$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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— Ivan Zarate (@zarateivan33) August 18, 2014
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
Emil Soffer raised to 5,500 preflop on the button and David Felger reraised all in for 34,100 on the small blind. Soffer tanked and called. The two players then tabled their hands.
Felger: 
Soffer: 
Board: 
Felger doubled up on the hand to survive with 70,000 and Soffer dropped to 120,000.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
The field in Event 4 is back from their latest break at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and they are very close to the final table. Just 11 players remain in the hunt for the nine spots at the final and you can check out their chip counts below.
Victor Coelho – 336,700
Gordon Battle – 200,400
Stuart Greenbaum – 160,400
Emil Soffer – 154,800
Daniel Buzgon – 123,300
Stewart Newman – 101,200
Paul Domb – 72,300
Yigal Hen – 49,400
Angel Vu – 46,400
David Felger – 41,100
Richard Leger – 30,700
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
The third of six starting flights, Flight C, is underway here in the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Ballroom.
Players begin with 12,000 chips and 20-minute levels, switching up to 30-minutes from Level 10 through 16. The tournament has a $150,000 guarantee on the total prize pool.
Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 10 (about 10:15pm).
The are three more flights on tap for Tuesday at 11am, 3pm, and 7pm. Players who bust out or surrender their chips can enter any subsequent flight as long as registration is still open.
Cards are in the air!
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1.5k/3k/500 ante
Action was so fast in the opening flight of Event 5 that they stopped play early. Flight 1A drew 261 participants and they were scheduled to play 16 levels or 10% of the field, whichever came first.
With the magic number set at 27 remaining, the field hit that mark at the midpoint of Level 15. Staff paused the clock with 14:48 left in the level and players bagged up their chips for Day 2 on Wednesday. TJ Shulman finished 1A with an early lead with five more flights left to play.
Top Flight 1A stacks:
TJ Shulman – 411,500
Jacques Alabre – 275,000
Errol Rosen – 215,000
Steven McKoy – 165,500
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
Dimas Martinez Jr. moved all in preflop on the small blind for over 30,000 and Victor Coelho called on the big blind. The two players then revealed their hands.
Coelho: 
Dimas: 
Board: 
Dimas was eliminated in 14th place and he took home $1,995 in prize money. Coelho added to his chip lead and now holds 243,000.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
Cliff Goldkind was all in on a flop reading 
with 
in the hole under the gun, and Emil Soffer called him with 
on the cutoff. The turn and river fell 
and Goldkind was eliminated in 15th place, good for $1,995. Soffer stacked up 115,000 after the hand.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
Angel Vu raised to 3,600 preflop under the gun and Yigal Hen reraised all in for 32,100 from middle position. Vu called and they flipped over their cards.
Hen:
Vu:
Board: 
Hen doubled up to survive with over 65,000 and Vu was left with 90,000 after the hand.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 1: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
August 14-18, 2014
Entries: 2,888
Prize Pool: $866,400
RECAP
Event 1 was scheduled for six starting flights and a final day to determine a winner but they needed a few extra levels to finish it up. Dan Suied is a regular in The Poker Room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and he was the last player standing at the end to earn $110,349 after a four-way deal.
“I love this place.” Suied said, “The Hard Rock is my home, it’s great to get this one done.”
The $350 buy-in Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament was the first on the series schedule and drew 2,888 players across three opening flights. Only 462 players survived to come back for Day 2 with Mark Spies in the lead with nearly 491,000. He lost half his stack near the start of play but was able to hold on to finish 25th.
The money bubble burst when 250 players remained and the tournament quickly picked up steam. More than 100 players were eliminated in the hour after the bubble before it slowed at the end of the evening. They formed the final table after midnight and stopped play at the end of Level 33 with eight players remaining.
Reinaldo Tronconis came back for the extra day with a healthy chip lead and it stayed that way until he lost a big pot to David Smith late in play. Michael Tufaro began as the short stack, plus a late arrival, and was gone after just a few hands. Steele Sutter and Glen Cressman soon followed him out the door before Suied won a big race at the five-handed table.
On the last hand before the break, Suied called a shove from Raminder Singh and won the race with 
against 
. The hand eliminated Singh and put Suied well ahead of the pack. The four remaining players went on break and that would end up as the last hand of the tournament.
They made quick work of chopping up the remaining $365,594 in prize money with Suied’s big stack earning him $110,349 along with the Event 1 trophy and a custom framed photograph provided by IMPDI with event information plaque.
Suied will soon be back to grinding in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock where he is a regular in the 5/10 and 10/25 No Limit Hold’em games. His opponents may not be happy with his bigger bankroll.
