Event 10 Recap

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll” Poker Open
Event 10: $300 Big Stack PLO 8B (Re-Entry)

November 20, 2014

Total Entries: 64
Total Prize Pool: $16,320

Bradley Young Event 10 Champion
Bradley Young
Event 10 Champion

 

 

 

 

 

A spirited and talented group took to the final table in Event 10 trying to take down this $300 Big Stack PLO8 event.  In the end, Bradley Young and Robert Wachtell were left standing after some incredible action with Young taking the championship.

A table filled with wild banter saw most of the players who were creating the excitement leave the table first.  Kathy Fleck and Sergio Cortella were the first two to go followed by Joseph Panatola.  Shannon Kelly, who was providing most of the entertainment, lost his chip lead and ended up finishing in 5th place.

Leaving Young, Wachtell, Don Todd and Michael Bees fighting it out four-handed set the table for a critical collision.  Bees lost to Wachtell on two hands which saw Wachtell hit quads and then three-quarted Bees on a two-outer.

Wachtell then ended up in a three-way hand with Bees and Todd and eliminated them both on the same hand hitting trips and avoiding a low hand coming out on the board to set up a heads-up match with Young.

After a short heads-up match where Young was able to wrestle the chip lead away from Wachtell, the two players called it a night and Young was given the championship in the deal after a very well-played final table by the entire group.

“They were all fundamentally great players.  My overall experience turned out to be an asset for me.  I rarely play this game but as it went along I was able to pick my spots.  I tend to overplay pocket pairs playing hold ’em but I learned in this game to not do that and I finally won a championship here (Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood).

The New Yorker makes frequent trips to Seminole Hard Rock usually visiting the area four times a year.  And after 15 years of coming here, he claimed his first title.  “I finally won one here.  It was an incredible experience.  Everyone here – the staff, the dealers and the floor are great.”  Young now plans to use the money he won tonight to buy into the Main Event starting November 28th.

Congratulations to our Event 10 Champion, Bradley Young!

Event 10 Results

1st – Bradley Young (New York City, New York) – $5.933
2nd – Robert Wachtel (Boca Raton, FL) – $3,101
3rd – Don Todd (Davie, FL) – $2,192
4th –  Michael Bees (Medford, NJ) – $1,648
5th – Shannon Kelly (West Palm Beach, FL) – $1,240
6th – Joseph Panatola (Wellington, FL) – $930
7th – Sergio Cortella (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – $718
8th – Kathy Fleck (Ft. Myers, FL) – $588