The flop read and Nathan Bjerno was all-in for 233k. He got the call from Jebhar Patterson, who held pocket Kings. Nathan had for middle pair with straight draw.
The turn was the giving Jebhar a set of Kings, but then the river brought the giving Nathan the straight and the double-up.
On the other table, Jacobo Fernandez opened for 45k, Steven McKoy called, then Mike Dentale raised to 95k. Jacobo called, then Steven shoved, having both covered. Mike tanked for a few minutes, then folded. Jacobo took about a minute, then did the same.
On table 40, the board read and Jeff Chang jammed, sending Fernando Diaz into the tank for a couple of minutes. He eventually folded, leaving himself with only ~250k.
On table 41, the board showed and Barry Hutter bet 70k. Mohammad Jaafar raised to 210k, sending Barry into the tank. He eventually called to see Mohammed’s for the full house. Barry mucked and was left with about 250k.
In addition to the prize money, the winner will take home the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship trophy and a 16×20 custom framed photograph provided by IMPDI.
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock N’ Roll” Poker Open $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
November 30th-December 1st, 2014
Total Entrants: 109 Total Prize Pool: $104,095
Event 18 Champion Patrick Peduto
An up-and-coming poker superstar fighting for a title, a stunning two-way turnaround and a grueling heads-up match made the conclusion of Event 18 something to remember as Patrick Peduto survived to bring home the title.
Bradley Young, reaching his third final table this series, and Aditya Prasetyo had early control of this final table. Young had double the chips of anyone else starting Day 2 and looked to be on his way to winning another championship to add to his Event 10 victory.
After Wasif Assaf’s exit and Bradley Young ending Keith McColgan’s tournament, the Aaron Massey show got started.
Massey, who recently won two Heartland Poker Tour titles, came in with all guns firing taking out Anthony Ruberto disguising a flush to send him to the rail. He then took two hands off of Ryan Van Sanford to end his night.
But with five players remaining, Massey ran into trouble having a set of aces cracked by a rivered flush and then was ousted by Bradley Young with queens against Massey’s eights ending his night in fifth.
At that point, Young and James Caderaro were in control with 2:1 advantages over Patrick Peduto and Aditya Prasetyo. Both tettered on the brink of elimination before significantly closing the gap between them and the leaders. And then the unthinkable happened.
Peduto was all-in with queens against Caderaro’s aces but cracked them winning an 800,000 chip pot and leaving Caderaro with only a few big blinds. Two hands afterward, Prasetyo turned the tables on Young after Young hit a pair of kings on a flop and pushed but Prasetyo had aces waiting and left Young with almost no chips to show. Young was then ousted quickly and Caderaro tried to hang on but finished third.
Finally, heads-up play began with Peduto and Prasetyo. Peduto started off with a little over a million chips and Prasetyo sat around 300,000. And not much changed after a grueling two hours. Prasetyo managed to get back to around 480,000 but time was not on his side.
After the tournament director informed them play would stop at 3 AM, the players finally came to a deal to end play splitting the money. With Peduto holding the chip lead, he claimed the championship in Event 18.
“I was in a lot of trouble but managed to three-bet some hands and pick up a couple of other ones to get back in it. I knew he (Calderaro) was only snapping my queens with kings or aces and he had it. But I got lucky and spiked that queen.”
The heads-up was definitely a challenge against Prasetyo. “His style was to keep it small and I decided to do the same thing. With the chip advantage I had and being so deep, I had a lot of time to be patient. We only played a couple of big hands and I held him off. I was really tired and offered the split to end it.”
The champion was very happy with his win and also spoke very highly of the event here at Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood. “This tournament had a pretty cool structure – it was really good. Everyone was really awesome and it’s amazing how far everything has come here.”
Congratulations to our Event 18 Champion – Patrick Peduto!
Event 18 Results 1st – Patrick Peduto (Delray Beach, FL) – $26,908 2nd – Aditya Prasetyo (Cambridge, MA) – $26,908 3rd – James Calderaro (Venice, FL) – $12,908 4th – Bradley Young (New York City, New York) – $9,264 5th – Aaron Massey (Elmwood Park, IL) – $6,766 6th – Ryan Van Sanford (Colorado Springs, CO) – $5,205 7th – Anthony Ruberto (Miami, FL) – $4,060 8th – Kevin McColgan (Douglassville, PA) – $3,019 9th – Wasim Assaf (Windermere, FL) – $2,498
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1000 ante
Amazing what being faced with an extra day of play will do.
After a few hands and a brief discussion, Patrick Peduto and Aditya Prasetyo agreed to a deal to stop play after battling heads-up for over two hours and chop the remaining money in the prize pool.
By virtue of his 2:1 chip lead, Patrick Peduto will take home the title in Event 18 with Prasetyo finshing second. Both players will take home $26,908 for their efforts plus keep their bounty chips for an extra $500 bonus.
Congratulations to our Event 18 Champion – Patrick Peduto!
Patrick Peduto – Event 19 Champion ($26,908)Aditya Prasetyo – 2nd Place ($26,908)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1000 ante
After a small dispute between the players of whether to stop play at 3 AM or keep going until a conclusion, the tournament director has ruled that play must stop at 3 AM if we do not have a winner.
Play would be scheduled to resume at 3 PM tomorrow but the players have the option to start sooner if they wish. Either way, we’ve now established a 3 AM cutoff and we’ll see if this affects play at all going down the stretch.
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 20: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1000 ante
We have reached the end of Level 20. After only one significant hand where Prasetyo flopped a full house against Peduto’s trips, the chip counts has not moved very much. Here are the chip counts as we head into Level 21.
Patrick Peduto – 861,000 Aditya Prasetyo – 487,000
and Nathan Bjerno was all-in for 233k. He got the call from Jebhar Patterson, who held pocket Kings. Nathan had 
for middle pair with straight draw.
giving Jebhar a set of Kings, but then the river brought the 
giving Nathan the straight and the double-up.
and Jeff Chang jammed, sending Fernando Diaz into the tank for a couple of minutes. He eventually folded, leaving himself with only ~250k.
and Barry Hutter bet 70k. Mohammad Jaafar raised to 210k, sending Barry into the tank. He eventually called to see Mohammed’s 
for the full house. Barry mucked and was left with about 250k.
pairing Robert’s one live card. He doubled up to about 550k.
