$1,100 Six-Max Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 16 of 237
With 16 players remaining, everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $2,675. Here is a look at the recent eliminations before that point:
17th: Aaron Mermelstein – $2,255 18th: Mario Prats Garcia – $2,255 19th: Alex Condon – $1,945 20th: Scott Watson – $1,945 21st: Jeff Fielder – $1,945 22nd: Shannon Shorr – $1,945 23rd: Toby Boas – $1,945 24th: Maris Konnkova – $1,945 25th: John Spadavecchia – $1,720 26th: James Salmon – $1,720 27th: Soika Conka – $1,720 28th: Kharlin Sued – $1,720 29th: Tomas Soderstrom – $1,720
$1,100 Six-Max Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 16 of 237
Kristen Bicknell moved all in from the cutoff for about 20,000 and was called by Daniel Strelitz out of the big blind.
Strelitz showed and was in the lead against Bicknell’s .
The board ran out and Bicknell turned the nut straight to leave Strelitz drawing dead to the river.
Kristen Bicknell – 40,000 Daniel Strelitz – 52,000
$1,100 Six-Max Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 18 of 237
Olivier Busquet moved all in from under the gun for 16,000 and was called by the player on the button.
Busquet showed and was up against the button’s .
The flop was , giving Busquet top two pair, but his opponent flopped the proverbial world with a straight flush draw. The turn was the and the river was the .
Busquet dodged it all and filled up on the river to double up. On the next hand, he got his stack all in against the same opponent, this time from the big blind against the cutoff.
Busquet showed and was up against .
The board ran out and Busquet scored another double up shortly after they redrew to three tables.
$1,100 Six-Max Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 22 of 237
Daniel Strelitz raised to 8,000 from middle position and Olivier Busquet defended his big blind.
The flop was and Busquet checked. Strelitz bet 8,000 and Busquet called.
They both checked the turn card and the came on the river. Busquet checked again and Strelitz bet enough to put Busquet all in for his last 30,000. Busquet thought for a few moments before letting his hand go.
Strelitz mucked his hand and won the pot. He’s one of the bigger stacks in the field with a three-table redraw looming.
Daniel Strelitz – 270,000 Olivier Busquet – 30,000
With the players back from their first break of the day, level 9 is underway and registration is closed for the $360 pot-limit Omaha six-max event.
The field drew 114 entries, which generated a prize pool of $34,200 and the top 19 spots will get paid, with a top prize of $9,140.
Full prize pool and payouts:
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event #16 $360 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max Entries: 114 Prize Pool: $34,200 August 8, 2018
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event #12 $360 Big O Entries: 93 Prize Pool: $27,900 August 7, 2018
On Monday night, Gabriel Ramos was driving back home after busting the $360 pot-limit Omaha in ninth place. He was disappointed with his finish and was determined to do better on Tuesday.
He did just that.
Ramos won his second Hard Rock trophy in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The North Carolina native defeated a 93-entry field in the $360 Big O, winning his second Hard Rock title and $8,371.
“I drove 40 minutes home and the whole way I was saying to myself ‘I’m going to come back and win this Big O no matter what it takes,'” said Ramos after his victory.
Ramos came to South Florida after a strong showing at the World Series of Poker. He cashed four times, including a runner-up finish for $130,850 in the $1,500 mixed omaha hi-lo event, which featured limit Omaha hi-lo, pot-limit Omaha hi-lo and Big O.
After competing with and beating some of the best in the world, Ramos came to South Florida with his confidence at an all-time high.
“I felt pretty confident about my game here,” said Ramos. “[I][was] just laser-focused the whole time.”
As they trimmed the final table from eight down to just Ramos, the cream rose to the top, with Ramos having to get past local pro Zachary Milchman, who also finished second in a WSOP bracelet event, and John Holley, a seasoned pro that was fresh off a victory in the Seniors event 24 hours earlier.
The talent that Ramos got through only made the victory sweeter.
“Four-handed we had some pretty good players,” said Ramos. “So, it was nice to beat them out. I actually got to knock somebody out with my favorite holdings, queen-six. On a queen-queen-six flop, I had queen-six for a boat.”
Ramos knocked out Stephanie Chung in fourth place with that boat. It was the icing on the cake of a run of cards that saw Ramos run away with the chip lead four-handed. A chip lead that he attributes to his deep run at the WSOP in the mixed Omaha hi-lo event.
“We played a final table for almost a day and a half, so there was a lot of great experience there,” said Ramos. “I opened up my range a lot more four-handed. Before that, they probably looked at me as a tighter player and wasn’t capable of having certain holdings.”
Ramos’ first Hard Rock victory came in the $300 OE event at last April’s Hard Rock Poker Showdown. It’s clear that the hi-lo split pot games are his specialty.
“I put in a lot of work throughout the year,” said Ramos about his hi-lo game. “Definitely a lot of discipline and making really good folds. Good folds at the right time that put yourself in a position to chip up big when you have a big hand.”
The 93-entry field paid out the top 12 spots. Here are a look at the results:
1st: Gabriel Ramos – $8,371 2nd: Zachary Milchman – $4,952 3rd: John Holley – $3,501 4th: Stephanie Chung – $2,581 5th: Michael Lee – $1,911 6th: Sylvain Bouchard – $1,465 7th: William Marsh – $1,144 8th: Stephen Esposito – $907 9th: Pete Walsworth – $767 10th: Claudangelo Beaudouin – $767 11th: Nathan Woodside – $767 12th: Christopher Gallaher – $767