“I’ve got some more 3-betting power.” Suied joked, “But man, what a party.”
Suied has some big scores to his credit but this is the biggest of his career. His previous top payouts include a 6th place finished in a 2013 WSOP Circuit event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club and an unofficial final table appearance at the 2013 WPT Canadian Spring Championship. Suied plans to play a full slate of tournaments during the rest of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open with an eye towards another win.
“It’s good to pop one.” he said, “I had a couple final tables but it’s nice to get a six-digit score.”
FINAL RESULTS
1. DANIEL SUIED (HALLANDALE, FL): $110,349
2. DAVID SMITH (NEW YORK, NY): $94,574
3. REINALDO TROCONIS (CORAL GABLES, FL): $81,752
4. BRETT BADER (BOCA RATON, FL): $78,919
5. RAMINDER SINGH (DELRAY BEACH, FL): $44,983
6. GLEN CRESSMAN (BOCA RATON, FL): $35,831
7. STEELE SUTTER (PALM BCH GDNS, FL): $26,765
8. MICHAEL TUFARO (FORT MYERS, FL): $18,131
9. RICHARD RUSS (HALLANDALE BEACH, FL): $12,951
10. RICHARD NEWTON (WEST PALM BCH, FL): $8,634
11. TRISTAN WADE (BOYNTON BEACH, FL): $8,634
12. EFTHIMIOS PIPERAKIS (PEMBROKE PINES, FL): $8,634
13. REX CLINKSCALES (LAS VEGAS, NV): $5,828
14. MATTHEW WILKINS (PLANTATION, FL): $5,828
15. DANIEL PIELA (WHEATON, IL): $5,828
16. MICHAEL JAGROO (ORLANDO, FL): $4,447
17. DIPAK CHAUDHARI (AURORA, CO): $4,447
18. KATSUHIDE YAMAMOTO (STUART, FL): $4,447
19. TUAN PHAM (ESTERO, FL): $3,626
20. JOSEPH RAPOSA (FALL RIVER, MA): $3,626
21. RICHARD KIRSCH (PLANTATION, FL): $3,626
22. JOSEPH CALDERON (PEMBROKE PINES, FL): $3,626
23. DAVID CASTRANOVA (HOLLYWOOD, FL): $3,626
24. LEE PIPPEN (JUPITER, FL): $3,626
25. MARK SPIES (PARKLAND, FL): $3,626
26. AVI HAKMON (PLANTATION, FL): $3,626
27. MICHAEL ORTIZ (HIALEAH, FL): $3,626
28. PIERROT MASSENAT (MIRAMAR, FL): $3,065
29. DAVID SIDLER (KENNESAW, GA): $3,065
30. RANDOLPH MALLEN (PEMBROKE PINES, FL): $3,065
31. NATHANIEL PALOMBO: $3,065
32. A NONYMOUS (MIAMI, FL): $3,065
33. ROBERTO ALBERRO (CORAL GABLES, FL): $3,065
34. STUART PATERSON (BOCA RATON, FL): $3,065
35. JAMES DILL (APOPKA, FL): $3,065
36. DAVID HASS (DELRAY BEACH, FL): $3,065
37. DAVID ZIONTS (DAVIE, FL): $2,590
38. MATTHEW YORRA (MIAMI, FL): $2,590
39. IAN O’HARA (BOCA RATON, FL): $2,590
40. MARTY HEALY (ELKHORN, WI): $2,590
41. ISMAEL CABRERA (MARIETTA, GA): $2,590
42. LUIZ LAMARDO NETO (MIAMI, FL): $2,590
43. ZAFER BULUT (DEERFIELD BCH, FL): $2,590
44. RONALD TOURONY (CAPE CORAL, FL): $2,590
45. DUSTIN NELSON (TALLAHASSEE, FL): $2,590
46. JACQUES ALABRE (MIAMI, FL): $2,159
47. BYUNG YOO (NORWOOD, NJ): $2,159
48. JOAQUIN SOSA (ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL): $2,159
49. RAYMOND MCDONOUGH (JUPITER, FL): $2,159
50. JOSEPH MALONE JR (LAND O LAKES, FL): $2,159
Continue reading SHRPO FINAL RESULTS – EVENT 1
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
Gordon Battle was all in on the small blind for 67,500 with a flop reading 
and Stuart Greenbaum had him covered on the big blind. Battle held 
and Greenbaum flipped over 
. The turn and river fell and Battle doubled up on the hand to survive with close to 140,000. Greenbaum was still solid with 134,000 after the hand.