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
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
$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.
$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
In a battle of the blinds with the flop reading , Deanna Williams was all in for about 300,000 with for a pair of fours and was drawing dead against the for a flush held by Gary Recht in the small blind.
The river was a meaningless and Williams was eliminated in seventh place.
Gary Recht – 1,135,000 (38 bb) Deanna Williams – Eliminated in 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: 7 of 337
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: Morales:
The board ran out , no help to Doucette, ending his run in eighth place.
Alex Morales – 490,000 (16 bb) Jack Doucette – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,102)
$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.