$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 30:  50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

Hand #6  –  Joshua Gibson raised from middle position to 230,000, Jessica Dawley moved all in from the small blind, and Gibson folded. Dawley took the pot.

Hand #7  –  Joshua Gibson raised under the gun to 230,000, taking the blinds and antes.

Hand #8  –  Jake Bazeley raised from the button to 225,000, taking the blinds and antes.

Hand #9  –  Jessica Dawley raised from middle position to 225,000, and David Prociak called from the big blind. The flop came , Prociak checked, Dawley bet 250,000, and Prociak thought for a while before he called. The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Prociak bet 385,000, and Dawley folded. Prociak took the pot.

Hand #10  –  Jake Bazeley raised from middle position to 225,000, David Prociak reraised from the small blind to 575,000, and Bazeley folded. Prociak took the pot.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 30:  50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

Hand #1  –  Jake Bazeley moved all in from the small blind, and Marvin Rettenmaier tanks for a little while before folding the big blind.

Hand #2  –  David Prociak raised under the gun to 225,000, Jessica Dawley moved all in from the cutoff, and Prociak folded. Dawley took the pot.

Hand #3  –  Jessica Dawley raised from middle position to 225,000, taking the blinds and antes.

Hand #4  –  David Prociak raised from the small blind to 225,000, and Martin Carnero called from the big blind. The flop came , Prociak bet 270,000, and Carnero called. The turn card was the , Prociak checked, Carnero bet 375,000, and Prociak called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. Carnero showed to win the pot with a pair of fours, and Prociak mucked.

Hand #5  –  Martin Carnero raised from the small blind to 325,000, and Jessica Dawley called from the big blind. The flop came , Carnero bet 275,000, and Dawley folded. Carnero took the pot.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 30:  50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

After a slight production delay, cards are in the air for the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship.

Seat 1: Joshua Gibson – 4,820,000 (48 bb)
Seat 2: David Prociak – 5,405,000 (54 bb)
Seat 3: Martin Carnero – 4,610,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: Jessica Dawley – 2,100,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5: Jake Bazeley – 4,415,000 (44 bb)
Seat 6: Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,615,000 (16 bb)

David Prociak – 5,405,000 (54 bb)
Joshua Gibson – 4,820,000 (48 bb)
Martin Carnero – 4,610,000 (46 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 4,415,000 (44 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 2,100,000 (21 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,615,000 (16 bb)

1st:  $568,687
2nd:  $330,912
3rd:  $202,224
4th:  $166,682
5th:  $134,816
6th:  $110,304

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 30:  50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

There are six players remaining with a shot at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship and they are taking their seats in front of the Poker Night in America cameras.

They’ve played four days of poker to get to this point and outlasted 760 other entrants for a chance at a $568,000 payday. Each of the six is guaranteed to take home over $100,000 but it’s that top prize they all want.

We have an even mix of professionals and regular grinders. Marvin Rettenmaier, Jake Bazeley, and Jessica Dawley on one end with Joshua Gibson, David Prociak, and Martin Carnero on the other. Each worked hard to get here and it will be an exciting day of poker in the Paradise Live theater.

You can watch the live-stream on Poker Night in America’s live Twitch stream (30-minute delay) or follow along with SHRPO.com for live updates from the reporting team.

We have a short production delay and expect cards in the air at 1pm.

Seat 1: Joshua Gibson – 4,820,000 (48 bb)
Seat 2: David Prociak – 5,405,000 (54 bb)
Seat 3: Martin Carnero – 4,610,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: Jessica Dawley – 2,100,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5: Jake Bazeley – 4,415,000 (44 bb)
Seat 6: Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,615,000 (16 bb)

David Prociak – 5,405,000 (54 bb)
Joshua Gibson – 4,820,000 (48 bb)
Martin Carnero – 4,610,000 (46 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 4,415,000 (44 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 2,100,000 (21 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,615,000 (16 bb)

1st:  $568,687
2nd:  $330,912
3rd:  $202,224
4th:  $166,682
5th:  $134,816
6th:  $110,304

Seat 1: Joshua Gibson – 4,820,000 (48 big blinds)

From Fort Myers, FL with over $77,000 in live career earnings. He final tabled a Caesars Mega Stack series event in 2011 and his biggest cash came with a 15th place finish in a 2010 WSOP $1,500 event.

Seat 2: David Prociak – 5,405,000 (54 big blinds)

From Winter Park, FL and this cash will surpass his total career earnings. His biggest cash came in October when he won a Heartland Poker Tour preliminary deep stack event for $11,000.

Seat 3: Martin Carnero – 4,610,000 (46 big blinds)

From Davie, FL with $54,000 in career earnings. His best result was a second place finish in the 1,000-player $350 event during the 2012 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. This is also his tenth cash in a Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood tournament.

Seat 4: Jessica Dawley – 2,100,000 (21 big blinds)

From Boynton Beach, FL and will top $350,000 in career earnings regardless of her result. She finished fifth in the opening event of the 2015 Borgata Poker Open for $92,000 and had a deep run in the 2010 Aussie Millions $10,000 Main Event.

Seat 5: Jake Bazeley – 4,415,000 (44 big blinds)

From Cinncinnati, OH with over $2.5 million in live tournament earnings. He earned a WSOP Circuit ring in 2014 and his top result came earlier this year with his second WPT televised final table at the Bay 101 event. Bazeley also has a 2012 WSOP runner-up result in a $1,500.

Seat 6: Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,615,000 (16 big blinds)

From London, UK and Germany with nearly $5 million in career earnings. He has tournament victories from around the world and his biggest came with a $1.1 million win in the 2012 WPT World Championship event. Rettenmaier also has a WPT Cyprus title and four WSOP top-ten results.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

The final Day 1 flight of Event 12 is now concluded and Roy Paulena finished the night as the Day 1F chip leader.

