$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 34: 120k/240k/40k
Steele Sutter was the second shortest stack to start the day and moved in several times before finding a caller for a chance to double.
He moved all-in for his final 2.2 million with 
and Brett Bader called in the big blind with 
.
The 
flop gave him no help and he was drawing dead on the 
turn. Sutter did well to make it this far but was the next gone out, making $26,765 for his 7th place finish.
The first Monday of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open brings a fun, fast event. The $150 buy-in tournament allows re-entry through the first 9 levels and the action is sure be high while the registration desk is open.
The first flight has been playing for a few hours now, but action has just begun for Day 1B here in South Florida.
Players begin with 12,000 stacks and 20-minute levels, switching up to 30-minutes from Level 10 through 16. The tournament has a $150,000 guaranteed prizepool. There are six starting flights with three per day. Flight 1C will kick-off later tonight at 7pm.
Players are in the their seats and cards are in the air.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 500/1k/100 ante
The biggest buy-in event to date in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is underway and begins with hand-for-hand action on the money bubble. There are 19 players returning from the starting 114 and one of them will not make the money. The top 18 players get paid and they will play down to a winner today.
Victor Coleho has the lead but everyone has plenty of chips to make their moves. Min-cash for the tournament is $1,710 with the champion set to take home $34,200.
Event 4 chip counts:
Victor Coleho – 160,000
Emil Soffer – 117,300
Angel Vu – 115,200
Daniel Buzgon – 104,100
Walter Pietrzak – 97,400
Cliff Goldkind – 78,800
Dimas Martinez Jr. – 76,600
David Felger – 75,400
Gordon Battle – 71,500
Paul Domb – 65,800
Carlos Cruz – 65,800
Jie Liu – 64,800
Jonathan Marks – 60,200
Stuart Greenbaum – 55,100
Bob Panitch – 35,800
Stewart Newman – 47,900
Maroun Akiki – 28,900
Yigal Hen – 27,700
Richard Leger – 19,100
Payouts:
1: $34,200
2: $18,810
3: $10,830
4: $9,120
5: $6,840
6: $5,700
7: $4,560
8: $3,420
9: $2,565
10-12: $2,280
13-15: $1,995
16-18: $1,710
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: 100k/200k/30k
Michael Tufaro eventually showed up and last two hands before getting his chips in the middle.
“I thought it started at 3pm!”, was his explantion.
Raminder Singh opened for 425,000 and Tufaro came over the top for his final 1.1 million. Suied asked how much Singh was playing behind and shipped in to isolate. Singh folded and they tabled their cards.
Suied: 
Tufaro: 
Suied was dominating but had a small sweat after the 
flop. The turn and river were a harmless 
and Tufaro was the first out today, picking up $18,131 for 8th place.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: 100k/200k/30k
There’s been more light-hearted banter than big hands at the final table so far but there is one big question.
Where is Michael Tufaro?
He still has a few chips in the game but no one can answer that question.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: 100k/200k/30k
Players are back in their seats and the final final day of Event 1 is underway.
Turns out that 33 levels was not enough time to play down from 2,888 starting players to a winner. Play was stopped in the early morning with eight remaining and someone looking to earn over $150,000.
Reinolado Troconic comes back with the lead with more than 25% of the chips in the game. Michael Tufaro is the short stack and the only player under 10 big blinds. They are
Final table chip counts:
Reinaldo Troconic – 15,290,000
David Smith – 11,675,000
Raminder Singh – 9,060,000
Dan Suied – 8,510,000
Brett Bader – 4,650,000
Glen Cressman – 3,660,000
Steele Sutter – 3,120,000
Michael Tufaro – 1,760,000
Final table seat assignments:
Seat 1: Brett Bader – 4,650,000
Seat 2: Glen Cressman – 3,660,000
Seat 3: David Smith – 11,675,000
Seat 4: Raminder Singh – 9,006,000
Seat 5: Steele Sutter – 3,120,000
Seat 6: Michael Tufaro – 1,760,000
Seat 7: Dan Suied – 8,510,000
Seat 8: Reinaldo Troconic – 15,290,000
Payouts:
1: $150,201
2: $97,392
3: $63,779
4: $54,222
5: $44,983
6: $35,831
7: $26,765
8: $18,131
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500/50 ante
Marsha Wolak went on break with just over 8,000 in her stack but doubled that in a hurry. She was all-in versus fellow short stack Shawn Sorgi looking at a probably chop. Wolak tabled 
which was a micro-favorite against 
.
Wolak picked up a backdoor flush draw on the flop and then went running hearts to jump to 17,000.
Other chips counts around the room:
TJ Shulman – 105,650
Adam Lamphere – 46,400
Joseph Levitt – 37,650
Alexander Fleites – 34,550
Jacques Alubre – 34,375
Alan Reddish – 33,550
Paul Somers – 32,250
Hector Pacheco – 32,050
Curtis Countryman – 31,975
Brian Ragauckas – 30,800
Barry Bindelglass – 30,325
Christopher Hayes – 28,425
Errol Rosen – 28,025
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/50 ante
The steady stream of players into the tournament continues as they head off on their first break. So far there has been 225 getting in the game and we now have two WSOP champions sitting together when Marsha Wolak grabbed the 8-seat next to “Miami John” Cernuto.
TJ Shulman looks like the current chipleader as he’s built his start from the initial 12,000 to over 100,000 before the break.
We are gathering the chip counts and will return shortly.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150
The small buy-in tournament is pulling in a nice early crowd with the entrant number climbing over 150 before the noon hour. The price is also putting players in a gambling mood with plenty of speculative hands getting action. Dealers are calling “seat open” on a regular basis and there is always someone in line at the registration desk.
“Miami John” Cernuto and Errol Massey were early players and we’re combing the field for more Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open regulars.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
The first Monday of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open brings a fun, fast event. The $150 buy-in tournament allows re-entry through the first 9 levels and the action is sure be high while the registration desk is open.
Player begin with 12,000 stacks and 20-minute levels, switching up to 30-minutes from Level 10 through 16. The tournament has a $150,000 guaranteed prizepool, six starting flights with three per day. Flights 1B and 1C kick-off at 3pm and 7pm.
Players are in the their seats and cards are in the air.