Event 2: Finding the First Champ

$350 Big Stack Omaha 8B (Single Re-Entry)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 Limits

It may be the second event of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown but they will crown the first champion of the series. The Omaha/8 tournament drew 51 players and 16 remain after 15 levels of play.

Andrew Donovan leads the way as the only player over 100,000 with Mitchell Smith his closest competitor. Also in the running is local regular Michael Moed looking for looking for his 7th career Omaha/8 title.

Only the final nine players will take home a part of the $20,000 prize pool and they are about to get underway.

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Jordan Chizick – 23,500
Seat 2.  Michael Clemente – 70,500
Seat 3.  T.J. Shulman – 65,000
Seat 4.  Arnold Cohen – 34,000
Seat 5.  Dale Schmitz – 22,500
Seat 6.  Tyler Hoerath – 34,500
Seat 7.  Garry Devlin – 32,000
Seat 8.  Joel Harwood – 25,500
Seat 9.

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Mitchell Smith – 81,500
Seat 2.  Joey Prosper – 68,500
Seat 3.  Harry Eisenberg – 51,500
Seat 4.  Andrew Donovan – 105,000
Seat 5.  Christian Ivens – 35,500
Seat 6.  Scott Sharp – 53,000
Seat 7.  Michael Moed – 12,500
Seat 8.
Seat 9.  Donald Todd – 46,000

Payouts:

1st: $6,000
2nd: $4,200
3rd: $2,700
4th: $2,000
5th: $1,500
6th: $1,200
7th: $1,000
8th: $800
9th: $600