$350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 140
Average Stack: 140,000
On a flop of 
, Carlos Loving checks from the big blind and Donte Larsen bets 10,000 from middle position.
Loving calls and the turn is the 
. Loving leads out for 23,000 and Larsen moves all in for about 85,000. Loving takes a few moments in the tank and then tosses his hand into the muck.
Donte Larsen – 150,000
Carlos Loving – 285,000
$350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 140
Average Stack: 140,000
With the elimination of the 11th place finisher, there is a slight pause in the action a the final 10 players re-draw for seats at the unofficial final table of 10. Carlos Loving has a sizable chip lead on the field with more than 150,000 separating him and his closest competitor.
They are all guaranteed a cash of at least $560, but they all have their sights set on the $8,120 first place prize money.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts:
Seat 1: Dante Larsen – 127,500
Seat 2: Seth Gilson – 101,000
Seat 3: Joel Duarte – 180,000
Seat 4: Francisco Milanes – 92,500
Seat 5: Eric Riley – 136,000
Seat 6: Carlos Loving – 331,500
Seat 7: Shawn Nguyen – 105,000
Seat 8: Howard Talesnick – 160,000
Seat 9: Daren Stabinski – 108,000
Seat 10: Johnssy Joseph – 78,000
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood
Event #4
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max (Single Re-Entry)
Total Entries: 122
Prize Pool: $122,000
April 3-4, 2016
After a few minutes of discussing some numbers, the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max ends in a four-way deal. Seminole Hard Rock Poker Ambassador Michael Laake takes the lion’s share of the prizepool and the trophy.
The 30-year-old poker pro takes home $23,660 as part of the deal and can put another title on an already impressive resume.
“It feels great,” said Laake. “Six-max is a very complicated format and obviously the field was very tough because better players prefer to play short-handed because it’s a more interesting format.
“All these guys I had a lot of history with and made hands very complicated, but overall it feels really good.”
Laake held the chip lead during four-handed play when the talks of a deal began and the other three players (Evan Teitelbaum, Ory Hen and Charlemagen Benjamin) each took home $17,000.
Laake is the first of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Ambassadors to take home a trophy this series. He used the proverbial home field to his advantage.
“People react differently to it,” said Laake about being known as a sponsored pro to his opponents. “Some people come after you. Some people stay away from you and it creates a lot of interesting dynamics.
“I love playing here. I love getting any victory anywhere, but it feels extra nice here.”
Coming into the start of the day, with 12 players remaining, it was Teitelbaum who held a sizable chip lead over the field. He still held it when the final table was set, but Laake had direct position on Teitelbaum and was able to use that to his advantage.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better distribution of the final table draw,” said Laake. “The short stacks were on my left and the bigger stacks were on my right. It made a lot of my decisions pretty cut and dry and that’s nice whenever it is much simpler.”
Here are the results:
1st: Michael Laake -$23,660
2nd: Evan Teitelbaum – $17,000
3rd: Ory Hen – $17,000
4th: Charlemagen Benjamin – $17,000
5th: Matthew Silva – $8,012
6th: Dimitry Agrachov – $6,166
7th: Dalton Mills – $4,627
8th: Donald Lehn – $4,627
9th: Brandon Byars – $4,627
10th: Ryan Van Sanford – $3,077
11th: Daniel Weinman – $3,077
12th: Jeremy Joseph: $3,077
13th: Stewart Newman – $2,130
14th: Christopher Bolek – $2,130
15th: Tanner Millen – $2,130
$350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Players Registered: 140
Players Remaining; 27
With late registration closed and the field moving towards the money, the prizepool information has been released for the $350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty event.
There were 140 players that entered the event, which generated a prizepool of $42,000. $28,000 goes into the main pool and there are $14,000 in bounties up for grabs. The top 18 players will earn a cash.
Here are a look at the payouts:
1st: $8,120
2nd: $4,760
3rd: $2,800
4th: $2,240
5th: $1,680
6th: $1,400
7th: $1,120
8th: $840
9th: $630
10th-12th: $560
13th-15th: $490
16th-18th: $420
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 122
Average Stack: 386,000
Evan Teitelbaum moves all in on the button for 141,000 and Michael Laake calls out of the small blind.
Teitelbaum shows 
and is up against Laake’s 
. The flop is 
and Teitelbaum takes the lead.
The turn is the 
and the river is the 
to keep Teitelbaum in the lead and give him a double through Laake.
Evan Teitelbaum – 294,000
Michael Laak – 595,000
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 122
Average Stack: 386,000
Evan Teitelbaum raises to 17,000 from under-the-gun and Ory Hen three-bets out of the small blind. Teitelbaum instantly moves all in and Hen calls.
Hen is all in for 133,000 and has 
up against Teitelbaum’s 
.
“Broaday is coming,” said Teitelbaum as the dealer gets ready to run the board.
The board runs out 
and Hen doubles up through the former chip leader.
Ory Hen – 275,000
Evan Teitelbaum- 165,000
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 122
Average Stack: 386,000
Michael Laake raises to 12,000 under-the-gun and Charlemagen Benjamin calls from the big blind.
The flop is 
and Benjamin check-calls a bet from Laake. Both players check the turn and the 
falls on the river.
Benjamin bets 27,000 and Laake tanks for a few moments before calling. Benjamin exposes , giving him a missed straight draw and Laake drags the pot with 
.
Michael Laake – 550,000
Charlemagen Benjamin – 360,000
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 122
Average Stack: 386,000
Charlemagre Benjamin raises to 12,000 from the cutoff and Matthew Silva moves all in from the big blind for about 90,000. Benjamin calls and the cards are tabled.
Benjamin is in the lead with 
against Silva’s .
The flop is 
, giving Benjamin a full house and leaving Silva drawing to runners for a better full house. Silva jokingly calls for a ten to make a straight, but the turn is the and the river is the to eliminate Silva in fifth place.
Silva earns $8,012 for his final table appearance and the rest of the table are all guaranteed at least a five-figure payday.
Charlemagre Benjamin – 405,000
Matthew Silva – Eliminated
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 122
Average Stack: 292,800
Matthew Silva raises to 12,000 on the button and Charlemagen Benjamin defends his big blind. The flop is 
and Benjamin leads out for 14,000.
Silva calls and the turn is the . Benjamin checks and Silva bets 20,000. Benjamin calls and the river is the 
. Benjamin checks and Silva bets 36,000.
Benjamin takes a minute in the tank before calling. Silva shows , good for a missed straight draw and Benjamin takes the pot with 
.
Charlemagen Benjamin – 310,000
Matthew Silva – 95,000
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 122
Average Stack: 292,800
Matthew Silva raises to 13,000 from the cutoff and Charlemagen Benjamin three-bets to 31,000 out of the small blind. Silva calls and they see a flop of .
Benjamin bets 27,000 and Silva calls. The turn is the 
and Benjamin moves all in for about 110,000. Silva quickly folds and Benjamin takes the pot.
Charlemagen Benjamin – 235,000
Matthew Silva – 170,000