$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 19: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Action slowed to a crawl with deep stacks and considerable skills at the table. There were several short stack shoves but it generally just small chips floating around the table.
That was until Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. moved all-in after an Aaron Mermelstein open to 11,000. It folded back around and Mermelstein quickly called with . Trudeau needed a lot of help with but was drawing as dead as possible after Mermelstein flopped the other two kings in the deck.
It was a big hand in the tournament but Trudeau was gone in 8th place for $3,560.
Aaron Mermelstein flops quad kingsJeffrey Trudeau, Jr.
2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
July 30 – August 3, 2015
Total Entries: 2,906 Total Prize Pool: $871,800
Jorge Gomez, Event 1 Champion
Recap:
Event 1 was such a big success that it took an extra day of action to determine a winner. After 15 players returned for Day 3, it was local grinder Jorge Gomez capturing his first major Seminole Hard Rock Poker title along with $85,832 after the final table made a deal.
The first event of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open drew 2,906 entrants over the six starting flights and it attracted plenty of top names from South Florida and around the world. Just a few of those included Sheddy Siddiqui, Stewart Newman, Jessica Dawley, and Stuart Paterson along with WSOP bracelet winner Jason Young, Jacqueline Scott, and Marsha Wolak.
Those six flights saw a total 574 players returning for Day 2 where they hit the money bubble more than three hours into play with 250 getting paid out of the $871,800 prize pool. Once they were in the money, it was a steady stream of players to the payout desk to grab their money.
The second day wasn’t enough to whittle the field down to a winner and 15 returned for some bonus poker. Dustin Murphy returned with a huge chip lead but the blinds were climbing. Jonathan Ulrich quickly exited the final table followed by Tuyen Le.
Players at that point decided the risk was too great, with blinds at 125,000/250,000/25 Ante and going up, to gamble further and they made the uncommon move to chop of the remaining $477,775 in prize money between the last seven players.
The calculations were based on chip counts and Jorge Gomez was the top man at that point, not much further ahead than Murphy but it was good enough for the top prize, trophy, and custom-framed winner photo from IMPDI.
“This is my home casino,” Gomez said, “This is where I play and all the tournaments.”
Congratulations to Gomez on his title and great start to the series.
Final Table Results:
1st: Jorge Gomez (Miami, FL) $85,832 2nd: Dustin Murphy (Arcadia, FL) $75,533 3rd: Dan Iman (Los Angeles, CA) $70,934 4th: Marc Sacheli (Miami Beach, FL) $64,529 5th: Robert Aron (Boca Raton, FL) $62,995 6th: Viorel Chelariu (Brasov, RO) $61,910 7th: Michael Morton (Davie, FL) $56,042 8th: Tuyen Le (Sunrise, FL) $18,308 9th: Jonathan Ulrich (Delray Beach, FL) $13,077
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 18: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante
With the money bubble in the rearview mirror, Stuart Paterson was free to put in his last 7,500 in the middle and found calls from Marc Bronstein and John Mayers in the blinds.
The two live players checked down the board and Bronstein showed a rivered pair with . The was good enough to beat Mayers’ and Paterson’s to send him out in 9th place for $2,670.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 34: 125,000/250,000/25,000 Ante
After Tuyen Le’s elimination, the seven remaining players quickly came a consensus on a ICM chop deal for the big money. Jorge Gomez was holding the chip lead and takes the title.
1st: Jorge Gomez – $85,832 2nd: Dustin Murphy – $75,533 3rd: Dan Iman – $70,934 4th: Marc Sacheli – $64,529 5th: Robert Aron – $62,995 6th: Viorel Chelariu – $61,910 7th: Michael Morton – $56,042
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 34: 125,000/250,000/25,000 Ante
Tuyen Le took his turn at the bottom of the chip counts with Ulrich’s elimination and put his last 800,000 in the middle from early position. Action folded around before Jorge Gomez and Robert Aron called in the blinds.
The two live players checked it down until the board read and Gomez bet 1,400,000. Aron kept shaking his head before eventually folding to see Gomez’ nuts .
Le was far behind with to go out in 8th place for $18,308.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 34: 125,000/250,000/25,000 Ante
Jonathan Ulrich was sitting around patiently, biding his time with a short stack, as he laddered up courtesy of the early KOs.
He took a shot once he made the final table with a shove for exactly 2,000,000 from the cutoff with and Viorel Chelariu called in the big blind with . Ulrich didn’t have to wait long to see how he would make out in the race when the dealer put an ace in the window on the flop.
There was no saving card on the turn or river and the former chip leader was gone in 9th place for $13,077.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 34: 125,000/250,000/25,000 Ante
No sooner had the players arranged themselves at the final table we had Chris Boegler taking a standing with his short stack.
He moved all-in from the cutoff for 1,325,000 and Michael Morton called on the button along with Jorge Gomez in the big blind. Morton and Gomez checked the flop and Gomez led out after the turn.
Morton let his hand go and Gomez showed top pair to get “I’m drawing dead” from Boegler. He showed and had zero river outs to exit Event 1 in 10th place for $8,718.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 33: 100,000/200,000/25,000 Ante
Seat 1: Dustin Murphy Seat 2: Chris Boegler Seat 3: Michael Morton Seat 4: Jonathan Ulrich Seat 5: Jorge Gomez Seat 6: Robert Aron Seat 7: Viorel Chelariu Seat 8: Tuyen Le Seat 9: Marc Sacheli Seat 10: Dan Iman
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 33: 100,000/200,000/25,000 Ante
While Amrooei was going out on Table 3, Steed Simmons was up against a decision on Table 4. The board was reading and Jorge Gomez put him all-in for his Steed’s few remaining chips.
He called with the flush draw and was still good against Gomez’ . Simmons dodged the but the unlucky river sent him out in 11th place to set the final table.