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They are dropping fast in Event 8. On a 
board Ben DeJesus bet 7.5K and called for his tournament life when Todd Altinbas moved all in. DeJesus had a good hand in 
but Altinbas had turned a set with his 
. The river gave DeJesus a meaningless two pair and he is eliminated in 5th place which was good for $672.
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Haim Toorgeman continues his hot run this time knocking Jody Davis out when they got it all in (Davis moved all in and Haim called) on a 
flop with Jody holding 
and Haim holding 
. The 
on the turn had Jody drawing to a King or Queen but the 
on the river meant she was done. Davis put her hands out in disbelief while saing “f***ing eh, nooooo!” She laughed it off and shook the hands of her fellow competitors and went off to collect her $528 for finishing in 6th place.
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They have reached the final table but players have been debating, arguing and discussing a chop for the last 20 minutes. The floor has told them they have one minute left to discuss and then play will resume.
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A short stacked Dwayne Barclay made a move on a 
board with his A-7. It might have worked if his opponent, Haim Toorgeman did not have pocket 10’s and a straight. One of the two remaining tens would have given Dwayne a bigger straight but the river was a 7 and Barclay is our 7th place finisher winning $432.
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A short stacked Tom Brown moved all in with and was called by the chip leader Todd Altinbas who held pocket 7’s. The board ran out 
and Mr. Brown is our 8th place finisher taking home a nice little profit with his $336 cash.
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Folded to him in the small blind, Steve Olek moved his last 30K in and was called by Haim Toorgeman out of the big blind. Olek held pocket 9’s and was racing against the 
of Haim. The flop put Toorgeman in the lead as it came 
. The river gave him two pair with the and the river was not a miracle 9 and Olek is our 9th place finisher winning $240.
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The bubble has finally burst after Todd Altinbas got it all in with on a 
board. His opponent had 
for the nut straight but Altinbas would hit the flush when the 
hit the river. Todd jumped out of his seat and let out a whoop before quietly apologizing to the woman he busted. At least the nine remaining had all chipped in a little something for the bubble so she didn’t walk out empty handed. The final nine is as follows:
| Seat 1 | Lance Goldenberg (Davie, FL) | 102K |
| Seat 2 | Tom Brown (Cape Coral, FL) | 17K |
| Seat 3 | Ben DeJesus (Miami Beach, FL) | 27K |
| Seat 4 | Jody Davis (Orlando, FL) | 75K |
| Seat 5 | Steve Olek (Hollywood, FL) | 45K |
| Seat 6 | Haim Toorgeman (Kenner, LA) | 50K |
| Seat 7 | Todd Altinbas (Dana Beach, FL) | 125K |
| Seat 8 | Dwayne Barclay (Sunrise, FL) | 85K |
| Seat 9 | Rafael Gomez (Miami, FL/Columbia) | 45K |
Event 6 drew the biggest field of the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” other than Event 1 and its eight starting days. A total of 211 entrants put up the $150 buy-in to create a $25,320 prizepool for the 27 players good enough to make it into the money.
It was a long process to play down to the final three tables but once there, the action picked up as the short stacks slid began to get their chips in the middle now that they were in the money. The bigger stacks were picking them off when they could to build their lead for a final table run.
One day wasn’t enough to crown a champion and the tournament was shutdown at 3am with 13 players still in the mix. The players bagged and tagged their chips before a 10-hour break. The returned at 3pm and the table dynamics were a little skewed thanks to the random table draw.
Andrew Frier began the final day with the chiplead (212,000) but the other five players at his table were all under 10 big blinds. The second table held the majority of the chips in play with five players holding six-digit stacks.
Even with the unbalanced tables, it was the big stack table that produced the first knockout when Joshua Smith put his chips in the middle with the lead but fell in 13th to an unlucky river. Frier’s table then did the rest of the heavy lifting, Homer Molina specifically, when there was a double elimination of Albert Palma and Philip Tyson.
The last 10 players combined to form the unofficial final table and there was immediate talk of making a deal. Nothing came of it and Mike Filipelli was out not long after in 10th place. Action really moved along after Filipelli’s elimination with Frier taking out both Ron Blankenship and Derrick Simon when his Big Slick caught on the flop.
There were two short-stacks remaining and they were quickly taken care of as Lawrence Cone dropped in 7th and Paul Stanechewski in 6th. The remaining stacks were close in relation to the blinds and talk of a deal was begun in earnest.
Frier was the chipleader and the driving force behind a fair deal for all. Tournament staff did the math on a chip chop and all were satisfied with how to divide up the top five spot. Frier was declared the winner followed by Homer Molina, Arthur Rodriguez, Norman Guigui, and Keith Wagner.
Frier is a local regular in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock and plans to come back for more series action. When asked what he would do with the money, he response was simple. “Play more poker,” he commented, “and buy some groceries.”
It was a great tournament where players were given a big prize pool for a small buy-in with a great structure. There are still two more weeks left in the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” for players of all bankrolls to get their tournament fill.
Complete Event 6 results:
| Player | Payout | |
| 1st | Andrew Frier | $4,172.00 |
| 2nd | Homer Molina | $3,623.00 |
| 3rd | Arthur Rodriguez | $3,445.00 |
| 4th | Norman Guigui | $3,366.00 |
| 5th | Keith Wagner | $2,824.00 |
| 6th | Paul Stanechewski | $1,114.00 |
| 7th | Lawrence Cone | $861.00 |
| 8th | Derrick Simon | $633.00 |
| 9th | Ron Blankenship | $456.00 |
| 10th | Mike Filipelli | $354.00 |
| 11th | Phillip Tyson | $354.00 |
| 12th | Albert Palma | $354.00 |
| 13th | Joshua Smith | $304.00 |
| 14th | Jason Becher | $304.00 |
| 15th | Wayne Luggery | $304.00 |
| 16th | Enrique Perez | $266.00 |
| 17th | Edwin Vasconcelos | $266.00 |
| 18th | Thomas Cunningham | $266.00 |
| 19th | Frank Argano | $228.00 |
| 20th | Norbert Kara | $228.00 |
| 21st | Steven Frankel | $228.00 |
| 22nd | Reggete Duvdivani | $228.00 |
| 23rd | Jody Davis | $228.00 |
| 24th | Christopher Brown | $228.00 |
| 25th | Michael Saraceni | $228.00 |
| 26th | James Salmon III | $228.00 |
| 27th | Damian Leite | $228.00 |
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After Seat 7 raised to 4.2K, Seat 2 moved all in for his last 6.6K out of the small blind. The big blind called and Seat 7 called. The big blind and Seat 7 checked down the 
board and the short stack laughed and said “can I raise” as he turned over pocket 4’s for the rivered full house. It was a good thing too as the big blind had pocket 7’s.
The very next hand saw some pre-flop drama with two all ins but it was merely a hand to laugh about when they both turned over Aces. No miracle flush and both survived. We still have ten.
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We are in the money here in Event 7 and are one away from combining to one table as 11 players remain. Here are the 12th through 15th place finishers:
| 12th | Luke Brereton | $1,114.00 |
| 13th | William Gonzalez | $945.00 |
| 14th | Gary Flur | $945.00 |
| 15th | Eddie Turner | $945.00 |