$350 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21:  5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Shortly after the blinds increased to 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante, John Holley and Engelberth Varela got it all in after a flop of .

Holley was the shorter stack, all in for 148,000 with for a pair of sevens. Varela had for a pair of deuces, and Holley needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn was the , the river was the , and Holley won the pot with his pair of sevens to double back into the chip lead.

John Holley  –  351,000  (44 bb)
Engelberth Varela  –  169,000  (21 bb)

It was only a few minutes later that Holley limped from the button for 10,000, Varela moved all in, and Holley snap-called with . Varela turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Varela flopped an open-ended straight draw, but never caught up to Holley’s flopped set of tens. Varela was eliminated, finishing as the runner-up in second place.

Engelberth Varela  –  Eliminated in 2nd Place  ($3,588)

With that pot, John Holley won the title, the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” trophy, and a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.

Congratulations to John Holley!

1st:  John Holley  –  $5,304
2nd:  Engelberth Varela  –  $3,588
3rd:  Sean Siegenthaler  –  $2,340
4th:  Lou Stadler  –  $1,872
5th:  Alain Rodriguez  –  $1,404
6th:  Brandon Berkenfeld  –  $1,092