Event 17: Steven Bennett Defeats Mark Edward Kerness Heads-Up for the Trophy

$1,100 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 117

Steven Bennett
Event 17 Champion Steven Bennett

Mark Edward Kerness raised from the button to 66,000, Steven Bennett moved all in from the big blind, and Kerness called all in for about 425,000 with Js10c.

Bennett turned over Ah8c, and Kerness needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Qh8d2dAc10s, and Kerness flopped a gutshot straight draw and turned a double-gutter, but didn’t get there. Bennett won the pot — and the title and the trophy — with two pair, aces and eights.

Mark Edward Kerness finished as the runner-up, earning $20,700.

Steven Bennett won the $1,100 Deep Stack Seniors event, earning $33,010 and his third major Seminole Hard Rock trophy.

Stay tuned for a recap from this event.

1st:  Steven Bennett  –  $33,010 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  Mark Edward Kerness  –  $20,700
3rd:  Julio Delgado  –  $12,370
4th:  Thomas Kornechuk  –  $8,000
5th:  Alan Schein  –  $6,015
6th:  Shelly Griffith  –  $5,000
7th:  John Holley  –  $4,315
8th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $3,800
9th:  Jack Rolnitzky  –  $3,350
10th:  Charles Alexander  –  $3,350
11th:  Norberto Korn  –  $2,950
12th:  David Guiffreda  –  $2,950
13th:  Robert Transue  –  $2,560
14th:  Edgar Nuqui  –  $2,560
15th:  Emerson Ward  –  $2,560

Mark Edward Kerness
Runner-Up Mark Edward Kerness