Paulena bagged 268,700 chips to edge out Steven Fostoff at 264,900.  Evan Teitelbaum finished third with 231,200 chips followed by Freddy Alesi at 221,000 and Phil Novick at 216,300.

Alex Begfors will carry the overall chip lead into Day 2 with 378,700 and Robert Neito is in second place at 367,100 to kick the tournament off tomorrow.

The flight saw 357 entries taking the tournament to a final total of 1,481 easily surpassing the $100,000 guarantee.  36 players advanced sending a total of 162 players to Day 2.

Play will resume in the Poker Room Wednesday at 1 PM where our returning players will play for the Event 12 title to wrap up this year’s Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n Roll Poker Open”.

Congratulations to everyone who advance to Day 2!

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

With 54 players left out of the 357 entries in Day 1F, we’re just a little over one level away from the final Day 1 flight being completed.

Among the chip leaders at this point are Phil Novick with 228,600, Evan Teitelbaum with 181,000 chips and Freddy Alesi at 177,400.  It figures to be an exciting finish as our players get ready to play their last 30 mintues of the night looking to reach Day 2 tomorrow.

2015 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open”
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

December 1st, 2015

Total Entries:  53
Total Prizepool:  $11,130

Recap:

A steady performance throughout the day and superb heads-up play by Peter Cleven propelled him to his first title here in Event 14 at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n Roll Poker Open”.

53 players started off the day and the final table got underway with David Hassen out in front and Gary Johnson and Cleven hot on his heels.  Joel Harwood was also making another final table appearance in solid shape to make a run at the title.

Bob Mangino’s short stack was the first to quickly fall in 9th place and then Gary Flur was taken out by Cleven in 8th place.  Then the shocker took place as after a few brutal hands, Elsie Rodriguez dismissed David Hassen in 7th place sending the former chip leader to the payout window.

Christian Ivens and his short stack was the next to fall in 6th place at the hands of Gary Johnson.  In the meantime, Peter Cleven and Elsie Rodriguez had found their way as the top two stacks in the tournament.  Johnson was then whittled down and eliminated in 5th place. Then Allen Green came up one card short in Razz against Cleven and exited in 4th place. Joel Harwood then found himself in a difficult spot between the two chip leaders and Elsie Rodriguez finally sent him to the rail in 3rd place setting up the heads-up showdown between Cleven and Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was the chip leader to start things off but Cleven quickly applied the pressure and began to whittle her down.  Cleven hit two big straights to put her in trouble but Rodriguez managed to win two hands to put herself in a competitive position.  But the relentless aggression by Cleven turned out to be too much and Cleven won a Razz hand to put away the championship.

Cleven looked back at his run on the final table.  “The final table I played very aggressive.  I had a big stack and was trying to take out the little stacks but they just kept doubling up on me.  I actually got short at one point and had to play tight for about two or three levels and then from there hit a couple big hands and started rolling people over again.  Heads up I flopped two straights two hands in a row and she had pocket kings on one of them.  I took half of her stack on those two hands and it really solidified the win for me.”

Cleven was thrilled to bring home a title here at the Semionle Hard Rock “Rock ‘n Roll Poker Open”.  “It’s great.  We really both wanted the trophy so I’m really happy with the win.  It was very tough competition.  I’ve been here for most of the other tournaments as well and Hard Rock’s put on a great set of tournaments.   I’m really happy with the result.”

Congratulations to our Event 14 Champion – Peter Cleven!

Results:
1st: Peter Cleven (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – $3,450
2nd: Elsie Rodriguez (Homestead, FL) – $2,449
3rd: Joel Harwood (Hallendale, FL) – $1,558
4th: Allen Green (Weston, FL) – $1,113
5th: Gary Johnson (Pembroke Pines, FL) – $890
6th: Christian Ivens (Miami, FL) – $668
7th: David Hassen (Dania, FL) – $557
8th: Gary Flur (Plantation, FL) – $445

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

While all the excitement of the Main Event and Event 14 going on, Event 12 was also in full force today.

Today’s fourth flight of the tournament, Day 1D, wrapped up early this evening with Leslie Hyde taking the flight with 249,800 chips. Jose Gallego finished second with 185,600 followed by Lisa Woodburn in third with 178,100, Scott Hart bagging 149,600 in fourth and Yves Fequiere rounding out the top five with 148,900.

The flight added another 214 entries taking the total through four flights to 808.  25 players advanced putting the number of players into Day 2 up to 88.

Day 1E saw another outstanding turnout and Andrew Del Rio finished on top with 318,500 chips.  Uzebu Oyenmwen was the runner-up with 268,600 and Abhay Chakole was third with 232,600. Michael Wetcher bagged 201,800 for fourth and Andrew Sknar was fifth with 201,700.

316 more entries were recorded blowing away the $100,000 guarantee and taking the total entries for the tournament up to 1,124.  Another 38 players moved on to Day 2 taking the total to 126 players returning tomorrow.

Play in Day 1F is closing out and we’ll have the final totals and updates as the flight wraps up later tonight.

$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 15,000/30,000 Limits
Razz

After a dominating heads-up performance, Peter Cleven finally put away the Event 14 title.

Playing Razz and Elsie Rodriguez down to her last 30,000 chips, the chips went into the middle with Rodriguez turning up and Cleven with .  Rodriguez ran out for ten-hign but Cleven’s hand ran out giving him a six-high and the championship.

Peter Cleven wins the Event 14 title and $3,450 while Elsie Rodriguez finishes in second place taking home $2,449.

Congratulations to our Event 14 Champion – Peter Cleven!