2016 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Final Table Underway

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 760

final-table

After a few instructions from Tournament Director Tony Burns, directions from the Poker Night in America crew, and the obligatory pre-game group shot, cards are in the air for the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship.

We are also live-streaming the final table via the Poker Night in America Twitch channel and we will be updating along with them.

Seat 1: Upeshka De Silva – 5,550,000 (56 bb)
Seat 2: Billy Pilossoph – 1,595,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Mark Dube – 2,020,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: William Jennings – 765,000 (8 bb)
Seat 5: Matt Humphrey – 8,575,000 (86 bb)
Seat 6: Patrick Mahoney – 4,270,000 (43 bb)

Matt Humphrey – 8,575,000 (86 bb)
Upeshka De Silva – 5,550,000 (56 bb)
Patrick Murphy – 4,270,000 (43 bb)
Mark Dube – 2,020,000 (20 bb)
Billy Pilossoph – 1,595,000 (16 bb)
William Jennings – 765,000 (8 bb)

Championship: Final Table Ready to Go

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 760

Matt Humphrey
Matt Humphrey

The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship drew 760 entrants but only six remain with a shot at the trophy. The tournament began last Friday and it will end today with one of these players taking home more than $564,000.

Two-time WSOP Circuit winner Matt Humphrey returns with a big chip lead and WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva his closest competitor. The final six players have combined for more than $5 million in live tournament career earnings and it will be a long battle for the title.

They will restart the action at noon in front of the Poker Night in America cameras for later broadcast as well as complete live-stream of the final table on a 30-minute delay.

Seat 1: Upeshka De Silva – 5,550,000 (56 bb)
Seat 2: Billy Pilossoph – 1,595,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Mark Dube – 2,020,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: William Jennings – 765,000 (8 bb)
Seat 5: Matt Humphrey – 8,575,000 (86 bb)
Seat 6: Patrick Mahoney – 4,270,000 (43 bb)

Matt Humphrey – 8,575,000 (86 bb)
Upeshka De Silva – 5,550,000 (56 bb)
Patrick Murphy – 4,270,000 (43 bb)
Mark Dube – 2,020,000 (20 bb)
Billy Pilossoph – 1,595,000 (16 bb)
William Jennings – 765,000 (8 bb)

Remaining Payouts:

1st: $564,227
2nd: $328,320
3rd: $200,640
4th: $165,376
5th: $133,760
6th: $109,440

Championship: Meet the Final Table

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 760

The final table is set for the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship with six players vying for the title and we have a good mix of professional and recreational grinders. They have more than $5 million in combined career earnings, five WPT final tables, a handful of WSOP final tables, two WSOP Circuit rings (Matt Humphrey), and a WSOP bracelet (Upeshka De Silva).

They return on Wednesday at noon to play down to a winner in front of the Poker Night in America cameras and live stream.


Upeshka De SilvaSeat 1: Upeshka De Silva
Chip Count: 5,550,000

De Silva has $1.3 million in career earnings including a WSOP bracelet win in 2015 for $424K. He cashed in seven events this summer during the WSOP and finished third at the televised WPT Legends of Poker in August.


Billy Pilossoph

Seat 2: Billy Pilossoph
Chip Count: 1,595,000

Pilossoph has $742K in career earnings including two WPT televised final table appearances; in the 2007 WPT Legends of Poker and the 2008 WPT Championship for more than $200K.


Mark Dube

Seat 3: Mark Dube
Chip Count: 2,020,000

Dube has $1.7 million in career earnings with $434K coming from a second place finish in the 2015 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship. He also has a Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza win and WSOP runner-up finish in 2015.


William Jennings

Seat 4: William Jennings
Chip Count: 765,000

Jennings has $970K in career tournament earnings including a runner-up finish in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2015.


Matt Humphrey

Seat 5: Matt Humphrey
Chip Count: 8,575,000

Humphrey has $419K in career earnings with two WSOP circuit rings, both in New Orleans with the last coming in May 2015. He cashed six times this summer during the WSOP including two final tables for 4th and 5th place finishes.


Patrick Mahoney

Seat 6: Patrick Mahoney
Chip Count: 4,270,000

Mahoney has $795K in career earnings with a 2014 ANZPT tour win in Perth Australia. He won a Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza in 2013 and made a televised final table appearance in the 2011 WPT Biloxi event where he finished 5th for $113K.


