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Event 6: Donny Rubinstein – 4th Place ($805)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 35

Stud 8

Short-stacked, Donny Rubinstein was all in on third street in stud 8 and in the end made a pair of sixes, but fell to the pair of sevens of George Kraynak to bust in fourth place.

Georg Kraynak  –  195,000  (16 big bets)
Donny Rubinstein  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($805)

Event 6: Mark Hurst – 5th Place ($585)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 35

Stud

Mark Hurst:  (X-X)  /  6h
Donny Rubinstein:  (X-X)  /  Qs

Mark Hurst completed all in for 6,000 and Donny Rubinstein isolated the action with a raise.

Hurst:  Kd3c  /  6h
Rubinstein:  QcJd  /  Qs

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Hurst:  Kd3c  /  6hQh8cAc  /  5h
Rubinstein:  QcJd  /  QsKh5c4c  /  Ad

Rubinstein’s pair of queens held throughout, eliminating Hurst in fifth place.

Donny Rubinstein  –  74,000  (6 big bets)
Mark Hurst  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($585)

Event 6: Chip Counts

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 35

Seat 1:  Mark Hurst  –  9,000  (< 1 big bet)
Seat 2:  Donny Rubinstein  –  60,000  (5 big bets)
Seat 3:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  164,000  (14 big bets)
Seat 4:  George Kraynak  –  182,000  (15 big bets)
Seat 5:  Efthimios Piperakis  –  110,000  (9 big bets)

1st:  $2,999 + Guitar Trophy
2nd:  $1,829
3rd:  $1,097
4th:  $805
5th:  $585

Event 6: Michael Soroka Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Maksim Pisarenko

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 35

Hold’em

Maksim Pisarenko raised to 10,000 from the hijack, Michael Soroka three-bet all in for 14,500 from the button, and Pisarneko called.

Pisarenko:  Kc8d
Soroka:  5d5s

The board ran out Qd7d9s4d8h, giving Pisarenko a pair of eights on the river to eliminate Soroka on the money bubble.

Maksim Pisarenko  –  130,000  (10 big bets)
Michael Soroka  – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Event 6: Dmitriy Strunin Eliminated by George Kraynak

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 35

Hold’em

Donny Rubinstein raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, Dmitriy Strunin called all in for 5,500 from the button, and George Kraynak called in the big blind.

The flop was 3h10s3d and Kraynak check-called 5,000 from Rubinstein.

The turn was the Qs, Kraynak led out for 10,000, and Rubinstein folded.

Kraynak showed AcQc queens and treys, leading Strunin’s Kh7c.

The river was the 8s, no help to Strunin, ending his tournament.

George Kraynak  –  100,000  (10 big bets
Donny Rubsinstein  –  120,000  (12 big bets)

Joel Harwood and Matthew Lessor were eliminated shortly beforehand, putting the tournament on the money bubble.

Event 6: Down to One Table

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  4,000/8,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 35

Seat 1:  Mark Hurst  –  32,000  (4 big bets)
Seat 2:  Donny Rubinstein  –  118,000  (15 big bets)
Seat 3:  Joel Harwood  –  30,000  (4 big bets)
Seat 4:  Dmitriy Strunin  –  40,000  (5 big bets)
Seat 5:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  120,000  (15 big bets)
Seat 6:  George Kraynak  –  77,000  (10 big bets)
Seat 7:  Michael Soroka  –  43,000  (5 big bets)
Seat 8:  Efthimios Piperakis  –  56,000  (7 big bets)
Seat 9:  Matthew Lessor  –  9,000  (1 big bet)

1st:  $2,999 + Guitar Trophy
2nd:  $1,829
3rd:  $1,097
4th:  $805
5th:  $585

Event 6: Caleb Piderit Eliminated by Michael Soroka

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  4,000/8,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 35

Razz

Michael Soroka:  (X-X)  /  9x7x3x
Caleb Piderit:  (X-X)  /  3x3x7x

Third Street:  Soroka completed, Piderit raised, Soroka called.
Fourth Street:  Soroka bet, Piderit called.
Fifth Street:  Soroka bet, Piderit called all in for 5,000.

