: $7,899
4: $5,502
5: $3,969
6: $3,183
7: $2,437
8: $1,729
9: $1,258
10: $943