$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17 :3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 19 of 209
Aram Zobian was getting up from his seat and Michael Tureniec was stacking even more chips.
“All the chips in play,” joked Ian O’Hara about Tureniec’s stack.
Both hands were already in the muck, but there was a queen on the flop and a jack on the turn. According to the other players at the table, Tureniec’s pocket jacks bested Zobian’s ace-queen.
Michael Tureniec – 550,000 Aram Zobian – Eliminated
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17 :3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 22 of 209
Corey Burbick
It was a limped pot with minimal action to the river on a completed board of .
Mike Dentale bet from the big blind and Corey Burbick moved all in on the button for 125,000. Dentale called.
Dentale showed , good for a straight, but Burbick won the pot and doubled up after tabling .
“What a river that was,” said Dentale after the hand.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16 :3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 24 of 209
There was no hand-for-hand play on the bubble. With 29 players left, there were simultaneous eliminations on adjacent tables, which moved the field seamlessly into the money and the final 27 players were guaranteed at least $3,455.
Ryan Bambrick and Shannon Shorr busted in 27th and 26th place, earning $3,455 before Tomas Soderstrom was eliminated by Zachary Donovan.
Soderstrom was all in preflop with pocket jacks against Donovan’s . A queen came on the flop which eliminated Soderstrom in 25th place. He also earned $3,455
The final 24 players are bagging up chips and moving across the hall to escape some of the noise from the Jeff Conine Charity event.
Zachary Donovan – 365,000 Tomas Soderstrom – Eliminated
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 16 :3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 30 of 209
Michael Rossitto
Ryan Bambrick raised to 12,000 from middle position and Michael Rossitto three-bet shoved all in for 54,000. Action folded back to Bambrick, who called.
Rossitto showed and was in trouble against Bambrick’s .
The flop was , keeping Bambrick in the lead, but the came on the turn, giving Rossitto the best hand with a set of nines.
Bambrick needed a 10 or a club to knock out Rossitto, but the came on the river and Rossitto doubled up.
Rossitto is a fresh off of a third-place finish in last night’s $1,100 no-limit hold’em six-max and is on the verge of another cash in this event.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 15 : 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 30 of 209
Ken Fishman
Ken Fishman raised to 13,000 from the hijack and Wayne Harmon moved all in for 41,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Fishman, who called.
Harmon showed and was in the lead against Fishman’s .
The flop was , keeping Harmon’s ace-high in the lead, but the came on the turn to give Fishman the best hand.
The river was the and Fishman won the pot with a pair of nines. Harmon was eliminated just shy of the money and after one more elimination, hand-for-hand play will start on the money bubble.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure End of Level 14 : 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 32 of 209
Over the course of level 14, the field lost eight players, broke a table and the final 32 players take a 10-minute break just five spots away from the money.
When they return, blinds will be 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante.
Thanks mostly to his double up through Mark Dube, Michael Tureniec leads the final 32 players with 382,000. Ken Fishman is on his heels, however, with 360,000.
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 14 : 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 40 of 209
Michael Tureniec
On a flop of , Michael Tureniec checked from the big blind and Mark Dube bet 11,000 from middle position. Mario Prats Garcia called from the hijack and Tureniec check-raised to 45,000.
Dube thought for about a minute before moving all in. Garcia folded and Tureniec quickly called.
Tureniec showed , giving him bottom set, and was up against Dube’s .
The turn was the , giving Dube the lead with the nut flush, but the river was the . The river gave Tureniec a full house and he dragged the pot.
The dealer broke down both stacks and Tureniec was all in for 152,500. Dube had him barely covered with a stack of 153,000 and was left with less than a big blind after the hand.
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event #15 $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max Entries: 237 Prize Pool: $229,890 August 8, 2018
Julio Marines wins $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max
Taking time away from any activity can create some proverbial rust the needs to knocked off. Julio Marines spent several years away from tournament poker, but there was no rust in one of his first events back from his hiatus.
The poker dealer from Weslaco, Texas defeated a 237-entry field in the $1,100 no-limit hold’em six-max event. He earned $49,710 for winning one of his first tournaments back from several years away from the tournament poker world.
Not only is it one of his first tournaments back, it’s also the first tournament he’s ever won.
“[It’s] my first tournament that I won,” said the 30-year-old after the final card was dealt. “I’ve been pretty deep with some huge stacks before and just had some blow ups.”
Marines is no stranger to a poker table, having turned pro at 18 years old. He played high-stakes cash games with a lot of early success. So much so that this kind of money isn’t new to him.
“I’ve actually won more money in cash games,” he said. “But this actually feels a lot better… I used to play pretty high, but this feels better. I’ve never won a tournament before, so I really enjoyed it.”
After several years as a professional poker player, a little bit of bad luck made him reevaluate what he wanted to do. He stopped playing and began dealing.
Just recently he’s begun to start playing more poker again and decided to take a trip to South Florida to mix in some poker with a vacation.
“My girlfriend is flying in and we are going to see the Everglades and stuff,” said Marines. “The tournament was fun and hopefully I keep the good run going.”
Marines came into the unofficial final table near the bottom of the chip counts, but steadily chipped up throughout the final table. He stayed away from some of the bigger swings until he got down to three-handed play with Michael Rossitto and Jordan Redavid.
Marines hit runners to make a straight against Rossitto and then knocked him out in third when he flopped an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw against Rossitto’s bigger flush draw.
Marines hit a pair on the turn, which ended up being good enough for the whole pot and went into heads-up play against Redavid with a slightly better than 2-to-1 chip advantage.
There was talk of a deal for a few minutes, but it was eventually shot down by Redavid. Heads-up only lasted one hand, with Redavid getting all in preflop with jack-eight dominated by Marines’ ace-eight.
Marines ended up making the nut flush to secure his first-ever tournament victory. He summed his play succinctly.
“I’m pretty happy. I’m happy with the way I played today.”
The 237-entry field paid out the top 40 spots. Here are the final table results:
1st: Julio Marines – $49,710 2nd: Jordan Redavid – $33,850 3rd: Michael Rossitto – $23,505 4th: Guillermo Socarras – $16,650 5th: Nicholas Mahabee – $12,030 6th: Marc MacDonnell – $8,875
$1,100 Six-Max Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 1 of 237
Julio Marines
On the first hand of heads-up play, Jordan Redavid raised to 150,000 on the button and Julio Marines moved all in.
Redavid thought a few moments before shrugging and calling. He showed and was dominated by Marines’ .
The board ran out . Marines ended up with an unbeatable flush and eliminated Redavid in second. Redavid earned $33,850 for his runner-up finish and Marines took home the trophy and $49,710.
Julio Marines – $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max Champion Jordan Redavid – Eliminated
$1,100 Six-Max Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 2 of 237
Michael Rossitto
On a flop of , it was a battle of the blinds between Julio Marines in the small blind and Michael Rossitto in the big blind.
Marines checked and Rossitto bet 60,000. Marines check-raised to 130,000, Rossitto moved all in for about 650,000 and Marines called.
Marines had a big draw with the , but his hearts weren’t live against Rossitto’s .
The turn was the , however, moving Marines into the lead with a pair, and the river was the . Marines won the pot with fives and jacks, which eliminated Rossitto in third place.
Rossitto earned $23,505 for third and Marines takes the chip lead into heads-up play against Jordan Redavid.
Julio Marines – 2,325,000 Michael Rossitto – Eliminated
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