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Championship Day 1B: Noah Schwartz Eliminated by Robert Borick

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  479

Robert Borick
Robert Borick

Following a flop of Qd4s2c, a short-stacked Noah Schwartz was all in from under the gun for about 8,000 against Robert Borick in middle position.

Schwartz: JdJs
Borick: QsJc

The Kh turn and 2d river completed the board, no help to Schwartz, locking up the pot for Borick.

Robert Borick – 94,000 (157 bb)
Noah Schwartz – Eliminated

Event 15: Manny Minaya Wins After Five-Way Deal

2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guarantee
Entries: 337
Prize Pool: $40,440
November 29, 2019

Manny Minaya
Event 15 Champion Manny Minaya

Event 15 of the 2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) with a guaranteed prize pool of $20,000. More than double that amount was generated as a field of 337 entries created a prize pool of $40,440.

A deal took place between the final five players and as the chip leader, Manny Minaya was the official winner. For his showing, Minaya collected $4,605 and a $3,500 seat into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship event, which plays Day 1B on Saturday, November 30th.

Final Table Results
*1st: Manny Minaya –  $4,605 + $3,500 Championship Seat + RRPO Trophy
*2nd: Robert Transue –  $4,605
*3rd: Gary Recht –  $4,604
*4th: Alex Morales – $4,604
*5th: Mohan Navani – $4,604
6th: Cherie Thoman –  $1,599
7th:  Deanna Williams – $1,343
8th: Jack Doucette – $1,102
9th: Jon Jaffe – $864

*denotes five-way deal

Event 15: We Have a Deal!

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 337

After playing five-handed for a few minutes, the remaining five players agreed to an even chop.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Manny Minaya – 1,390,000
Robert Transue – 1,140,000
Gary Recht – 1,000,000
Alex Morales – 800,000
Mohan Navani – 725,000

Here were the payouts:

Manny Minaya – $4,605
Robert Transue – $4,605
Gary Recht – $4,604
Alex Morales – $4,604
Mohan Navani – $4,604

As the chip leader, Manny Minaya is officially the winner of Event 15 for $4,605 and he receives a seat into the $3,500 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship event.

Manny Minaya
Event 15 Champion Manny Minaya
Robert Transue
Second-Place Finisher Robert Transue
Gary Recht
Third-Place Finisher Gary Recht
Alex Morales
Fourth-Place Finisher Alex Morales
Fifth-Place Finisher Mohan Navani

Event 15: Cherie Thoman – 6th Place ($1,599)

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 337

Cherie Thomon
Cherie Thoman

Robert Transue raised to 85,000 from under the gun, Cherie Thoman three-bet all in for about 180,000 from the big blind and Transue called.

Transue: AcQh
Thoman: QcQd

The board came down KdJd9s2dAh, giving Transue a pair of aces on the river to eliminate Thoman in sixth place.

Robert Transue – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Cherie Thoman – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,599)

Event 15: Deanna Williams – 7th Place ($1,343)

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 337

Deanna Williams
Deanna Williams

In a battle of the blinds with the flop reading Kd4d3dQc, Deanna Williams was all in for about 300,000 with 10c4s  for a pair of fours and was drawing dead against the 7d6d for a flush held by Gary Recht in the small blind.

The river was a meaningless Ks and Williams was eliminated in seventh place.

Gary Recht – 1,135,000 (38 bb)
Deanna Williams – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,343)

Event 15: Jack Doucette – 8th Place ($1,102)

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 337

Jack Doucette
Jack Doucette

Jack Doucette raised all in for 40,000 from under the gun, Deanna Williams three-bet to 80,000 from middle position, Alex Morales four-bet all in for 295,000 from the cutoff and action folded back to Williams who folded.

Doucette: Jd8d
Morales: AsJc

The board ran out 3c3d2sQd5s, no help to Doucette, ending his run in eighth place.

Alex Morales – 490,000 (16 bb)
Jack Doucette – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,102)

Event 15: Jon Jaffe – 9th Place ($864)

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 337

Jon Jaffe
Jon Jaffe

Jon Jaffe raised all in for about 220,000 from the button and Robert Transue isolated with a slightly covering stack from the small blind.

Jaffe: As7c
Transue: AdKh

The board came down Jd5s8h9hJs, no help to Jaffe, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Robert Transue – 550,000 (18 bb)
Jon Jaffe – Eliminated in 9th Place ($864)

Event 15: Final Table Lineup

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 337

Seat 1: Cherie Thoman – 625,000 (25 bb)
Seat 2: Jon Jaffe – 335,000 (13 bb)
Seat 3: Robert Transue – 330,000 (13 bb)
Seat 4: Jack Doucette – 130,000 (5 bb)
Seat 5: Gary Recht – 745,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: Deanna Williams – 590,000 (24 bb)
Seat 7: Mohan Navani – 1,100,000 (44 bb)
Seat 8: Alex Morales – 455,000 (18 bb)
Seat 9: Manny Minaya – 790,000 (32 bb)

Remaining Payouts:
1st: $8,635 + $3,500 Championship Seat + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $6,054
3rd: $3,893
4th: $2,507
5th: $1,933
6th: $1,599
7th: $1,343
8th: $1,102
9th: $864

Championship: Day 1A Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  175 of 447

