$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 53 of 1,611
On the turn with a board of and about 70,000 in the pot, the big blind checks and Norman Zapcyznski bets 25,000. The big blind check-raises to about 82,000 and the Zapcynski moves all in for 220,000.
The big blind quickly calls and tables , good for the nut straight. Zapczynski slouches in his chair and eventually shows , good for top two pair.
“It’s not over yet,” said another player at the table.
The river is the and the big blind shoots up out of his chair and walks away for a few moments after Zapczynski rivered a full house to double up.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 57 of 1,611
Spencer Champlin
Spencer Champlin raises to 28,000 from early position and a player in middle position three-bets to 64,000. Action folds back to Champlin, who tanks for a couple minutes before moving all in for his opponent’s remaining 250,000 chips.
Champlin’s opponent doesn’t take too much thought before he tosses his hand into the muck. Champlin drags the pot and shows the .
With 57 players remaining, Champlin has the chip lead.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 44 of 392
With another 14 levels of poker in the books, Flight F of the $150 no limit hold’em is in the books and Anthony Solaves bagged the biggest stack of the flight.
Solaves finished the day with 342,500 and takes the overall chip lead into the final day of action. Marvin Young was the only player even remotely close to him in chips from the flight and bagged up 290,000.
The final flight brought out 392 entries, but by the day’s end, only 44 remained. It brought the total field size for all six flights to 1,611 players and 161 players will return for the second and final day of the event.
When play resumes on Wednesday, the money bubble will be on the forefront of everybody’s mind with the top 99 spots earning a cash. A min cash is worth $367, but the winner will earn $46,625 and take the trophy home with them.
Day 2 gets cards in the air on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the poker room and the field will play down to a winner. Complete chip counts will be posted shortly.
2016 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL Event 14 $300 H.O.R.S.E. Entries: 59 Prize Pool: $15,045 November 29, 2016
David Prociak wins another trophy in the $300 HORSE
David Prociak is making a habit out of leaving the Hollywood Hard Rock with a trophy in his possession.
During the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open last August, Prociak won a Pot Limit Omaha title and he added a second Hard Rock trophy to his collection on Tuesday night by taking down the $300 HORSE event.
Prociak topped a field of 59 players to earn $4,663 and the hardware.
“I love these trophies,” said Prociak about the new addition to his trophy case. “It’s a good way to end the series. I think it might have gotten me even for the series, so it came in a pretty timely manner.”
This is just another proverbial notch on the belt for the Orlando native. Previous to his win in August, Prociak won a bracelet in the $1,500 seven card stud hi-lo event at the World Series of Poker this past summer.
He spent his time in the desert playing and learning lots of games besides No Limit Hold’em. He takes pride in his ability to be good at a wide variety of poker variants.
“I play all the games,” said Prociak. “When I was in Vegas, I started playing all the mixed games. I feel confident that I can play all the games. When I won the bracelet in stud hi-lo, everybody was laughing at me and asking ‘What are you doing playing stud hi-lo?’ I don’t know. It’s fun.”
Prociak is obviously competent in seven card stud hi-lo, but it was a hand early on at the final table in that variant that left him very short.
“I got involved in a three-way pot where I made a straight to the seven in stud hi-lo, but my opponent hit the perfect card on the river and scooped a big pot,” said Prociak.
Prociak was in a three-way pot against Robert Campbell and Peter Cleven. Cleven rivered a flush and a better low to scoop the massive pot and leave Prociak very short.
Prociak was one of the shortest stacks at the table at hat point, but he was able to steadily climb back up the leaderboard and take a massive chip lead with four players remaining.
“I got lucky in a pot to double up,” said Prociak about a hand just after he got scooped by Cleven. “From there, I just tried to build it up as quick as I could. I knew the blinds were going up fast.”
Once Prociak rebounded from his tough beat by Cleven, it was smooth sailing. He got heads-up with David May and it didn’t take long for Prociak to finish off May and take home the trophy.
Here are a look at the results:
1st: David Prociak – $4,663 2nd: David May – $3,310 3rd: Robert Campbell – $2,106 4th: Peter Cleven – $1,505 5th: Eric Rivkin – $1,204 6th: Brandon Berkenfeld – $903 7th: Dan Chambers – $752 8th: Sandy Sanchez – $602
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 antePlayers Remaining: 117 of 392 (Flight F)
With the start of level 9, late registration and re-entry has closed for the sixth and final flight of the event. The last flight drew 392 entries, which brings the total field size to 1,611 entries and generated a prizepool of $193,320.
The top 99 spots will earn a cash with the top spot earning $46,265. Here is a detailed look at the payouts:
117 players made it through the first five flights and complete chip counts from all of the survivors will be posted at the end of the day when the sixth flight wraps up.
After a couple raises, David May and David Prociak got the last of May’s chips into the middle on third street. May was all in for about 40,000 with J-8-7 with two diamonds and was up against Prociak’s K-9-5 suited in diamonds.
They ran the boards out and neither player could make a pair until May paired his queens on sixth street. Prociak sweated his river first and tabled the , which gave him a straight and left May drawing dead.
May tabled the and rivered trip queens. Prociak won the pot with a straight and won his second Hard Rock trophy in as many series. He’ll take home $4,663 along with the hardware. May took home $3,310 for his runner-up finish.
David May
David Prociak – $300 HORSE Champion David May – Eliminated
On fourth street, David Prociak took the betting lead with an eight low and bet. David May called with a ten-low.
On fifth, Prociak caught an ace and May hit a five. Prociak bet and May called. On sixth, Prociak caught a deuce and May hit a king. Prociak bet and May called.
Both players checked the river and Prociak tabled in the hole. Prociak made an 8-6 low and took the pot. May was left with just a couple bets after the hand.
and about 70,000 in the pot, the big blind checks and Norman Zapcyznski bets 25,000. The big blind check-raises to about 82,000 and the Zapcynski moves all in for 220,000.
, good for the nut straight. Zapczynski slouches in his chair and eventually shows 
, good for top two pair.
and the big blind shoots up out of his chair and walks away for a few moments after Zapczynski rivered a full house to double up.
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