Ralph Broderick raised from under the gun and was called by John Holley on his direct left and Claudangelo Beaudoin out of the big blind.
The flop was and Beaudoin checked. Broderick bet, Holley called and Beaudoin called.
The turn was the and the same action took place. The river was the and Beaudoin checked. Broderick tossed in his last 15,000 and was called by both Holley and Beaudoin.
Beaudoin showed , giving him two pair, Broderick tabled , good for the nut low, and Holley mucked his hand.
Ralph Broderick – 130,000 Claudangelo Beaudoin – 160,000 John Holley – 155,000
Shortly after Peter Fountoulakis busted to Joel Harwood, Arturo Morgan busted to Harwood as well. Morgan finished in ninth and took home $1,000 for his deep run.
The players are just a couple minutes away from their first break of the final table.
George Fountoulakis moved all in for 8,000 from middle position, Pete Walsworth completed the small blind and Joel Harwood checked his option in the big blind.
Walsworth and Harwood checked to the river, declining to build a side pot as the board ran out . On the river, Walsworth checked and Harwood bet.
“You’re going to make me fold a king?” asked Walsworth before throwing his hand into the muck.
Harwood showed , giving him trip sixes and won the pot against Fountoulakis’ .
Fountoulakis hit the rail in 10th place and the final nine players were credited with making the final table.
Joel Harwood – 160,000 Pete Fountoulakis – Eliminated
The $360 Omaha 8-or-better is down to 10 players and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table. They are all guaranteed a cash of at least $881 and the eventual winner will earn $10,000.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 10 players:
Seat 1: Phil Hui – 141,000 Seat 2: Pete Walsworth – 155,000 Seat 3: Joel Harwood – 179,000 Seat 4: Claudangelo Beaudoin – 42,000 Seat 5: Arturo Morgan – 23,000 Seat 6: Ralph Broderick – 59,000 Seat 7: John Holley – 171,000 Seat 8: George Fountoulakis – 36,000 Seat 9: Aaron Kupin – 218,000 Seat 10: Steven Roth – 109,000
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante Flight B Entries: 323
On a flop of , Nancy Birnbaum checked from under the gun and a player in middle position checked as well. The player on the button bet 2,700 and Birnbaum check-raised to 6,000.
Middle position folded and the button took a moment before flashing a jack and folding.
Birnbaum mucked her hand and took the pot just before the end of the level.
$360 Omaha 8-or-Better Level 17: 2,000/4,000, limits of 4,000/8,000 Players Remaining: 16 of 113
With 16 players left in the second event of the series, the first bubble of the 2018 SHRPO is here.
Pete Walsworth holds the chip lead on the bubble of the $360 Omaha 8-or-Better event with about 150,000 in chips. They will play hand-for-hand until they lose one more player. At that point, the final 15 players will all be in the money and guaranteed a cash of at least $763.
Phil Hui, Joel Harwood and John Holley are also still in the field and looking to add another cash to an already long poker resume.
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 Flight B Entries: 257
On a flop of , the player on the button got all in against Robert Campbell in the hijack. Campbell tabled , giving him middle set, and was in great shape against the button’s .
The turn was the and the river was the , sending the pot to Campbell. Campbell was all in for 17,500 and had his opponent slightly covered. The button hit the rail and Campbell, who is a regular in all of the Hard Rock’s mixed game tournaments, chipped up at the beginning of the level.
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 50/100 Flight B Entries: 202
The player in the hijack raised to 800 and the player on the button called. The small blind called before Peter Jacobson three-bet to about 3,500 out of the big blind. The hijack called, while the button and small blind folded.
They were heads-up to a flop of and Jacobson bet 7,000. The hijack moved all in for about 20,000 and Jacobson quickly called.
Jacobson was in the lead with against his opponent’s . The turn was the and the river was the . Jacobson won the pot and knocked out his opponent just before the end of the second level.
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 18 $150 No-Limit Hold’em Entries: 565 Prize Pool: $67,800 April 16-18, 2018
James Scott dreamed about winning the $150 no-limit hold’em event, literally.
Shortly after the clock struck midnight and the calendar switched to Thursday, Scott made a deal with Manuel Jo and took credit for the win in the $150 no-limit hold’em. Scott earned $15,574 and defeated a field of 565 entries for his first live tournament win.
“It was great because I had a dream today,” said Scott. “I took a nap and I had a dream that I was heads-up and playing for the money. So, it’s unbelievable. It was very exciting.”
Scott came into the final table near the bottom of the chip counts. He took his time and waited for his spots to come up while several other players hit the rail.
It all fit into his strategy to fulfill a modest goal.
“My strategy was to come in fourth because I was so short stacked,” said Scott. “Then, I got that double up and then I got that triple up with the three jacks. So, that was fantastic.”
That was the turning point for Scott. He scored a triple up when he shoved the button with ace-jack, got called by Alfredo Fernandez in the small blind and Jo shoved over the top in the big blind. Fernandez folded and Scott was able to suck out with against Jo’s pocket queens.
That moved Scott from the short stack three-handed into the chip lead. He never relinquished his lead after that. After Jo eliminated Fernandez, the two agreed on an almost dead even chop, which left Scott with the trophy as the chip leader.
Scott is a local player from Fort Lauderdale. He lives a busy life as a business owner, a husband, a father and a grandfather.
He owns a jewelry store in North Miami, which was opened by his grandfather in 1949 and has been in business ever since. With so much on his plate, poker isn’t even close to the top of his priorities, but he makes time to play when some of the major series are in town.
“I try to play once a month,” said Scott. “Then, when they have the series, I play for two weeks straight.”
Scott’s win nearly puts a bow on the entire 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, with only the $3,500 WPT main event still running.
The top 36 players earned a payday and here are the results:
1st: James Scott – $14,574* 2nd: Manuel Jo – $14,573* 3rd: Alfredo Fernandez – $7,119 4th: Christopher Zito – $4,916 5th: Claudio Piedrabuena – $3,627 6th: Antonio Colon – $2,882 7th: George Navarro – $2,204 8th: Joaquin Sosa – $1,593 9th: Bob Tanner – $1,153 10th: Angelo Castaldi – $881 11th: Homero Molina – $881 12th: Daniel Saffer – $881 13th: Ariel Rosello Quintana – $712 14th: Jarrett Vaughn – $712 15th: Jay Klitzner – $712 16th: Larry Klur – $610 17th: Mitsuru Sano – $610 18th: Paul Nguyen – $610 19th: Eric Rivkin – $509 20th: Raymond Nalbandian – $509 21st: David Wyatt – $509 22nd: Elnatan Aminov – $509 23rd: David Jacobs – $509 24th: Thomas Kornechuk – $509 25th: Richard Contell – $509 26th: Julien Durity – $509 27th: Trent Smith – $509 28th: Carlos Torres Vazquez – $441 29th: Nashaat Antonius – $441 30th: Alexis Moreda – $441 31st: Justin Molis – $441 32nd: Brett Taylor – $441 33rd: Julio Rodriguez – $441 34th: Iftikhar Memon – $441 35th: Jermain Phang – $441 36th: Darrell Carril – $441