$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 4: 100/200 with a 50 ante
Entries: 265

The first four levels have ticked off the clock, and the field has been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day. Here’s a smattering of chip counts from around the room:

Marc Schiller – 60,025
Chino Rheem – 57,300
Zo Karim – 50,150
Aaron Massey – 47,000
Matt Affleck – 36,875
Ory Hen – 29,000
Brian Hastings – 28,275
Francis Margaglione – 26,075
Scott Zakheim – 26,000
Mike Beasley – 25,000
Marsha Wolak – 24,625
Adam Levy – 22,000
Tom Kearney – 21,500
Je Wook Oh – 20,725
Marc Levy – 19,750
Jake Bazeley – 18,025
Dominique Mosley – 14,450
Ebony Kenney – 11,500
Dan Heimiller – 9,500

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 50 ante
Entries: 265

Zo Karim raised to 500 under the gun, and four players called, including the big blind.

The flop was . The big blind and Karim both checked, and the player next to act moved all in for 6,125. The table folded back around to Karim, and he called to put his opponent at risk.

Karim:
Opponent:

Karim’s kicker had him in the lead, and the and that completed the board did nothing to change that. Karim earned the knockout, and he’s flirting with 50,000 chips as the first break approaches.

Zo Karim – 49,000

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Entries: 233

Level 3 is nearly complete, and this flight is off to another encouraging start. There are 233 entries so far, with registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9. This morning’s Day 1A flight drew 260 entries by the time the first break hit, so it appears this flight will be just as big, if not bigger.

Some of those who are back for this evening session include Brian Hastings, Mike Beasley, Tom Kearney, Ebony Kenney, T.K. Miles, and Dan Heimiller, the latter of whom is fresh of a victory in Event 8 last night.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 369

Jessica Dawley opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Ory Hen three-bet shoved for 23,400 next to act. Dawley called, putting Hen at risk and flipping for the knockout.

Dawley:
Hen:

The board ran out , and Hen won the pot with a king-high straight.

Ory Hen – 54,000 (23 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 53,000 (22 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 369

With ten minutes left in Level 14, the clock was paused and card was drawn. It was a five, so each table will play that many more hands before the survivors bag and tag their chips.

A full list of chip counts will be published once play concludes.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 369

With significant preflop action in front of him, Johanssy Joseph squeezed all in for 43,700 in the big blind. George Dolofan called to put Joseph at risk, and the rest of the table folded out of the way.

Joseph:
Dolofan:

The board ran out , and Joseph won the pot with eights up. Dolofan was left with just a few chips, and he was eliminated one hand later.

Johanssy Joseph – 105,000 (44 bb)
George Dolofan – Eliminated

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The second flight of event 10 has just been seated, and the cards are in the air for Day 1B. This morning’s Day 1A flight drew 369 entries, setting a strong pace toward the $1 million guarantee.

Here are the rest of the vitals for this event:

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 chips
• Levels are 30 minutes apiece
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 8: $360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Entries: 171
Prize Pool: $51,300
August 3, 2016

Dan Heimiller is the champion of Event 8, defeating a field of 171 entries to win the $360 six-max title. For his day’s work, Heimiller collected the black glass trophy and the top prize of $12,577. It was his second six-max victory in this building, five years after his win in the $2,160 version in 2011.

The champ is a professional poker player originally from Michigan, though he’s made his home in Las Vegas off and on for the last 30 years. He learned to play poker shortly after graduating college, and his tournament career has netted him nearly $6 million in total earnings to date. He also has two gold bracelets and a couple close calls in World Poker Tour events.

Heimiller showed up a couple hours into this event, and he wasted no time getting to work. By the time the dinner break hit, he was among the chip leaders, and he moved into the top spot by eliminating Arthur Rodriguez in seventh place. Heimiller went on to eliminate David Jackson in fourth place, then Matthew Yorra in third, setting up a heads-up duel against Zoltan Czinkota.

The final battle lasted just a couple hands before Czinkota ran ace-eight into Heimiller’s ace-king. A king on the turn left Czinkota dead to a chop, and a blank on the river sealed the deal for Heimiller.

“I gave more than my share of bad beats today,” Heimiller laughed as he reflected on his win. “Earlier in the tournament, I had queens and I busted aces.”

Heimiller said he almost left town after taking a bad beat of his own yesterday. “I was thinking about running out the door,” he said. The decision to stick around turned out to be a profitable one, though. “I’ll tell you what, $12,000 a day is…” he trailed off. “How much a year is that?”

Results
1st: Dan Heimiller – $12,577
2nd: Zoltan Czinkota – $8,516
3rd: Matthew Yorra – $5,566
4th: David Jackson – $4,448
5th: John Marquez – $3,340
6th: Jorge Gomez – $2,570
7th: Arthur Rodriguez – $1,924
8th: Truyen Nguyen – $1,924
9th: Vanessa Wang – $1,924
10th: Stuart Greenbaum – $1,277
11th: Ory Hen – $1,277
12th: Jonathan Kramer – $1,277
13th: Richard Hutchings – $893
14th: Ari Engel – $893
15th: Reinaldo Troconis – $893
16th: David Hass – $667
17th: Je Wook Oh – $667
18th: Charlemagne Benjamin Jr. – $667

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$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 171

Dan Heimiller limped in from the button, and Zoltan Czinkota raised to 63,000 from the big blind. Heimiller moved all in, and Czinkota called all in for about 300,000, putting himself at risk.

Heimiller:
Czinkota:

The board ran out , and Heimiller won the pot and the tournament with a pair of kings. A recap of his victory will be published shortly.

Czinkota was eliminated as the runner-up, collecting $8,516 for his day’s work.

$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 171

In a battle of the blinds, Dan Heimiller and Matthew Yorra saw a flop. Heimiller checked, Yorra bet 20,000, and Heimiller check-raised to about 60,000. Yorra moved all in for about 120,000 total, and Heimiller quickly called to put his opponent at risk.

Heimiller: (pair of jacks)
Yorra: (two pair)

Yorra was in front with two pair, but Heimiller seems to be running awfully hot this evening. The appeared promptly on the turn, giving Heimiller a big lead with aces up. The river was the , giving him the pot, and Yorra was sent to the cashier in third place.

Heimiller is now heads up with Zoltan Czinkota for the trophy, and the former has a significant chip lead entering the duel.

Dan Heimiller – 1,320,000 (165 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 390,000 (49 bb)
Matthew Yorra – Eliminated