Neal Corcoran Closes Series with a Win in Event 24

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 645

Prize Pool: $77,400
April 15-17, 2019

Neal Corcoran, Event 24 Champion

As has become tradition, we close out every big series with a smaller buy-in multi-flight tournament geared towards our loyal regulars. The $150 buy-in tournament had a great turnout and local Neal Corcoran walked away with the title for more than $11,000 after a five-way deal.

Event 24 featured a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and they nearly hit it in the first flight. The two starting sessions combined to put $77,400 up for grabs when registration closed with 645 entries.

We saw 62 of them return for Day 2 in the Poker Room and they quickly made the money before the first break. The tournament was down to the final table bubble by the second break and there on the first hand back.

Corcoran returned for Day 2 with the chip lead, held it most of the day, but traded it with several players including Richard Whitebrook who won this event during the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open when it had six starting flights.

Multiple SHRP champ Sean Shah hit the rail in sixth place, Corcoran retook the lead, and the five remaining players decided to divide up the remaining prize pool. Corcoran took the title with the chip lead along with $12,155.

This is the third biggest cash for Corcoran after a fifth-place finish in December’s Seminole Turnpike Series and 17th place in the 2016 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship.

Final table results:

1st: Neal Corcoran – $12,155 *
2nd: Richard Leger – $11,377 *
3rd: Jose Ruiz – $10,199 *
4th: Richard Whitebrook – $8,455 *
5th: Daniel Perez – $7,353 *
6th: Sean Shah – $3,135
7th: Dave Phillips – $2,399
8th: Eric Kolodny – $1,703
9th: Greg Rosen – $1,238
10th: Renny Morales – $929
* – Denotes results of five-way deal

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11th: Mitchell Smith – $929
12th: Steve Yagudaev – $929
13th: Joule Kadadu – $735
14th: Oscar Trestini – $735
15th: Richard Gress – $735
16th: Keith Morea – $619
17th: Justin Sharpe – $619
18th: Melisa Singh – $619
19th: Sebastian Gallego – $542
20th: Steven Lake – $542
21st: Carlos Torres Vazquez – $542
22nd: Gili Prizament – $542
23rd: Evgeniy Catane – $542
24th: Leonardo Clavel – $542
25th: Mohan Navani – $542
26th: Kevin Choe – $542
27th: Trung Van – $542
28th: Michael Yehudai – $464
29th: Cheri Thoman – $464
30th: Alon Nelson – $464
31st: Vitaly Chaika – $464
32nd: Bernard Cohen – $464
33rd: Stephen Ibrahim – $464
34th: Michael Bonsignore – $464
35th: Alfredo Guevara – $464
36th: Jose Reyes – $464
37th: Domimic Cote – $387
38th: John Iglesias – $387
39th: Alan Greenstein – $387
40th: Vendel Johnson – $387
41st: Marty Robbins – $387
42nd: Nir Peleg – $387
43rd: Michael Garcell – $387
44th: Pedro Perez – $387
45th: Robert Leff – $387