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Event 5: Day 2 Poker Underway in Hollywood, FL

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$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante
268 Players Remaining, 89k avg (37 bb)

Campbell & Kegel
Campbell & Kegel

30 tables are back in action looking for their piece of the $287,520 prize pool.

Jorge Rivera (Hollywood, FL) returns as the chip leader with 316k (132 bb).

Two of the more charismatic players are side-by-side in Ralph Campbell (Plantation, FL) who starts the day third in chips (275k) and Tim Kegel (Hollywood, FL) who made the WPT televised final table in February at Seminole Coconut Creek (5th place – $68,000).

This will be a dash for the cash as the top 200 players earn a min cash of $302 and the field plays for the $50,017 top prize.

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Event 5: Day 2 Restart Chip Counts (Full List)

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$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Play Resumes 1 pm
Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante
268 Players Remaining, 89k avg (37 bb)

 

Position Name  Chip Count TableSeat
1JORGERIVERA315,500142
2GASTONMIALIZLHI300,600224
3RALPHCAMPBELL274,875135
4JUANENDARA265,400488
5GUDMUNDURSIGUIGONMAN237,300323
6IZZEYTEMEL232,200541
7JOEPOZOS232,100452
8OMARMORILLA226,900472
9IGORSKOCHILO221,300459
10YUANSHEN217,400546
11REGETTEDUVDIVANI212,600211
12CARLOSLOVING211,600545
13JOHN BINNS209,600547
14LANCEGARCIA207,60086
15DAVIDALBERTSON202,100316
16DORIANRIOS202,00061
17JESUSCABRERA199,50073
18TEVYWELLINS194,900131
19STEVELAKE192,70051
20AUSTINLAFOTEN192,700148
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Event 8: $500K Guarantee at Seminole Hard Rock Underway

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$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

$500K Guarantee Underway
$500K Guarantee Underway

The third guaranteed tournament of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is underway and this time it’s a $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool.

Players have six flights to enter this event before Sunday’s Day 2.

Starting stacks are 20k and levels last 30 minutes each on Day 1 (40 min / Day 2).

Registration and re-entry is open through 6 levels with the cage staying open one hour later than usual until ~2:15 pm.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, FL has already Guaranteed $1.2 million in prizes in two of the first seven events. Players are now looking at another half a million dollars up for grabs.

Flight Schedule

1A – 11 am
1B – 7 pm
1C – 11 am Friday, April 4
1D – 7 pm Friday, April 4
1E – 11 am Saturday, April 5
1F – 7 pm Saturday, April 5
Day 2 1 pm Sunday, April 6

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Event 5: Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

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$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Players Remaining: 268/2,396

51STEVELAKE192,700
52JosephDiaz61,000
53JOHNGIARRUSSO50,000
54ZachMilchman114,800
55PHUUCNGUYEN118,400
56EDWARDGILFILLAN45,500
57JAMESOLIVER63,600
58ALLANBLELER50,900
59JIANZHAO114,300
61DORIANRIOS202,000
62MIGUELMUNOZ20,500
63ArielWilliams37,300
64DAVIDBOYD107,900
65AdamAxman137,500
66ERICTIPSWORD80,500
67MARCUSBEESLEY40,400
68JESSYDELGADO84,500
69OrlandoSerrano48,000
71NICHOLASBRIGGS132,800
72CLIFFORDQUICK50,400
73JESUSCABRERA199,500
74JAMESPINES74,600
75JASONKOUZA81,100
76DAVIDJACOBS53,100
77JermainePhang155,400
78RandolphSells93,300
79BRIANHARDY124,700
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Event 5: Complete Day 1I Chip Counts

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$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Of the 417 Day 1I entries, only 45 players survived.

JorgeRivera315,500
IzzetTemel232,200
Austinxxxxx192,700
ThomasMillward185,600
RavindraMadala156,100
GinaVargas152,500
KenShockett150,300
AviHakmon140,000
GiovanniMarcacci139,700
IanFuller135,600
BruceRawdin127,200
RobertHahn125,600
MichaelJohnson119,700
BrettTaylor116,900
TonyBurns116,800
ChasSamuel107,400
BryanEmory101,200
MichaelFerneman100,300
LouisLeo IV92,500
NathanielDalbec91,000
KasraKhodayarkhani89,500
RossSenter85,200
ArtAzurin83,600
JustinHamilton82,700
JessicaMeir81,800
EvanBraunstein79,700
SheaSmith70,000
MohammedMunaf68,900
JieLiu65,300
MichaelAngelini65,100
JosephDiaz61,000
NoeAcosta60,800
GianCarlosOlivieri42,500
WillieKendrick39,000
MiguelAngelSalvador32,200
MikeByrne31,400
CarlosApinaye28,400
SalCaputo28,100
ScottDwyer26,400
YanLefebvre24,500
MoisesNatanel23,000
Jose LuisRodriguez21,900
BillStanton20,500
TimHarrington15,400
StuartBreakstone9,700
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SHRP SHOWDOWN FINAL RESULTS – EVENT 7

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Event 7:  $250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
March 31 – April 2, 2014

Entries: 80
Prize Pool: $16,800

Mohammad Arani
1st Place

RECAP
Event 7, the $250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry, drew 80 entries on Wednesday at noon. Nearly 15 hours later, only one was left standing. You wouldn’t know it by looking at his career tournament results (which includes a $220,626 score at the Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw Main Event), but Mohammad Arani usually prefers to stay away from the tournament scene.

“I play cash games mostly and only at the good stops do I play tournaments,” he told us after his win in Event 7. What makes the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown a good stop in Arani’s opinion? “Florida weather is great, the girls are hot, and the food is good,” he told us, and nobody is going to disagree with him.

Arani began the final table fourth in chips and it was no easy task to outlast the rest. “When I got to the final table, I had about average stack. Things went kind of slow, but then when it got four-handed I really picked it up.” With the win in his back pocket, Arani likes what it will do for his game for the rest of the series. “It’s great motivation, and a great boost for the Main (Event) here. I can play a lot more relaxed and at ease.”

FINAL RESULTS

PLACENAMEFROMWINNINGS
1MOHAMMAD ARANIPLANO, TX$5,880
2DANIEL PAZDAVIE, FL$3,192
3JEROME BRADPIECELONDON, $2,016
4CORY BLUMCHARLOTTE, NC$1,512
5LUIS SANTONIPEMBROKE PNES, FL$1,176
6THOMAS MACEYMIAMI BEACH, FL$1,008
7ALEX VARGASFORT LAUDERDALE, FL$840
8MAX JONESDAVIE, FL$672
9LUKE DOOLITTLEDELRAY BEACH, FL$504

 MAIN EVENT SCHEDULE

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Event 7: Daniel Martinez Paz Eliminated in 2nd Place ($3,192)

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$250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 24: Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Daniel Martinez Paz $3,192
Daniel Martinez Paz
$3,192

Mohammad Arani raises on the button,  Daniel Martinez Paz three-bets all in from the big blind for about 180,000, and Arani calls.

Arani: QdQs8d2s
Martinez Paz: QhTs9c8s

The flop runs out 9s5s4d, giving both player a flush draw. Arani’s queens are still best, as is his flush draw. The 6d turn gives Martinez Paz a straight draw as well, but the 3c river is no help, ending his run with a runner-up finish.