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Event 12: Claudangelo Beaudouin – 10th Place ($767)

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000
Players Remaining: 9 of 93

Claudangelo Beaudouin moved all in from under the gun for 4,500 and was called by the entire five-handed table called.

The flop was Tc4h2s and John Holley checked from the small blind. Stephanie Chung checked from the big blind, the cutoff checked and Sylvain Bouchard bet 15,000 on the button. Holley and Chung folded. The cutoff called, creating a side pot.

The turn was the 5s and the cutoff checked. Bouchard moved all in for 42,000 and the cutoff folded.

Bouchard showed Ac8d4c4d3s, giving him the wheel and a set of fours. Beaudouin showed AhQhJc5h4s and needed a five on the river to fill up, or a three on the river to make a wheel as well.

The river was the 6c and Bouchard dragged the pot, eliminating Beaudouin just shy of his third final table of the series. He finished in 10th place for $767.

With one more elimination, the final eight players will redraw for seats at the final table.

Sylvain Bouchard – 85,000
Claudangelo Beaudouin – Eliminated 

Event 12: Bubble Bursts, Final 12 in the Money

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000
Players Remaining: 11 of 93

In the 11 minutes remaining in level 14, the players burst the bubble and sent one more player to the rail before they went on a 10-minute break.

Christopher Gallaher busted in 12th and earned $767 to leave the field with 11 players. In three more eliminations, they will combine to the eight-handed final table.

John Holley and Gabriel Ramos are leading the pack with 175,000 and 130,000 in chips, respectively.

Event 12: Andrew Blum Eliminated by Gabriel Ramos

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,200/2,400
Players Remaining: 13 of 93

Gabriel Ramos

On a flop of KcKh5d, the big blind and the player under the gun checked. Gabriel Ramos checked from the hijack and Andrew Blum potted it on the button for 20,000.

After two folds, Ramos check-raised all in for effectively Blum’s remaining 20,000. Blum quickly called.

Ramos showed AsKd5h9d2s, good for kings full of fives, while Blum needed to improve with his AcKsTs6h4h.

The turn was the 6s, giving Blum a bigger full house, but the river was the 9c and Ramos made the nuts on the river to eliminate Blum.

There was a simultaneous elimination at the other table and with 11 minutes remaining in the level, the players are going hand-for-hand until one more player is eliminated.

Gabriel Ramos – 126,000
Andrew Blum – Eliminated 

Event 12: Gary Kosakowski Eliminated by Pete Walsworth

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,000/2,000
Players Remaining: 16 of 93

Pete Walsworth

There was significant action preflop with Gary Kosakowski getting all in out of the big blind for 11,800 and getting action from Pete Walsworth from under the gun and Matt Edge from middle position.

The flop was KhTs2d and Walsworth potted it. Edge quickly folded, leaving Kosakowski heads-up for his tournament life against Walsworth.

Walsworth showed KsQhJh9d9s and was up against Kosakowski’s AsAhTc4c3h.

The turn was the Qd, giving Walsworth a straight and the lead. The river was the Qc, which further improved Walsworth to a full house. Kosakowski busted and now there are 16 players remaining.

They broke a table and are down to the final two tables just four eliminations shy of the money.

Pete Walsworth – 107,000
Gary Kosakowski – Eliminated 

Event 12: Gary Kosakowski and Darren Rose Survive a Three-Way All In

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 800/1,600
Players Remaining: 20 of 93

Gary Kosakowski raised on the button to 5,400 and Pete Walsworth potted it out of the small blind. Darren Rose called out of the big blind and was all in for 15,000. Kosakowski thought for quite some time before calling as well, all in for 15,900.

Kosakowski showed AhTh9c8d5s, Walsworth tabled As2h3hTcKh and Rose turned over Ac8c3d3s2d.

The board ran out 7h6s2s7s9h and Kosakowski rivered a straight, while Walsworth and Rose each made the nut low, giving Kosakowski half of the pot, while Walsworth and Rose each got a quarter.

 

Event 12: Matt Edge Back at It, Leading Big O

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 800/1,600
Players Remaining: 21 of 93

Matt Edge

After a victory in the $570 no-limit hold’em with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool and a third place in the $360 pot-limit Omaha hi-lo, Edge is once again in a good position deep in a tournament.

This time he holds a sizable chip lead in the $360 Big O with 21 players left. John Holley, who walked away with a Hard Rock trophy last night in the Seniors event, is also at the top of the leaderboard.

Top Five Chip Stacks:

Matt Edge – 145,000
Gabriel Ramos – 87,000
John Holley – 86,000
Zachary Milchman – 62,000
David Prociak – 61,000

Other notables still alive include Pete Walsworth (52,000), who is looking for his fourth final table of the series, Phil Hui (39,000) and Dan Heimiller (31,000)

Event 12: James Gunter Eliminated by Robert Campbell

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 600/1,200
Players Remaining: 22 of 93

Robert Campbell

Robert Campbell was under the gun and got into a preflop confrontation with James Gunter. Gunter was on the button and all in for 11,600 and Campbell had him just barely covered.

Campbell tabled Ad5d5c8c6s and was up against Gunter’s KcKsQh6c4h.

The board ran out Tc8d4dJd6h and Campbell won the pot with the nut flush and an ace-five low. Gunter, who won the $360 HORSE last week, finishes about a table shy of the money in this event.

Robert Campbell – 26,000
James Gunter – Eliminated 

Event 12: Andrew Blum Triples Up

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 500/1,000
Players Remaining: 26 of 93

Andrew Blum

The player in the hijack raised to 3,500 and Joel Harwood called on the button. Andrew Blum moved all in out of the small blind for 13,200 and was called by both the hijack and Harwood.

Harwood and the hijack checked the rest of the hand down, declining to build a side pot on a board of QdTs2cQhJd.

Harwood showed Ad8s8h4h2s, the hijack briefly tabled his hand before mucking it and Blum tripled up with QsThAs4s3h.

Andrew Blum – 40,600
Jel Harwood – 35,000

Event 13: Prize Pool of $97,000 and $26,373 Up Top

$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)
Structure 
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante
Total Entries: 97

With players back from break and the 10th level underway, registration is closed for the $1,100 no-limit hold’em turbo. There were 97 entries, generating a prize pool of $97,000.

The top 16 spots will finish in the money and the winner will walk away with $26,373.

Full prize pool and payouts:

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event #13
$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo No-Limit Hold’em 
Entries: 97 
Prize Pool: $97,000 
August 7, 2018 

1st: $26,373
2nd: $15,520
3rd: $11,543
4th: $8,148
5th: $6,160
6th: $4,705
7th: $3,783
8th: $3,056
9th-12th: $2,425
13th-16th: $2,003

Event 12: Prize Pool of $27,900 and $8,371 Up Top

$360 Big O
Structure 
Level 9: 400/800
Total Entries: 93

Level 9 is underway, which closed registration for the $360 Big O. There were 93 entries that generated a prize pool of $27,900. The top 12 spots will finish in the money and the eventual winner will take home $8,371.

Full prize pool details:

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Semionle Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event #12
$360 Big O 
Entries: 93
Prize Pool: $27,900 
August 7, 2018 

1st: $8,371
2nd: $4,952
3rd: $3,501
4th: $2,581
5th: $1,911
6th: $1,465
7th: $1,144
8th: $907
9th-12th: $767