$360 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 152

The player on the button raised to 13,000 and Bob Tanner called out of the big blind. They were heads-up to a flop of and Tanner checked.

The button bet 11,000 and Tanner called. Both players checked the turn card and the came on the river.

Tanner bet 30,000 and the button quickly folds. Tanner mucked his hand and has held steady as the chip leader.

Bob Tanner – 430,000 (71 bb)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 32: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,973

Kevin Ho had seen his stack whittled down to just 915,000 chips when he took the opportunity to get them all in under the gun. Hiep Doan called on the button, the blinds folded, and Ho was heads-up, at risk, and dominated.

Ho:
Doan:

There was a nine in the window, and the flop gave Ho a big lead with two to come. The turn was the to improve him to trips, locking up the pot one card early. Doan was already paying off the debt as the meaningless hit the river, and Ho doubled up with nines full.

Kevin Ho – 2,230,000 (15 bb)
Hiep Doan – 3,125,000 (21 bb)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 32: 75,000/150,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,973

Kevin Ho opened the cutoff to 350,000, and Marcus Stein three-bet shoved for 1,140,000 on the button. Ho waited for the count, then called to put Stein at risk.

Ho:
Stein:

The board ran out , and Stein turned nines full to lock up the pot one card early. He doubled up, putting another dent in Ho’s once-mighty stack in the process.

Marcus Stein – 2,680,000 (18 bb)
Kevin Ho – 1,965,000 (13 bb)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,973

Charlemagne Benjamin opened to 350,000 in early position, and Mike Ben-Shoaff three-bet shoved for about 2,000,000 next to act. Action folded back around to Benjamin, and he called all in for about 1,500,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Benjamin:
Ben-Shoaff:

The board ran out , and Ben-Shoaff’s kings held strong to earn him the knockout pot with two pair. Benjamin was eliminated in eighth place.

Mike Ben-Shoaff – 3,800,000 (25 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – Eliminated in 8th place ($4,427)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,973

Kevin Ho opened to 275,000 in middle position, and Marcus Stein three-bet shoved for 580,000 next to act. When it folded back to Ho, he called to put Stein at risk.

Ho:
Stein:

The board ran out , and Stein doubled up with two pair, kings and jacks.

Marcus Stein – 1,500,000 (13 bb)
Kevin Ho – 2,350,000 (20 bb)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 152

There was well over 100,000 in the pot on the river with a completed board of and Hector Contreras moved all in for about 55,000 from under the gun.

Perry Shiao snap-called on the button and won the pot with his against Contreras’ .

Contreras took home $1,135 for his efforts and Shiao is the only player remotely close to Bob Tanner’s chip lead.

Perry Shiao – 285,000 (57 bb)
Hector Contreras – Eliminated

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,973

Robert Williams moved all in for 1,215,000 in early position, and Kevin Ho called from the big blind to put Williams at risk.

Williams:
Ho:

The flop didn’t provide much additional help for Ho, but the turn gave him the only flush draw with one to come. The river was the blank , though, and Williams’ kings held strong to earn him a double-up.

Robert Williams – 2,570,000 (26 bb)
Kevin Ho – 3,175,000 (32 bb)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 152

Bob Tanner raised on the button and Nick Yunis moved all in from the small blind for about 68,000. Tanner called and the cards were tabled.

It was a race for Yunis’ tournament life with his against Tanner’s .

The flop was and Tanner takes the lead with middle pair. The turn was the and the river was the to send the pot to Tanner and eliminate Yunis in 13th place.

Yunis hit the rail in 13th place for $793, while Tanner takes a massive chip lead over the field.

Bob Tanner – 455,000 (114 bb)
Nick Yunis Eliminated

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,973

Fariborz Zojaji moved all in for 655,000 in early position, and Hiep Doan called next to act, putting Zojaji at risk.

Zojaji:
Doan:

The board ran out , and Doan won the knockout pot with queens up. Zojaji was eliminated in ninth place.

Hiep Doan – 3,520,000 (35 bb)
Fariborz Zojaji – Eliminated in 9th place ($3,173)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 38

Ladies event players are back in their seats after one more break and registration closed once Level 7 was underway. The tournament drew 38 entries to create a prize pool worth $9,690 with the last five players taking home some cash.

A min-cash is worth $775 while the winner will earn $3,972 along with the glass guitar trophy, custom-framed winner’s photo from IMPDI, a seat in the $1,050 WPT Finale satellite, and an entry into the $10,000 WPT Finale/$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Championship freeroll.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 8
$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 38
Prize Pool: $9,690
March 22, 2017

1st: $3,972
2nd: $2,423
3rd: $1,454
4th: $1,066
5th: $775