Heiligman Retains Chip Lead as Final 18 Return from Break

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 12,000/204000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 18/367

The 2,720,000 chips of leader Scott Heiligman
The 2,720,000 chips of leader Scott Heiligman

Cards are in the air for Level 23 with Scott Heiligman firmly in the driver’s seat. After late registering at the start of play today, Heiligman took a few orbits off and first sat down to a 35,000-chip stack. He spun up just a few big blinds and now claims 2,720,000 chips with the tournament’s $148,627 top prize right around the corner.

Scott Heiligman – 2,720,000

Pahuja Rivers the Ace, Doubles through Bolek

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 18/367

Chris Bolek opened the button for 45,000. It was on Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja in the small blind and he three-bet to 160,000. Anthony Ruttler folded the big blind sending it back to Bolek. He called and saw a flop with Pahuja.

8s7s3d

Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned.

8s7s3d9c

Pahuja checked again. Bolek bet 180,000 and Pahuja called. They saw the river.

8s7s3d9cAc

Pahuja checked a third time. Bolek eyed Pahuja’s stack, which sat right at 565,000. He shoved and Pahuja took a few second in the tank before plopping a lone 25,000 chips in the pot for a call. He tabled AsQs for a pair of aces. Bolek mucked and sent a double the way of Team SHRP.

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Mukul Pahuja (right) and Chris Bolek

Mukul Pahuja – 1,855,000
Chris Bolek – 495,000

The pot put Pahuja second in the counts. He, along with everyone else in the tournament, trails chip leader Scott Heiligman’s stack of 2,600,000.

Ruttler Crosses into Seven Digits; Wong Eliminated 21st

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20/367

Jerry Wong open shoved and Anthony Ruttler called from his direct left. The remaining players in the hand folded and Wong was at risk.

Wong: 3s3d
Ruttler: AsTh

Wong faded a Qs9d6h9h flop and turn, but the river Ts busted him 21st. He earned $3,854 for his deep run while Ruttler grew his stack up toward 1,200,000.

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Jerry Wong

Anthony Ruttler – 1,180,000
Jerry Wong – Eliminated 21st ($3,854)

Updated results:

21st: Jerry Wong – $3,854
22nd: Almog Biton – $3,854
23rd: Mark Dube – $3,854

Additional results are available in the posts below

Dinner Break Update; Heiligman Leads Final 23 Players

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Heading to Level 22: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 23/367

Despite running his set of queens into Marcus Stein’s aces on an AxQxXx flop, Scott Heiligman retains his lead on dinner break of the $1,650 Deepest Stack. Just 23 players remain and they’re all assured $3,854.

Here’s a look at the final three tables followed by the remaining payouts and updated results:

Table 33

Seat 1: Chad Eveslage – 965,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Marks – 202,000
Seat 3: Sheddy Sidiqui – 923,000
Seat 4: Qasem Jamhour – 760,000
Seat 5: — empty —
Seat 6: Chris Bolek – 580,000
Seat 7: Jerry Wong – 438,000
Seat 8: Anthony Ruttler – 1,012,000
Seat 9: Mark Dube – 246,000

Table 35

Seat 1: Jan Ziegler – 1,457,000
Seat 2: Marcus Stein – 1,014,000
Seat 3: — empty —
Seat 4: Jeffrey Trudeau – 354,000
Seat 5: Scott Heiligman – 1,980,000
Seat 6: Daniel Blum – 1,131,000
Seat 7: Matthew Yorra – 356,000
Seat 8: Steven Wolansky – 407,000
Seat 9: — empty —

Table 36

Seat 1: Ido Ashkenazi – 550,000
Seat 2: Austin Peck – 1,031,000
Seat 3: Samuel Wynde – 880,000
Seat 4: — empty —
Seat 5: Almog Biton – 195,000
Seat 6: Gil Nagar – 1,100,000
Seat 7: Alexander Gambino – 1,092,000
Seat 8: Mukul Pahuja – 908,000
Seat 9: Paul Domb – 516,000

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699
7th – $21,470
8th – $16,240
9th – $11,010
10th-12th – $7,157
13th-15th – $5,918
16th-18th – $4,707
19th-23rd – $3,854

24th: Michael Newman – $3,854
25th: Harvey Freedman – $3,854
26th: Theophilus Lawson – $3,854
27th: Frederick Goldberg – $3,854

Additional results are available in the posts below

Cards go back in the air at roughly 7:15 p.m. All remaining levels are 90 minutes in length.

