Event 7: Jimmy Cracked Kings

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 600/1.2k/200 ante

The 7-seat at Table 37 had a bad feeling about the 9-seat and his Kings, “I know they’re losing.” His KsKc was up against QdQc all-in preflop when he made his prophetic comment. The flop came out Ad7c5d prompted him to say “Here it comes.”

The 9-seat was on his feet when the 3d hit the turn and was packing up courtesy of the 2d on the river.

Event 7 is down to 45 players with Nigel Murray as one of the recent casualties. They will play another 15 minutes before taking off on their dinner break.

Event 8: Black Chip Bounty

$200 + $40 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty

Blinds: 25/50

The popular Black Chip Bounty tournament is underway in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock and the $240 No Limit Hold’em Event 8 has a $15,000 guaranteed prizepool. Have of the buy-in will go towards the prizepool while the other half will be paid out in the form of bounties, players will receive $100 for every opponent they eliminate.

There are 30 players currently registered with two hours of late registration or re-entry.

Event 7: One Round Penalty

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 500/1k/100 ante

Nigel Murray likes to have a good time at the table. Anyone who has played with him in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock knows this and knows how to handle it.

He talks. A lot. But it’s part the local’s personality which gets him in trouble on occasion but sometimes it catches his opponents. The board read Kc8h6c when Murray had enough chips moved forward to cover his opponent in the 4-seat. He was going through his chatter when his opponent tabled his KdQd without actually calling.

Murray flipped over his AcKh to begin the debate among players, staff, and dealer. His opponent was given the opportunity to fold his hand, saving his last 20k, but was given a one orbit penalty for exposing his cards. The hand moved Murray up to 90,000 but it could have been a little more.

Murray has over $250,000 in career earnings and a regular at Seminole Hard Rock including a win in the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Double Stack Turbo and 3rd place in the Big Slick this September for $21,883.

Nigel Murray
Nigel Murray (right) at his new Event 7 table

Event 7: Moving Fast to the Break

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 400/800/100 ante

Players are still hitting the rail at a regular pace despite the deep stacks. Just 63 players remain as staff race off the green chips and players head off on their second break of the day.

Mike Filipelli is the current chipleader with 110,000 with a few more stacks not far behind. Players will come back to blinds at 400/800/100 ante and an average stack of ~43,000.

Zach Kessler and Derrick Simon, fresh from 8th place finish in Event 6
Zach Kessler (left) and Derrick Simon (right), fresh from his 8th place finish in Event 6

Event 7: Breaking Tables

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 250/500/50 ante

Event 7 is down to nine table with 81 players left in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock. Huge preflop all-in pots have been rare with the average stack hanging around 66 big blinds. Table 35 did find a way to get three stacks in the middle at once as a short-stack shoved with 8d8h but was up against KdKc and JhJd.

No bad beat stories as the Kings held and the 6-seat knocked out two opponents, telling the dealer, “I want to tip you so bad.”

"Breaking Bad" beat at Table 37
“Breaking Bad” beat at Table 37

Event 7: Payout Information

$500  + $60 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack

Blinds: 250/500/50 ante

The numbers are out and the Event 7 winner will walk away with $21,598. The tournament officially drew 135 entrants for a $67,500 and the top 15 spots will pay. Min-cash is $945 while everyone at the final table is guaranteed $1,350.

There are 90 players remaining as the field moves into Level 8.

PlacePayout
1st$21,598
2nd$12,488
3rd$8,100
4th$5,569
5th$4,286
6th$3,341
7th$2,633
8th$1,958
9th$1,350
10th – 12th$1,114
13th – 15th$945

Andrew Frier stays hot to win Event 6

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘Em

It was a civil negotiation and the final five spots chopped up the remaining prizepool giving chipleader Andrew Frier the victory for $4,172. This is Frier’s second straight final table after his 4th place finish in Event 5 and he plans to come back for more.

The rest of the money was divided between Homer Molina ($3,623), Arthur Rodriguez ($3,445), Norman Guigui ($3,366), and Keith Wagner ($2,824). Complete Event 6 results are below.

Event 6 Champion, Andrew Frier
Event 6 Champion, Andrew Frier

Event 6 results:

PlayerPayout
1stAndrew Frier$4,172.00
2ndHomer Molina$3,623.00
3rdArthur Rodriguez$3,445.00
4thNorman Guigui$3,366.00
5thKeith Wagner$2,824.00
6thPaul Stanechewski$1,114.00
7thLawrence Cone$861.00
8thDerrick Simon$633.00
9thRon Blankenship$456.00
10thMike Filipelli$354.00
11thPhillip Tyson$354.00
12thAlbert Palma$354.00
13thJoshua Smith$304.00
14thJason Becher$304.00
15thWayne Luggery$304.00
16thEnrique Perez$266.00
17thEdwin Vasconcelos$266.00
18thThomas Cunningham$266.00
19thFrank Argano$228.00
20thNorbert Kara$228.00
21stSteven Frankel$228.00
22ndReggete Duvdivani$228.00
23rdJody Davis$228.00
24thChristopher Brown$228.00
25thMichael Saraceni$228.00
26thJames Salmon III$228.00
27thDamian Leite$228.00