Day 1A: 447 Entries; 175 Advanced
Day 1B: Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 12 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1JasonWandling405,500
2JamesCalderaro321,500
3NathanWatson288,000
4RafaelBertani245,500
5FabianGumz241,000
6FlorianRibouchon237,500
7MarcusAraujo236,000
8JackobDatashvili233,000
9HiroakiHarada224,000
10JonathanJaffe220,500
11JulienMartini205,000
12JoeyWeissman204,000
13JamesMackey196,500
14LanhPham196,000
15JosephMckeehen187,000
16ArthurConan181,000
17CarlosHerraiz Morales181,000
18KittyKuo179,000
19JustinAdams177,000
20DavidJackson174,000
21CurtKohlberg173,500
22RolandRokita173,500
23SalomonSutton-Shamosh172,500
24RussellDohan168,500
25MillardHale160,000
26JakeSchwartz160,000
27JoseBarbero159,500
28ScottArnold159,000
29QasemJamhour159,000
30JorgeGomez157,500
31RobertMizrachi155,500
32AaronVan Blarcum154,000
33DavidShmuel149,500
34JaspalBrar148,000
35LukeMarsh143,500
36JaredHemingway143,000
37BrianHastings142,500
38DeanHutchison138,000
39CordGarcia137,500
40RyanHughes134,000
41EvanSwanagin133,000
42MikeShin132,500
43JoshuaBurkhalter132,000
44VictorFigueroa132,000
45MichaelNewman129,000
46NaingThu128,500
47JerryWong128,500
48PetarKalev125,500
49KennethO'Donnell125,000
50CesarFuentes124,500
51GiuseppeIadisernia124,500
52JohnDubois123,000
53FarazJaka123,000
54CarlosLoving122,000
55RichardTintera122,000
56DavidNovosel121,000
57AleksaPavicevic119,000
58KeithBrennan118,000
59JasonYoung118,000
60DanaCowles117,500
61AnthonyZinno117,500
62LouisSalter117,000
63NeilBlumenfield115,500
64DarrenElias115,000
65IdoAshkenazi114,500
66CraigChait114,500
67AntonioMallol114,500
68ArkadiyTsinis109,500
69JeffreyTomlinson108,500
70ScottBaumstein108,000
71LarsKamphues106,000
72AlexanderRocha106,000
73FernandoHalac105,500
74RomanKorenev105,000
75MatthewYorra103,500
76NadeemHirani103,000
77JackSinclair102,500
78DavidPoces101,500
79AlanSchein101,000
80DantonioBrown97,000
81MelisaSingh97,000
82MichaelDentale96,500
83JohnSpadavecchia Jr95,500
84DavidSwatscheno95,500
85DonaldMaloney Jr95,000
86AnerisAdomkevicius94,500
87BekaIordanishvili94,000
88JessicaDawley92,000
89JoshuaKay91,000
90JonathanHutson90,500
91ManigLoeser89,000
92MarcSacheli88,500
93HarrisonGimbel87,500
94CarlosBolanos87,000
95NicholasDavidson87,000
96GlenGruner87,000
97AlexandruPapazian87,000
98JoshuaRay86,500
99FrancisAnderson85,000
100JonDupee84,500
101NatashaMercier84,000
102JamesCarroll83,000
103EdwardHislop83,000
104LachezarPetkov83,000
105Florian-DimitrieDuta82,500
106ScottZakheim82,000
107KevenStammen80,000
108CangirElcin79,500
109PetkoTsakov79,500
110AnthonyDiotte78,000
111AntonWigg78,000
112T.K.Miles77,500
113RobertGreenberg77,000
114BorisKolev77,000
115DavidBerman74,500
116PatriciaConrad74,000
117A.J.Gambino72,000
118JisupHwang71,500
119EluterioRodriguez71,000
120MitchellGarshofsky70,500
121NicholasRaio70,500
122MiguelCapriles69,500
123HarjinderChawla68,000
124JeremiahWilliams67,500
125JohnDolan67,000
126RickyStinson65,000
127RyanVan Sanford65,000
128MosheTarich64,500
129RickyGuan61,500
130JorgeAristizabal61,000
131JeffreyMiller61,000
132BarryBrown60,500
133BrettApter59,500
134LeonardMaue59,000
135RichardLeger57,000
136RyanD'Angelo56,500
137RobertHeidorn56,500
138AaronDuczak55,500
139RaviRaghavan54,500
140KrasimirYankov54,000
141CoreyBurbick53,500
142PhilipRigby53,500
143DanielFuhs53,000
144JeffreyGross53,000
145AidanHynes49,000
146MichaelRossitto49,000
147VladDarie46,500
148MatthewAffleck45,500
149EdwardMcnamara45,500
150AlanWentz45,000
151PavloVeksler42,500
152PaulBalzano41,500
153IanO Hara41,500
154SterlingSavill40,000
155TomasSoderstrom40,000
156ShaunDavis39,000
157JohnGorsuch39,000
158RicardoAlvarado37,500
159MarcEvanier35,000
160MarkDube34,000
161MichaelRusso34,000
162NadyaMagnus33,000
163RichardWhitebrook33,000
164JamesGilbert30,500
165NicholasBaurichter29,000
166NelsonResendiz29,000
167DienLe28,500
168AnthonyUtnage27,000
169AdamHendrix22,500
170GeorgeNavarro20,500
171JustinZaki20,500
172HaroldPawluk17,000
173AlbertoRodriguez15,000
174AsherConniff12,500
175RainerKempe8,000

 

Championship Day 1A: Angel Guillen Eliminated by Brian Hastings

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  189 of 447

Angel Guillen raised all in for 11,000 from early position and Brian Hastings called from middle position with AdQs, leading Guillen’s KcQh.

The board ran out Jc6cJd6d4h, safe for Hastings to score the elimination.

Brian Hastings – 160,000 (133 bb)
Angel Guillen – Eliminated