Hands #36-40: Final Five Players

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 31:  60,000/120,000/20,000 Ante

Hand #36  –  Martin Carnero raised under the gun to 300,000, taking the blinds and antes.


Hand #37  –  Jake Bazeley raised under the gun to 250,000, and Martin Carnero called from the big blind. Both players checked to the river on a board of AsQc10s2s4h, Carnero checked, Bazeley bet 250,000, and Carnero called.

Bazeley turned over KhKc to win the pot, and Carnero mucked.


Hand #38  –  Marvin Rettenmaier raised under the gun to 255,000, Joshua Gibson reraised from the cutoff to 575,000, and Rettenmaier folded. Gibson took the pot.


Hand #39  –  David Prociak raised from the cutoff to 250,000, and Marvin Rettenmaier called from the big blind. The flop came QdQc3c, Rettenmaier checked, Prociak bet 280,000, and Rettenmaier check-raised to 655,000. Prociak folded, and Rettenmaier took the pot.


Hand #40  –  Martin Carnero raised from the cutoff to 275,000, and Joshua Gibson called from the big blind. Both players checked to the turn on a board of 8s7s5h10d, Gibson bet 475,000, and Carnero called.

The river card was the 4s, Gibson bet 825,000, and Carnero tanked for a minute and a half before he called. Gibson showed As9s to win the pot with an ace-high flush, and Carnero mucked.