$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Blinds 30K/60K Ante 10K
We were unable to catch the hand but Shea Smith has been eliminated in 13th place. “It was bad,” said Shea as he collected his winnings. We’ll have to take his word on that.
Event 1: Frank Traino, 14th place, $1,574
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Blinds 25K/50K Ante 5K
The flop was 8-5-4 and Frank Traino had moved all in over the top of his opponent’s 225K raise for approximately 300K more. His opponent took over a minute before proclaiming “too much in there” and made the call with 
. Before seeing his opponent’s cards Traino said “good call” not realizing he was actually ahead with his pocket 7’s.
“3 or a 5” the bigger stack asked before the dealer put out an Ace on the turn.
“3, 5, Deuce,” he revised his request. This time the dealer obliged, putting a deuce up on the felt to deliver the knock out blow to Frank. Still an excellent finish.
Event 1: 15th through 27th place
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Blinds 25K/50K Ante 5K
We are down to 14 players in Event 1 here at Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open”. Here are the 15th through 27th place finishers:
| 15th | David Solomon | $1,574.00 |
| 16th | Vicki Holmes | $1,322.00 |
| 17th | Samuel Morillo | $1,322.00 |
| 18th | Frank Gil | $1,322.00 |
| 19th | Jessica Rosado | $1,112.00 |
| 20th | Lou Ojeda | $1,112.00 |
| 21st | Justin Prosser | $1,112.00 |
| 22nd | Alan Dobrow | $1,112.00 |
| 23rd | Marla Crumpler | $1,112.00 |
| 24th | Dwayne Barclay | $1,112.00 |
| 25th | Juan Mubarak Peralta | $1,112.00 |
| 26th | Alain Rodriguez | $1,112.00 |
| 27th | Paraskevas Patsatsis | $1,112.00 |
Event 2: Catching Up With Event 1
$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’Em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds 2K/4K Ante 500
Event 2 is doing their best to pass Event 1 – only 22 players left compared to the 18 left in Event 1. One player probably didn’t think he would be going to the rail when he looked down at pocket kings and got it all in for 55K. His opponent held aces though and the cooler only left the eliminated player in disbelief as he came up short of the money.
Event 1: Two Tables Left
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Blinds 20K/40K Ante 5K
We are down to two tables after Jessica Rosado made a move at the wrong time and finished in 19th place. Lou White opened from the button with his big stack to 120K and Rosado made it 300K, leaving herself with just about that amount. White moved all in over the top and after thinking for several minutes, Rosado decided she was committed and made the call with 
. White turned over pocket kings and when the board ran out 
, Rosado was off to collect her winnings.
Event 2: It’ll Be Final Table Before You Know It
$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’Em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds 1K/2K Ante 300
At the rate Event 2 is going it isn’t going to take long until we make the money and get to the final table. There are 41 players left with an average stack of 41K (20 big blinds). Here’s a typical hand:
Player raises and is called. Flop comes T-6-3. Player who raised pre-flop moves all in and is called by 4-3. Other player has A-K and picks up a straight draw on the jack turn. The river is a blank though and he is eliminated. “Call off with bottom pair,” he said as he walked off, and then muttered “f***ing donkey.”
“I knew you had ace king,” smiled the guy as he stacked his newly acquired chips.
Event 1: 3 Tables Left, Payouts for 28th thru 46th place
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Blinds 15K/30K Ante 3K
With 28 players left, a player limped from the cutoff and was called by the button. The small blind; Lou White, President of Pokertek, completed. The big blind checked his option and we saw a 
flop. Lou and the big blind checked and the cutoff bet 120K. The button folded. Lou took a look over at the cutoff and asked for a count. The cutoff stacked out his chips real quick and said “about 900K”. Lou said “I’m all in”. The big blind looked disgusted but tossed his cards in the muck. The cutoff didn’t waste much time in calling, turning over 
. He had limped in pre-flop with aces and it cost him as it let White hit two pair with 
.
“Give me a ten,” the cutoff begged the dealer. The dealer did not oblige and turned over the 
. “Jack, Ten, or Ace,” he pleaded. Again no luck for him as the river was the 
. They counted out his stack – 888K and Lou had him covered by 40K to felt him in 28th place. We have now redrawn to three tables.
Payouts for 28th through 46th place:
| 28th | Esteban Garcia | $944.00 |
| 29th | Joey Prosper | $944.00 |
| 30th | Derek Buonano | $944.00 |
| 31st | Shawn Vrenna | $944.00 |
| 32nd | Juliet Yarina | $944.00 |
| 33rd | Michael Tufaro | $944.00 |
| 34th | Zachary Guerin | $944.00 |
| 35th | Michael Milz | $944.00 |
| 36th | Luis Arguello | $944.00 |
| 37th | Luis Santoni | $797.00 |
| 38th | John Iglesias | $797.00 |
| 39th | Alpher Unsoy | $797.00 |
| 40th | Jose Galevez | $797.00 |
| 41st | Jason Ibrahim | $797.00 |
| 42nd | Alert Kusaku | $797.00 |
| 43rd | Julio Acosta | $797.00 |
| 44th | Jeffrey Cohen | $797.00 |
| 45th | Frank Sims | $797.00 |
| 46th | Michael Ortiz | $692.00 |
Event 2 Update And Prize Pool/Payout Information
$120 + $30 No Limit Hold’Em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds 500/1K Ante 100
There were 140 total entrants in Event 2 at Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” creating a prize pool of $16,800. There are 81 players remaining vying for the following payouts:
| 1st | $5,377.00 |
| 2nd | $3,108.00 |
| 3rd | $2,016.00 |
| 4th | $1,386.00 |
| 5th | $1,067.00 |
| 6th | $832.00 |
| 7th | $655.00 |
| 8th | $487.00 |
| 9th | $336.00 |
| 10th-12th | $277.00 |
| 13th-15th | $235.00 |
Event 1: Dropping Quick – Payouts for 47th through 63rd
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Blinds 12K/24K Ante 3K
In the 15 minutes of play in the current level, we’ve already lost 5 players and are down to 39 players. The current chip leader looks to be sitting on about 1.6 million after raking in a large pot with Queens against 
. The average stack is approximately 540K or about 23 big blinds. Here are the payouts for 47th through 63rd place:
47th – Anthony Ocampo $692
48th – Moshe Tarich $692
49th – Efthimios Iperakis $692
50th – Ebony Johnson $692
51st – John Utley Jr. $692
52nd – Michael Goldfarb $692
53rd – Robert Bass $692
54th – Steven Peterson $692
55th – Dominic Frisby $608
56th – David Poces $608
57th – David Jacobs $608
58th – Albert Vanderbilt $608
59th – Paul Pantoja $608
60th – Dagoberto Borbolla $608
61st – Steve Yagudaev $608
62nd – Robert Levin $608
63rd – Raymond Wade $608
Event 1 Day 2: Friendly Game
$100 + $25 No Limit Hold’Em Deep Stack
Lou White and Juliet Yarina spent a large part of the day sitting in the 6 and 7-seats pleasantly chatting as Yarina built her castle and White worked his short stack higher. It wasn’t all fun and games when the two finally butted heads after the dinner break.
White was all-in with 
up against Yarina’s 
and the 
flop was harmless but Yarina was in the danger zone after the turn. Looking for miracle, the river hit 
doubling White up to 500,000 while Yarina was down but still not out.