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Event 7: One Round Penalty

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 500/1k/100 ante

Nigel Murray likes to have a good time at the table. Anyone who has played with him in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock knows this and knows how to handle it.

He talks. A lot. But it’s part the local’s personality which gets him in trouble on occasion but sometimes it catches his opponents. The board read Kc8h6c when Murray had enough chips moved forward to cover his opponent in the 4-seat. He was going through his chatter when his opponent tabled his KdQd without actually calling.

Murray flipped over his AcKh to begin the debate among players, staff, and dealer. His opponent was given the opportunity to fold his hand, saving his last 20k, but was given a one orbit penalty for exposing his cards. The hand moved Murray up to 90,000 but it could have been a little more.

Murray has over $250,000 in career earnings and a regular at Seminole Hard Rock including a win in the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Double Stack Turbo and 3rd place in the Big Slick this September for $21,883.

Nigel Murray
Nigel Murray (right) at his new Event 7 table

Event 7: Moving Fast to the Break

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 400/800/100 ante

Players are still hitting the rail at a regular pace despite the deep stacks. Just 63 players remain as staff race off the green chips and players head off on their second break of the day.

Mike Filipelli is the current chipleader with 110,000 with a few more stacks not far behind. Players will come back to blinds at 400/800/100 ante and an average stack of ~43,000.

Zach Kessler and Derrick Simon, fresh from 8th place finish in Event 6
Zach Kessler (left) and Derrick Simon (right), fresh from his 8th place finish in Event 6

Event 7: Breaking Tables

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 250/500/50 ante

Event 7 is down to nine table with 81 players left in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock. Huge preflop all-in pots have been rare with the average stack hanging around 66 big blinds. Table 35 did find a way to get three stacks in the middle at once as a short-stack shoved with 8d8h but was up against KdKc and JhJd.

No bad beat stories as the Kings held and the 6-seat knocked out two opponents, telling the dealer, “I want to tip you so bad.”

"Breaking Bad" beat at Table 37
“Breaking Bad” beat at Table 37

Event 7: Payout Information

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 250/500/50 ante

The numbers are out and the Event 7 winner will walk away with $21,598. The tournament officially drew 135 entrants for a $67,500 and the top 15 spots will pay. Min-cash is $945 while everyone at the final table is guaranteed $1,350.

There are 90 players remaining as the field moves into Level 8.

PlacePayout
1st$21,598
2nd$12,488
3rd$8,100
4th$5,569
5th$4,286
6th$3,341
7th$2,633
8th$1,958
9th$1,350
10th – 12th$1,114
13th – 15th$945

Andrew Frier stays hot to win Event 6

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘Em

It was a civil negotiation and the final five spots chopped up the remaining prizepool giving chipleader Andrew Frier the victory for $4,172. This is Frier’s second straight final table after his 4th place finish in Event 5 and he plans to come back for more.

The rest of the money was divided between Homer Molina ($3,623), Arthur Rodriguez ($3,445), Norman Guigui ($3,366), and Keith Wagner ($2,824). Complete Event 6 results are below.

Event 6 Champion, Andrew Frier
Event 6 Champion, Andrew Frier

Event 6 results:

PlayerPayout
1stAndrew Frier$4,172.00
2ndHomer Molina$3,623.00
3rdArthur Rodriguez$3,445.00
4thNorman Guigui$3,366.00
5thKeith Wagner$2,824.00
6thPaul Stanechewski$1,114.00
7thLawrence Cone$861.00
8thDerrick Simon$633.00
9thRon Blankenship$456.00
10thMike Filipelli$354.00
11thPhillip Tyson$354.00
12thAlbert Palma$354.00
13thJoshua Smith$304.00
14thJason Becher$304.00
15thWayne Luggery$304.00
16thEnrique Perez$266.00
17thEdwin Vasconcelos$266.00
18thThomas Cunningham$266.00
19thFrank Argano$228.00
20thNorbert Kara$228.00
21stSteven Frankel$228.00
22ndReggete Duvdivani$228.00
23rdJody Davis$228.00
24thChristopher Brown$228.00
25thMichael Saraceni$228.00
26thJames Salmon III$228.00
27thDamian Leite$228.00

Event 6: Paul Stanechewski eliminated in 6th ($1,114)

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘Em

Blinds: 6k/12k/2k ante

Paul Stanechewski took a shot with the blinds going up and called all-in after a raise from Guigui. Andrew Frier also came along and they checked down the AdQh5c2cKs board until the river when Stanechewski rolled over Tc5s before Frier stopped him.

“I have to bet,” he said throwing out 40,000. Guigui folded and Frier showed JhTd for the Broadway straight. “If I don’t be the nuts, I get a penalty.” Stanechewski picked up $1,114 for his 6th place finish while Frier is up to 400,000.

Paul Stanechewski, 6th place
Paul Stanechewski, 6th place

Event 6: Lawrence Cone eliminated in 7th ($861)

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘Em

Blinds: 4k/8k/1k ante

Lawrence Cone was the shortest stack remaining on the table and moved all-in under the gun. Norman Guigui called to his immediate left and Frier folded after some consideration. Guigui was ahead with KcJd against Jd9d.

Nothing changed as the board ran out 8c6c5c8s8d and Cone was the next player sent to the rail in 7th place for $861.

Lawrence Cone, 7th place
Lawrence Cone, 7th place