$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
Event 8 is already setting a good pace for the rest of the flights to match. The entrant count clicked towards 250 as Level 2 rolled through and players are still arriving.
Some of those regular faces in the crowd include Errol Massey, Dimas Martinez, and Zach “Redlocks” Kessler, Eric Piderit, and TJ Shulman is back after his 10th place showing in Event 5.
Got @zachtax at my table in the $560 #shrpo let's have some fun
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 5: $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) August 18-20, 2014
Entries: 2,159 Prize Pool: $250,090
Alan Goodman, Event 5 Champion
RECAP The ballroom was quiet at 1am but there were two big tournaments playing down to a winner. Event 5 was a small buy-in, big field tournament and the last man standing in the end was Boca Raton’s Alan Goodman.
The $150 No Limit Hold’em tournament kept the ballroom packed with six flights over two days. The event drew 2,159 players to create a $259,090 prizepool and paying out the top 126 spots. TJ Shulman came blasting out of the gates, moving his Flight 1A starting 12k stack over 100k before the first break and ending the initial flight with over 400k. Dinh Nguyen would be the overall chipleader after all six flights and the only other players over 400,000
Only 492 of the 2,159 starting players survived to make Day 2 and they played down to the money bubble in just a few hours. It looked like Iryna Ostapchuk would be the bubble girl but instead ended with 126th place money after all was counted.
Angel Vu continued to build her points lead in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year with another cash. The pace of play quickened after the money bubble and there was a steady line at the payout desk, soon players could see the big money at the end of the tournament.
Nguyen was unable to maintain his Day 1 momentum and had to battle throughout the day just to survive. TJ Shulman went in the other direction in the early stages of Day 2 but dropped back to the pack when his Kings were cracked. Both players were around for the redraw at 27 players and again for the final ten. Cesar Fuentes found his stride late in the day and was the man to catch near the end.
Players began talking about a chop with 18 remaining, a remarkable feat in the poker world, and some continued the conversation after each elimination. They began again in earnest when they formed the unofficial final table at ten players before TJ Shulman’s day came to a close.
Shulman ran into the pocket Queens of Andres Morales to bust out in 10th just before the break. When the final table players returned, it was a very serious conversation about making a deal to chop up the remaining prizepool. Alan Goodman, Denian Costa, Gaston Miculitzki, and Cesar Fuentes had the lion’s share of chips and weren’t happy with the thought of a completely even chop.
Everyone eventually worked out a deal giving those four players $19,000 and dividing the money equally between the remaining five. Andres Morales, Alex Bergfors, Stuart Paterson, Dinh Nguyen, and Marshall White each collect $17,493 for their time. They were all happy with their return on investment.
East coast regular Alan Goodman had the most chips at the time of the deal, less than two big blinds more than Denian Costa, and was crowned Champion of Event 5 along with the trophy and all the points which go along with the title. This is Goodman’s third career tournament win with two Borgata Winter Open victories to his credit.
FINAL RESULTS 1. ALAN GOODMAN (BROOKLYN, NY): $19,002 2. DENIAN COSTA (MIAMI BEACH, FL): $19,000 3. GASTON MICULITZKI (AVENTURA, FL): $19,000 4. CESAR FUENTES (DEERFIELD BCH, FL): $19,000 5. ANDRES MORALES (DEERFIELD BCH, FL): $17,493 6. ALEX BERGFORS (MENOMINEE, MI): $17,493 7. STUART PATERSON (BOCA RATON, FL): $17,493 8. DINH NGUYEN (HO CHI MIWH, GA): $17,493 9. MARSHALL WHITE (GARNER, NC): $17,493 10. TJ SHULMAN (BOYNTON BEACH, FL): $2,487 11. ORY HEN (COOPER CITY, FL): $2,487 12. MICHAEL MERISIER (NORTH LAUDERDALE, FL): $2,487 13. CORY BLUM (CHARLOTTE, NC): $1,943 14. MICHAEL ORTIZ (HIALEAH, FL): $1,943 15. MOISES BENCHLOUCH (PALMETTO BAY, FL): $1,943 16. CHRISTIAN ROJAS (MIAMI, FL): $1,632 17. CONROD LYN (LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL): $1,632 18. JULIE PHUNG NGO (KEY LARGO, FL): $1,632 Continue reading SHRPO Final Results – EVENT 5→
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
The second weekend of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is almost upon us and the next big tournament is underway.
Event 8 is a $560 buy-in Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament which will run for six starting flights over three days with a huge $1,000,000 guaranteed prizepool. Starting days will run Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with the entire field merging on Sunday to play down to a champion.
Starting stacks are 500 big blinds deep and they will play those 25,000 chips in 30-minute levels through Level 15. Late registration/re-entry is available until the start of Level 7 and the registration desk will be busy all day. Anyone bagging chips at the end of the flight will return at 1pm on Sunday.
Tournament staff completed player instructions and the tournament is off and running.
In an interesting development, the final table players returned from their 15-minute break and began serious discussion of making a deal to chop up the remaining prize money.
It took a few minutes, along with prompting from tournament staff, but they finally agreed to give $19,000 to the top four stacks and split the remaining money among the other five. It was a surprisingly smooth process and the final nine are hitting the cage for payouts.
Final Table results:
1st – Alan Goodman $19,000 2nd – Denian Costa $19,000 3rd – Gaston Miculitzki $19,000 4th – Cesar Fuentes $19,000 5th – Andres Morales $17,493 6th – Alex Bergfors $17,493 7th – Stuart Paterson $17,493 8th – Dinh Nguyen $17,493 9th – Marshall White $17,493
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 29: 40k/80k/10k ante
There was little action at the 10-handed table but TJ Shulman tried a few times to get back in the game. He shoved once with Queens with no takers and then was up against them when he was all-in versus Andre Morales.
Morales: Shulman:
Shulman needed a lot of help and was left with just a gutshot draw after the flop. The dealer fired blanks on the turn and river to send the former chipleader out in 10th.
Seat 1: Dinh Nguyen – 1,690,000 Seat 2: Alex Bergfors – 2,410,000 Seat 3: Stuart Paterson – 1,800,000 Seat 4: Marshall White – 1,300,000 Seat 5: Gaston Miculitzki – 3,955,000 Seat 6: Cesar Fuentes – 3,480,000 Seat 7: Denian Costa – 4,100,000 Seat 8: Alan Goodman – 4,260,000 Seat 9: Andres Morales – 2,815,000
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 28: 30k/60k/10k ante
Alan Goodman took care of Ory Hen along with getting the tournament down to one table. Goodman held the dominating against Hen’s and the board ran out to sent Hen out in 11th.
The last ten players are redrew for their last seats of the event.
Seat 1: Dinh Nguyen Seat 2: Alex Bergfors Seat 3: Stuart Paterson Seat 4: TJ Shulman Seat 5: Marshall White Seat 6: Gaston Miculitzki Seat 7: Cesar Fuentes Seat 8: Denian Costa Seat 9: Alan Goodman Seat 10: Andres Morales
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 26: 20k/40k/5k ante
Christian Rojas was doing his fair share of talking today, all while taking chips from his opponents. But not much was going right in the later parts of the tournament and he was unable to make the final table.
He was all-in with against the in what some people call a “classic race situation”.
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