Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 6 Day 1A – $570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 6 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 7 – $360 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 7 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 1 Day 3 – $360 Ultimate Re-Entry

• Day 3 Chip Counts and Seats
• Ultimate Re-Entry Payouts

6PM: Event 6 Day 1B – $570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 6 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 28 – $140 Turbo Satellite to Event 6 (1-in-5)

• 2 seats guaranteed into the $250,000 Guarantee Event 6
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 28 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 29 – $140 Turbo Satellite to Event 6 (1-in-5)

• 4 seats guaranteed into the $250,000 Guarantee Event 6
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 29 Structure Sheet

2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$360 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Turbo 
Entries: 174 
Prize Pool: $52,200 ($34,800 + $17,400 in Bounties)
November 19, 2017 

Roberto Bendeck planned on running deep in a tournament at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood on Sunday, but he just didn’t plan on the right tournament.

Bendeck bested a 174-entry field to win $7,747 and the trophy in the $360 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Black Chip Bounty event. He had Sunday off on his calendar because he expected to be playing Day 2 of the $360 Not Limit Hold’em Ultimate Re-Entry event.

He bricked out on that event, but is certainly happy to recoup some cash in a win in this one.

“I busted that one a few times actually,” said Bendeck while pointing to the adjacent ultimate re-entry field. “I gave it a good try. Something like six or seven bullets. So, this will help that. The plan was to put six bullets in, but I was supposed to cash them all.”

Bendeck won the trophy as a part of an ICM chop with his heads-up opponent Nicholas Egarhos. There were some talks about a three-handed chop, but Bendeck never really seemed eager to make a deal until heads-up play began. Egarhos earned $7,629 for his runner-up finish.

Since the Miami native already had the date blocked off for poker, Bendeck decided to come to the Hard Rock and hop in some cash games. When he got to the poker room and saw there was a bounty tournament, he decided to take another shot at a tournament score.

It was partially the bounty aspect that convinced him to leave the cash game area.

“I like it because people don’t know how to play bounties,” said the 32-year-old conference manager. “Myself included, but I know a little bit more than the rest of the guys, the average populations. I get some extra equity outside of the rake that’s paid, so that’s good too.”

Bendeck came to the final table in the middle of the pack, but was able to chip up quickly and ride that momentum to victory.

“We were all pretty short,” said Bendeck about the start of the final table chip depths. “I just got lucky to run queens into hands that would double me up and then it was smooth sailing from there. Just held through.”

The 32-year-old battled through one of the tougher final tables of the young series. He defeated a final table that featured a couple tough pros including Justin Harvell, Trung Pham and Peter Vitantonio.

Here are the final table results:

1st: Roberto Bendeck – $7,747*
2nd: Nicholas Egarhos – $7,629*
3rd: Chris Koulouvaris – $3,610
4th: Peter Vitantonio – $2,196
5th: Trung Pham – $1,695
6th: Alan Rosenbaum – $1,404
7th: Justin Harvell – $1,214
8th: Philippe Goureau – $1,063
9th: Thomas Millward – $925
10th: Robert Jansson – $788

*Denotes figures part of an ICM deal

• Download: Final Results (PDF)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
End of Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 3,570

After more than a 13-hour day of poker, the 3,570-entry field in the $360 no-limit hold’em ultimate re-entry is down to its final 13 players.

The day started with 314 players, all of whom were in the money, but after hundreds of bustouts, they are nearing the final table. Daniel Taylor bagged up the biggest  at the end of the night, just edging out Emile Schiff for the chip lead.

Taylor finished the day with 5,815,000, just an ante more than Schiff, who finished with 5,800,000.

Here is a look at the seating arrangements for the final day:

Table 72

Seat 1: —EMPTY–  
Seat 2: Song O – 4,825,000
Seat 3: Emile Schiff – 5,800,000
Seat 4: Francois Fayas – 5,310,000
Seat 5: —EMPTY–
Seat 6: Pasquale Caiazza – 4,780,000
Seat 7: –EMPTY–
Seat 8: Tracy Potter – 1,475,000
Seat 9: Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,785,000

Table 79

Seat 1: Brandon Ageloff – 5,260,000
Seat 2: Sam Wynder – 3,315,000
Seat 3: Richard Trippensee – 4,090,000 
Seat 4: —EMPTY–
Seat 5: Richard Whitebrook – 3,155,000
Seat 6: Benjamin Miner – 4,280,000
Seat 7: –EMPTY–
Seat 8: Dustin Schaller – 1,300,000
Seat 9: Daniel Taylor – 5,815,000

When cards get back in the air, the players will start at level 28 with blinds of 60,000/120,000 and a 20,000 ante. Cards will get in the air at 1 p.m. on Monday with everybody guaranteed a cash of at least $5,932, but they will play down to a winner, who will earn $204,320.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 3,570

There is about 1,000,000 in the pot on the river with a completed board of . Daniel Taylor is in the big blind and heads-up with Benjamin Miner on the button.

