Stuart Breakstone calls from the cutoff and Jordan Chizick raises all in from the button for just 4,500. Greg Monaldi calls from the big blind, Breakstone calls, and the flop comes down .
Monaldi leads out, Breakstone calls, and the turn falls. Another bet from Monaldi leads to Breakstone folding.
Monaldi: Chizick:
Chizick is drawing dead against Monaldi’s ace-high straight, rendering the river moot.
Max Jones calls from the hijack, Jordan Chizick calls from the button, and Harry Eisenberg raises all in from the small blind. Joey Prosper calls from the big blind, both Jones and Chizick call, and the flop falls .
Prosper leads out, Jones ducks out of the way, and Chizick calls to see the turn. It’s more of the same as Prosper bets, Chizick calls, and the river completes the board. Prosper fires a third bet, Chizick calls, and Prosper tables for a wheel (five-high straight).
Chizick mucks, while Eisenberg shows for a beaten two pair (aces and jacks), ending his tournament in eighth place.
Down to 6,000, Paul Runkles raises all in from UTG+2. Max Jones calls in the hijack, Jordan Chizick calls on the button, Joey Prosper calls from the big blind, and the three of them check down a board of .
Runkles tables two of his cards, for a straight, but falls to the the of Prosper for a flush.
Shortly thereafter, Lane Abraham exited in ninth place for $422.
With the elimination of Robert Rosengarten in 11th place, the players have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table of ten. Nine make the money.
1. Lane Abraham 2. Max Jones 3. Stuart Breakstone 4. Jordan Chizick 5. Harry Eisenberg 6. Joey Prosper 7. Greg Monaldi 8. Matthew Elsby 9. Paul Runkles 10. Robert Campbell
Today marks the fourth of nine starting flights for Event 5: $150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. Here is a look at the Day 1 schedule:
Day 1A: 178 entries/22 remain Day 1B: 198 entries/23 remain Day 1C: 244 entries/23 remain Day 1D: Tuesday, April 1 – 11 a.m. Day 1E: Tuesday, April 1 – 3 p.m. Day 1F: Tuesday, April 1 – 7 p.m. Day 1G: Wednesday, April 2 – 11 a.m. Day 1H: Wednesday, April 2 – 3 p.m. Day 1H: Wednesday, April 2 – 7 p.m.
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and levels last 30 minutes. For a look at the entire structure, click here.
Registration remains open until Level 5, roughly 1:15 p.m. for Day 1D.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 1: $560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em March 27-31, 2014
Entries: 1,966 Prize Pool: $1,000,000
RECAP For Daniel Piela, it was about visiting friends. The 42-year-old from Wheaton, IL works in the mortgage industry and felt like escaping the cold for the warm Florida weather to see a few friendly faces. Upon seeing the schedule for the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, he figured he would play in the first few events.
“I thought I would stay through the $350 (Event 8, beginning on Wednesday),” Piela told us. Little did he realize that he would rise from the masses with a six-figure score under his belt before heading back north. “I might stay for the Main Event now,” said Piela with a wry smile on his face. “Give it a shot, right?”
Piela can certainly afford to give it a shot after his victory. A total of 1,966 entries took to the felt over six starting flights in Event 1, the $560 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em. Among them was NBA Center Earl Barron, who finished in 48th place for $2,664. When it was all said and done, though, Piela was the sole survivor. Asked about his experience, Piela had nothing but good things to say.
“It was a great experience. I had a lot of fun, people are really friendly here, and I just had a really good time.” As for the tournament itself, Piela said the path to victory was far from easy. “It was really tough at times. I was short stacked a lot, especially going into the final table, but patience…it just took a lot of patience to get through it.”
Will this change his day-to-day life? Piela doesn’t think so.
“Obviously I’ll play a little more poker, but no, nothing else will really change.”
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 36: Blinds 200,000/400,000/50,000 ante
Down to about 4,500,000, Michael Ortiz moves all in on the button. Daniel Piela calls from the small blind and Bryan Green reraises all in from the big blind for about 11 million. Piela calls instantly.
Ortiz: Piela: Green:
The board runs out , further improving Piela’s hand to aces full of sevens to seal the deal and give him the victory!
The remaining three players have agreed to a deal guaranteeing each the following:
Daniel Piela (chip leader with about 29 million) – $144,294 Michael Ortiz (second in chips with about 12 million) – $113,515 Bryan Green (third in chips with about 8 million) – $101,012
Who will emerge as the champion? The cards are back in the air!