$300 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Seniors

Blinds: 1K/2K/300 ante

Robert Winsler checked the flop and Julio Fernandez bet 8K. Winsler check-raised all in and Fernandez after thinking for a moment made the call. Winsler had for an open ended straight draw while Fernandez had for middle pair. The turn was the prompting Fernandez to ask for a club even though he was already in the lead. The river was the and Julio walked away going “yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.” He had 25K total to start the hand and is over 50K now.

$300 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Seniors

Blinds: 1K/2K/300 ante

Walk away for five minutes to go check out Event 15 and what do the Seniors do – they get frisky and bust two players out after not having lost one for over an hour. Robert Bass finished in 5th place for $1,200. Our remaining four players and their approximate chip stacks are as follows:

$300 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Seniors

Blinds: 800/1.6K/200 ante

The player who had doubled up on the earlier hand moved all in on a K-Q-Q two diamond flop and was called by the same opponent who had doubled him up earlier in Seat 4. Seat 4 still had him covered and turned over A-J. His opponent had J-3 of diamonds for a flush draw. The river was a blank and Seat 4 looked like he was going to eliminate our player in Seat 2 that was all in. The river was not a diamond… but it was a 3… prompting Seat 4 to jump up out of his chair, let out a string of expletives and slam his fists against the wall. “Jesus Christ bro,” he said sitting back down… clearly agitated. He’s still mumbling about it five minutes later even after getting lucky with K-8 against A-K (against Seat 2) to double up to 20K.

$300 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Seniors

Blinds: 800/1.6K/200 ante

A short stack check raised all in over the top of his opponent on a Q-T-8 flop. His opponent made the call with K-Q for top pair with a King kicker. His opponent had flopped the nuts though with and the turn and river would not change the outcome. “Look at that sh**,” said the player with K-Q to a friend who came up to look at the hand. The short stack had 30K and now has more than 60K. Not so short any more.

Still six handed. Still one shy of the money.

$300 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Seniors

Blinds: 800/1.6K/200 ante

We’re still not quite in the money yet as six players remain. They briefly discussed doing a chip count chop but in the end decided against it. All six players are relatively deep with no one having less than 25 big blinds. Once we get into the money, we’ll let you know who they are and provide you with the bust outs for each finish.

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’em

Blinds: 100/200 Antes 25

Registration is officially closed for Event 15 and the total number of entrants was 188 creating a prize pool of $22,560, which was well in excess of the $20,000 Guarantee. There are approximately 110 players remaining as all the players are upstairs.

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’em

Blinds: 100/200

Players have moved into Level 4 of Event 15 and the number of entrants continues to climb closer to the magic number. There are 167 players showing on the board with more coming all the time looking for a piece of the $20,000 guaranteed prizepool.

With multiple tournaments going at once, Event 15 players are split between the downstairs tables and the upstairs tournament area.

$300 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Seniors

Blinds: 400/800/100 ante

The players in the Seniors Event came back from dinner and quickly dropped two players out the tournament. The remaining 10 players have drew new seat cards and taking their places at Table 41.

They immediately began talking about a save for those who drop from 6th through 10th which did not get very far.

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’em

Blinds: 25/50

Event 15 of the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” is another small buy-in, big prizepool No Limit Hold’em tournament. The $150 buy-in tournament sports a $20,000 guaranteed prizepool and will draw a big field.

Players begin with 6,000 in their stacks and 30-minute levels to make their moves. Late registration is available unti the start of Level 5 and players can re-enter during that time if they are knocked out.

Players are taking their seats and cards are in the air.

$300 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Seniors

Blinds: 300/600/75 ante

The Seniors Event has slowly whittled itself down to the final two tables with 12 remaining and five spots paying. Those players are now off on a 40-minute dinner break and we will have more updates and chip counts when they return.