Taylor checks and Miner moves all in in for 1,735,000. Taylor thinks for several minutes before calling.

Miner quickly tables , good for two pair, and Taylor taps the table and tries to muck his hand. The dealer informs him that it must be tabled since it is an all in pot. Taylor then tables and Miner drags the pot.

Benjamin Miner – 4,400,000 (44 bb)
Daniel Taylor – 5,340,000 (53 bb)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 3,570

Brandon Ageloff raised to 225,000 from under the gun and Scott Vetter moved all in from middle position for about 1,400,000. Action folded back to Ageloff, who called.

Ageloff tabled and was in the lead against Vetter’s .

The board ran out and Ageloff’s bigger pair faded a bad beat to eliminate Vetter in 16th place. He becomes one of the bigger stacks in the tournament with the knockout.

Brandon Ageloff – 5,800,000 (58 bb)
Scott Vetter – Eliminated 

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 3,570

On a flop of , Benjamin Miner bets 325,000 from the hijack and Daniel Taylor calls on the button.

The turn is the and Miner bets again, this time 675,000. Taylor calls. The river is the and Miner checks. Taylor bets 1,330,000 and Miner folds.

Taylor mucks his hand and collects the pot. He’s amassed a sizable chip lead with over 6 million in chips. Song O and Richard Trippensee are the only two players over the 5 million mark.

Daniel Taylor – 6,650,000 (66 bb)
Benjamin Miner – 2,950,000 (29 bb)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 3,570

Song O is in middle position and gets into a preflop battle against Emeil Schiff in middle position. O gets his last 2,525,000 into the middle and the cards were tabled.

O showed and was in trouble against Schiff’s .

The flop was , however, and O took the lead with top set. The turn was the and the river was the , sending the pot to O. Schiff, who was the chip leader before that pot, sends about a third of his stack to his neighbor.

Song O – 5,250,000 (65 bb)
Emile Schiff – 4,200,000 (52 bb)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 3,570

Richard Trippensee raised to 175,000 from under the gun and Nagui Yassa moved all in for 1,095,000 on the button. Action folded back to Trippensee, who asked the dealer for a count and thought for 30 seconds before calling.

Yassa showed and was dominated by Trippensee’s .

The board ran out and Yassa was drawing dead on the turn. He was eliminated in 21st place and Trippensee moves over 4 million in chips.

“You took that long to call with that?” asked Ruslan Dykshteyn after the hand.

“I’m not a crazy Russian,” said Trippensee.

“You’re a crazy American,” said Dykshteyn. “You need to catch me.”

“Sometimes you just got to sweat it out,” said Trippensee. “It’s good for the bones.”

Richard Trippensee – 4,200,000 (52 bb)
Nagui Yassa – Eliminated 

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 3,570

As the final 22 players near the final two tables, here are the recent eliminations over the last several levels:

23rd: Roy Paulena – $2,966
24th: Andrew Pacifico – $2,966
25th: Daniel Young – $2,636
26th: Eran Tzur – $2,636
27th: Matthew Kuba – $2,636
28th: Zoltan Czinkota – $2,307
29th: Narimaan Ahmadi – $2,307
30th: Jacobo Fernandez – $2,307
31st: Nancy Thomas – $1,977
32nd: Adam Koppel – $1,977
33rd: Yuleisys  Torres – $1,977
34th: Alan Wentz – $1,648
35th: Jorge Gomez – $1,648
36th: Jonathan Hilton – $1,648
37th: Loni Harwood – $1,400
38th: Michael Cuevas – $1,400
39th: Christopher Nomikos – $1,400
40th: Cangir Elcin – $1,400
41st: Michael Fuentes Nazario – $1,400
42nd: Victor Milian – $1,400
43rd: David Baker – $1,400
44th: Dustin Geselius – $1,400
45th: Saeid Shariati – $1,400
46th: Joe Pozos – $1,400
47th: Oscar Ramirez – $1,400
48th: Phuoc Ton $1,400
49th: David Kahan – $1,400
50th: Daniel Hernandez – $1,400
51st: Dejan Petkovic – $1,400
52nd: Manny Minaya – $1,4000
53rd: Craig Kuhlmeier – $1,400
54th: Edward Gilfillan – $1,400
55th: Mansoor Kader – $1,400