Monday Night Recap (Events 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
There were four final tables on Monday at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, along with three starting flights for Event 6 scattered throughout the day. Here is a quick rundown of what happened.
Event 1, $350 No-Limit Hold’em ($500K Guarantee)
Winner: Derek Buonano
Event 1 began the day with 19 players remaining. When they got down to the final nine, the event became an apparent standoff as nearly two levels passed without a bustout — the short stacks kept winning the all-in situations.
The players took an extended break to discuss a deal, and eventually agreed to a slightly modified ICM chop that gave chipleader Derek Buonano the victory, along with $90,000.
There were 3,391 entrants in the five-day tournament, and the final 306 players finished in the money to claim their share of the $1 million prizepool. Here were the official final table results (based on the chop):
1st: Derek Buonano – $90,000
2nd: Steven McKoy – $64,001
3rd: Jaime Campos – $58,418
4th: Zachary Goodman – $58,323
5th: John Liu – $57,557
6th: David Diaz – $50,047
7th: Jeff Yeh – $42,742
8th: Kevin Ho – $41,000
9th: Daniel Navarrete – $38,787
Event 2, $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em ($75K Guarantee)
Winner: Benjamin Stark
There were 98 entrants in Event 2, and the top nine finished in the money. When the final table got down to six players, they agreed to a six-way deal where everyone got at least $9,900, and chipleader Ben Stark was awarded the trophy.
1st: Ben Stark – $27,000
2nd: Chris Karambinis – $20,000
3rd: Alain Rodriguez – $11,000
4th: Christopher Mitchell – $9,910
5th: Michael Wakefield – $9,900
6th: Yaroslav Nakonechnyy – $9,900
7th: George Dolofan – $4,410
8th: Francesco Pisani – $3,430
9th: Moe Musa – $2,450
Event 4, $240 Seven Card Stud ($25K Guarantee)
Winner: Kevin Painter
There were 41 entrants in Event 4, and the original prizepool was set to pay the final five players. But when the field neared the Money Bubble with seven players remaining, they decided to make a deal. Chipleader Kevin Painter was awarded the trophy.
1st: Kevin Painter – $2,287
2nd: Sergio Corominas – $1,575
3rd: Debra Jorgensen – $1,287
4th: Al Green – $1,013
5th: Roberto Martinez – $875
6th: Jeremy Jennings – $600
7th: Christian Ivens – $563
Event 5, $240 No-Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty ($20K Guarantee)
Winner: Christopher Carey
There were 252 entrants in Event 5, and the day began with the final nine players. This was the first tournament of the SHRPO series that didn’t end with a deal, as they played all the way down to a winner.
The final table action took a little less than five hours as Christopher Carey outlasted the field and defeated Richard Hopple heads up to win the trophy.
The final 22 players finished in the money, and here are the official results from the final table:
1st: Christopher Carey – $7,053
2nd: Richard Hopple – $4,158
3rd: Alexis Carrasquillo – $2,772
4th: Abbey Daniels – $1,928
5th: Fernando Alfonso – $1,436
6th: Benito Prats – $1,109
7th: Francis Garcia – $857
8th: Marvin Karlins – $630
9th: Celena Holloway – $454
Event 6, $125 No-Limit Hold’em ($150K Guarantee)
Monday marked the beginning of Event 6, which would hold *nine* starting flights over three days. The event needs to attract 1,500 entrants to meet the $150,000 guarantee, but it shouldn’t be a problem as the field has already reached 1,029 entrants and two-thirds of the starting flights have yet to be played.
Of the 1,029 entrants who started on Monday in three different flights, there were 115 survivors who made it to Day 2. Only five of them finished above 200,000 in chips:
1. Leonard Sande – 268,000
2. Mark Zand – 225,800
3. Ryan Gunderson – 212,300
4. Jeremy Costa – 201,000
5. Michael Chwiej – 200,800
There will be three more starting flights on Tuesday at 11:00 am, 3:00 pm, and 7:00 pm, and three more on the same schedule on Wednesday.
