“I used my one-time on the river,” says Alex Bello (Miami, FL) who is now well above average with 200k after starting the day with 51k (21 bb).
Bello says he was all in on a board of 8-7-X and “in big trouble,” with 9-5 against his opponent’s pocket Jacks.
After a brick on the turn, Bello’s one-time comes through with a 6 on 5th street for the 9-high straight.
Bello is a Hard Rock regular and looking his third career recorded live tournament cash. Players are falling fast and we’re approaching the bubble and hand-for-hand play.
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
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 7: $250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha March 31 – April 2, 2014
Entries: 80 Prize Pool: $16,800
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.”