6pm $150/$10K Deep Stack Turbo Begins

$150 Deep Stack Turbo
Level 1: 50/100
Entries: 31

It’s 6 p.m. and Event 6 of the Deep Stack Series at the Seminole Hard Rock is underway. The $150 buy-in, $10,000 guaranteed Deep Stack Turbo follows the same structure as Event 2 and 5 before it and sees its winner earn a Deep Stack Series guitar trophy.

Here’s how the one-day tournament will play out:

6pm: $150 Deep Stack Turbo – One-Day Event

  • $150 buy-in, $10,000 guaranteed
  • Players begin with 25,000 chips
  • Levels are 15 minutes
  • Late registration/unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 13 (about 9:30 p.m.)

Structure Sheet

We will provide another update when registration closes and then from there we’ll post the winner’s photo following the event’s conclusion.

Three Tables Remain; All Players Assured $3,854

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27/367

Following a few quick eliminations, the field is down to 27 players and freshly redrawn to the final three tables. It appears Scott Heiligman retains his lead — now with about 1,800,000 — while other notables like start-of-day chip leader Qasem Jamhour, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members Sheddy Siddiqui and Mukul Pahuja, Chad Eveslage, Almog Biton and Michael Newman are still in contention.

Final three tabels:

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Table 1
Table 35
Table 2
Table 36
Table 3

Remaining payouts:

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699
7th – $21,470
8th – $16,240
9th – $11,010
10th-12th – $7,157
13th-15th – $5,918
16th-18th – $4,707
19th-27th – $3,854

Updated eliminations;

28th: Joel Harwood – $3,413
29th: Brandon Setzer – $3,413
30th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $3,413
31st: Barry Pevner – $3,413
32nd: Kevin Chan – $3,413
33rd: Phil Woerner – $3,413
34th: Robert Oxenberg – $3,413
35th: James Kirvin – $3,413
36th: John Restrepo – $3,413

Siddiqui Flops a Straight, Doubles

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 28/367

The board laid Th8c7dKs2h and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui was all-in in a heads-up pot against Brandon Setzer. Siddiqui was on the button and faced off against Setzer in the big blind. The all-in bet was for 334,000 and Setzer took a few minutes before he called. Siddiqui exposed 9h6h for a flopped, 10-high straight and took the pot.

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Sheddy Siddiqui (Seat 2) doubles through Brandon Setzer (Seat 5)

The hit to his stack proved insurmountable for Setzer. He busted 29th a few hands later.

Sheddy Siddiqui – 795,000
Brandon Setzer – Eliminated 29th ($3,413)

Biton and Eveslage Square Off Again

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 30/367

Almog Biton (Seat 1) and Chad Eveslage (Seat 2)
Almog Biton (Seat 1) and Chad Eveslage (Seat 2)

After sharing a table for the better part of 10 hours in Event 3 just a few days ago, Event 3 winner Almog Biton and runner-up Chad Eveslage are gracing the same felt yet again. While Biton got the best of Eveslage in Event 3, he’s at a slight chip disadvantage now. Most recently, though, Biton took a small pot of Eveslage in a battle of the blinds.

Chad Eveslage – 850,000
Almog Biton – 650,000

Deepest Stack Field Hits the Money in Level 20

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 36/367

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Raymond Ruszkowski

Following 10 hands of hand-for-hand play, Raymond Ruszkowski busted 37th in the $1,650 Deepest Event sending the remaining field into the money. On the final hand, Ruszkowski was out of position in a heads-up pot versus Chris Bolek. The flop was QcJd6s. Ruszkowski checked and Bolek bet an unknown amount. After a minute or so, Ruszkowski moved all in for the last of his stack — just over 100,000. Bolek called and the hands were tabled.

Ruszkowski: QhTs for top pair
Bolek: AdKs for a gutshot straight draw with two overs

The dealer burned and quickly turned the Kh improving Bolek to a pair of kings. Ruszkowski still had outs, but the river Jh wasn’t one of them. He hit the rail 37th, one spot shy of a payday.

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Among others, Jessica Dawley, Loni Harwood, Allen Kessler, Ory Hen, Timothy Miles, James Salmon, Steve McKoy and Phil Hui busted shy of the money. The remaining 36 have locked up $3,413 with the tournament’s champion pocketing $148,627, an added $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship seat and, of course, the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood guitar trophy.

Prize structure:

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699
7th – $21,470
8th – $16,240
9th – $11,010
10th-12th – $7,157
13th-15th – $5,918
16th-18th – $4,707
19th-27th – $3,854
28th-36th – $3,413

Scott Heiligman
Scott Heiligman

The chip leader for now appears to be Scott Heiligman. Impressively, Heiligman late registered the event this morning, then took a few orbits off before taking his seat to roughly 35,000 chips. In the few levels since, he’s amassed a stack of over 1,500,000.