$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 65

Before heads-up play began, Gabriel Ramos and Walter Buss agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Gabriel Ramos – 654,000
Walter Buss – 126,000

Here were their subsequent payouts:

Gabriel Ramos – $6,400
Walter Buss – $4,324

As the chip leader, Ramos officially gets the victory and the trophy.

$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 65

Buddy Frezza raised the pot to 105,000, Gabriel Ramos reraised from the small blind and Frezza called all in for another 10,000.

Frezza:
Ramos:

The board came down , giving Ramos nines and sixes to beat Frezza’s nines and threes.

Gabriel Ramos – 654,000
Walter Buss – 126,000
Buddy Frezza – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,389)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 72 of 427

Flight B of Event 9 drew 427 entries, bringing the total field size to 689 entries. 72 players bagged and leading the pack is Patrick Clarke with 450,000, good for second overall.

$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000
Players Remaining: 3 of 65

Gabriel Ramos raised to 45,000 from the button and Buddy Frezza called from the big blind.

The flop was and Frezza check-called 20,000 from Ramos.

The turn was the , Frezza bet the pot of 140,000 and Ramos called all in for 87,000.

Frezza:
Ramos:

Ramos had a wheel against Frezza’s set.

The river was the , safe for Ramos to double up.

Gabriel Ramos – 314,000
Buddy Frezza – 272,000
Walter Buss – 194,000

$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 65

Ron Halperin limped from the small blind and Buddy Frezza checked his option.

The flop was , Halperin bet the pot of 32,000 and Frezza called.

The turn was the , Halperin bet his remaining 20,000 and Frezza called.

Halperin:
Frezza:

Halperin held top two pair, while Frezza a flush draw and a wrap.

The river was the , giving Frezza a king-high straight to eliminate Halperin in fifth place.

Buddy Frezza – 285,000
Ron Halperin – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,316)

$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 5 of 65

Buddy Frezza limped from the small blind, Gabriel Ramos raised the pot to 30,000 from the big blind and Frezza called.

The flop was , Frezza checked, Ramos bet the pot and Frezza called all in for 53,000.

Frezza:
Ramos: 

Ramos held top set of aces and had Frezza drawing to just one out with his set of fives.

The turn changed nothing, but the river was the to give Frezza quad fives for the one-out river to double up.

Buddy Frezza – 166,000
Gabriel Ramos – 218,000

$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 5 of 65

John Holley raised all in for 33,000 from the button and Walter Buss called from the big blind.

Holley:
Buss:

The board came down , giving Buss aces and kings to eliminate Holley in the sixth place.

Walter Buss – 110,000
John Holley – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,024)

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 689
Prize Pool: $668,330
April 8-10, 2019

1st: $122,609
2nd: $85,967
3rd: $55,425
4th: $40,695
5th: $31,077
6th: $24,775
7th: $20,518
8th: $16,334
9th: $12,264
10th-12th: $10,159
13th-15th: $8,127
16th-18th: $6,757
19th-21st: $5,534
22nd-24th: $4,672
25th-27th: $3,936
28th-36th: $3,208
37th-45th: $2,827
46th-54th: $2,500
55th-63rd: $2,232
64th-72nd: $1,998
73rd-81st: $1,818
82nd-87th: $1,644

$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 2,500/5,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 65

Following a flop of , Donald Maloney bet the pot of 35,500 from the big blind. Buddy Frezza raised all in from the next seat, John Holley folded from the hijack and Maloney called all in for about 61,000.

Maloney:
Frezza:

Maloney had the nut flush draw with a pair of kings, while, Frezza had an inferior flush draw, a pair of queens and a straight draw.

The turn was the , giving Frezza a straight to take the lead.

The river was no help to Maloney, ending his run in seventh place.

Buddy Frezza – 165,000
Donald Maloney – Eliminated in 7th Place ($878)