Soroka:  5x2x  /  9x7x3x
Piderit:  6x4x  /  3x3x7x

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Soroka:  5x2x  /  9x7x3x10x  /  Qx
Piderit:  6x4x  /  3x3x7x9x  /  Jx

Soroka’s nine-seven-five just beat Piderit’s nine-seven-six to score the elimnation.

Michael Soroka  –  43,000  (5 big bets)
Caleb Piderit  –  Eliminated

Event 6: Chip Counts on Dinner Break

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 15:  4,000/8,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  10 of 35

Play resumes at about 7:35 p.m.

Table 40
Seat 1:
Seat 2:
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Mark Hurst –  33,500  (4 big bets)
Seat 5:  Michael Soroka  –  19,500  (2 big bets)
Seat 6:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  126,000  (16 big bets)
Seat 7:  Matthew Lessor  –  14,500  (2 big bets)
Seat 8:  Caleb Piderit  –  20,000  (2.5 big bets)

Table 44
Seat 1:  Dmitriy Strunin  –  30,000  (4 big bets)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Joel Harwood  –  35,000  (4 big bets)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Efthimios Piperakis  –  61,000  (8 big bets)
Seat 7:  George Kraynak  –  83,000  (10 big bets)
Seat 8:  Donny Rubinstein  –  102,500  (13 big bets)

Recent eliminations include Ricardo Velasco, John Goyette, Jonathan Toft-Nielsen, and Aaron Klausman.

Event 6: Bobby Leff Eliminated by Caleb Piderit

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  2,000/4,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  14 of 35

Razz

Bobby Leff:  (X-X)  /  Ax
Michael Soroka:  (X-X)  /  8x
Maksim Pisarenko:  (X-X)  /  9x
Caleb Piderit:  (X-X)  /  8x

Fellow short stacks Bobby Leff and Caleb Piderit were all in on third street, with side action still pending between Michael Soroka and Maksim Pisarenko.

Here were the runouts until fifth street:

Leff:  (X-X)  /  AxKxKx
Soroka:  (X-X)  /  8xKx6x
Pisarenko:  (X-X)  /  9xQx2x  –  fold
Piderit:  (X-X)  /  8x8x5x

Fourth Street:  Pisarenko checked, Soroka checked
Fifth Street:  Pisarenko checked, Soroka bet, Pisarenko folded

Leff:  Jx7x  /  AxKxKx
Soroka:  3x2x  /  8xKx6x
Piderit:  3xAx  /  8x8x5x

Soroka had the lead with king-eight drawing to an eight-six, while Piderit was drawing to an eight-five.

Here was the rest of the runout:

Leff:  Jx7x  /  AxKxKx4x  /  10x
Soroka:  3x2x  /  8xKx6x8x  /  7x
Piderit:  3xAx  /  8x8x5x7x  /  7x

Piderit made an eight-seven-five, besting Soroka’s eight-seven-six and Leff’s jack to eliminate Leff.

Caleb Piderit  –  13,000  (3 big bets)
Michael Soroka  –  62,000  (16 big bets)
Maksim Pisarenko  –  32,000  (8 big bets)
Bobby Leff  –  Eliminated

Event 7: Underway Soon

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty (Freezeout)
$40,000 Guaranteed | Structure

Event 7 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open gets started at 6 p.m.

Players start with 40,000 in chips, the first eight levels are 15 minutes long, and the rest are 20 minutes. This tournament is a freezeout, and late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 8:15 p.m.

  • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Freezeout
  • 40,000 chips and 15/20-minute levels
  • Late Registration available until 8:15 p.m.
  • Event 5 Structure Sheet