$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante
It took just 30 minutes of play to drop down to 10 players remaining and the unofficial final table.
Tyler Stafman opened the action from middle position to 32k before John Piscopo three-bet all-in for 280k total in the small blind. Waxman asked Stafman how much had behind then moved all-in when he heard the “about 700k” answer. Stafman took a long time to make his decision but eventually folded 
.
Waxman tabled 
which was well ahead of Piscopo’s 
. The board brought little drama for Waxman but the rest of table gave a chuckle at 
flop. Stafman would have flopped a boat and then turned quads with the 
. No save on the 
river and Piscopo was the next out in 11th place for $10,628.
Staff paused the clock to redraw for the unofficial final table.
and in trouble against Morono’s 
. The 
flop did not improve Cynn’s hand but he picked up an open-ended straight draw with the 
turn. Morono dodged 10 outs to send Cynn out of the tournament in 12th place for $10,628.
. Kevin Spires, another short stack, called the bet with the dominating 
.
. Spires needed a lot of love and look to move up the tables but was eliminated in 13th place for $8,676.
flop.
came on the river and Murray called after Waxman put him all-in. Waxman tabled 
for the full house while Murray flashed an Ace, not good enough and he was our first player out today in 14th place for $8,676.
. Gaudino was looking good to double up on the T-9-8 flop but it did contain two spades. The turn was a harmless 4 but the river was a third spade to send Mark to the cage to collect his $8,676 in winnings.