Championship: Final Table Counts and Seats

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 760

Seat 1: Upeshka De Silva – 5,550,000 (56 bb)
Seat 2: Billy Pilossoph – 1,595,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Mark Dube – 2,020,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: William Jennings – 765,000 (8 bb)
Seat 5: Matt Humphrey – 8,575,000 (86 bb)
Seat 6: Patrick Mahoney – 4,270,000 (43 bb)

Matt Humphrey – 8,575,000 (86 bb)
Upeshka De Silva – 5,550,000 (56 bb)
Patrick Murphy – 4,270,000 (43 bb)
Mark Dube – 2,020,000 (20 bb)
Billy Pilossoph – 1,595,000 (16 bb)
William Jennings – 765,000 (8 bb)

Remaining Payouts:

1st: $564,227
2nd: $328,320
3rd: $200,640
4th: $165,376
5th: $133,760
6th: $109,440

Event 12: Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 161 of 1,611

Flight A: 190 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 236 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight C: 239 Entries, 21 Advanced
Flight D: 223 Entries, 21 Advanced
Flight E: 331 Entries, 31 Advanced

Flight F: 392 Entries, 44 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

First NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
CRYSTALUTLEY145,50011
HAIMTOORGEMAN71,50012
ROBERTASZEBRAUSKIS31,00013
ARIFAMIRALI41,50014
JOSEPHWARLEN57,50015
MATTHEWVETSTEIN108,00016
DEJANPETKOVIC67,50017
ROBERTNEWHOUSE25,00018
WAYNESTEELE136,50019
MARSHAWOLAK121,50021
ROBERTKUZNIETZ103,00022
REFAELKRAUT178,00023
ROMANBOROZAN32,50024
COREYBABAPOUR177,00025
NORMANGUIGUI162,00026
SHOUANDABIRI34,50027
LAZAROCAPOTE144,50028
JOSEPHGENOVA17,50029
ANTONIOCOLON167,50031
KERRYKICKLIGHTER39,00032
OLENAKUZENNA34,00034
MARCIACOSTA-SAVIDGE126,00035
CORNELIUSROGERS55,00036
BLAINEMCRAE32,00037
ETHIELGARCIA95,50038
ESTEBANGARCIA189,50039
JOHNUTLEY JR95,00041
WILLIAMNAPIER34,50042
MARCOSGARCIA48,50043
WALIDMADDAH95,50044
PETERFELLOWS123,00045
ALMOGBITON70,50046
PAULARDAJI137,00047
NANCYBIRNBAUM39,00048
JEFFRODRIGUEZ131,00049
JERAMCAPINPIN60,500101
JAMESJONES119,500111
VITOPOLERA52,000112
MATTHEWBORDER89,000113
JASONMARGOLIN77,500114
ERICMUTSCHLER45,000115
GLENCRESSMAN249,000116
FARIDDHANANI99,500117
MARVINYOUNG290,000118
AUBREYBORENSTEIN206,000119
HAGAISTEIN58,500121
AUSTINRATTET105,000122
JAIMEWIEGREFE53,500123
OKTAYALTINBAS51,500124
KEVINDUBROCQ81,000125
RICARDORONDEROS160,500126
ROBERTBLEVINS56,500127
CAREYPICKUS163,000128
JUANDI MARTINO54,500129
SCOTTHART18,000291
PIERCEPICOU78,500292
ABRAHAMALONZO105,000293
MARKNAHAMA36,500294
JANETFITZGERALD121,500295
CHARLESHORTON96,500296
JARRETTVAUGHN104,500297
BENJAMINROBINSON103,500298
BRYCEMCVAY125,500299
ROBERTNIELSEN75,000301
GREGORIOCORREA89,000302
ISKANDERARSLANOV164,500303
AMYBUTTERFIELD52,000304
LAWRENCEKLUR41,000306
DEVONDMARSHALL100,500307
ANDREWGORDON102,500308
WILLIAMVO71,000309
PAULMCCAFFREY129,000311
LUISPEREIRA PIRES51,000312
MERVICKNUNEZ MARINO128,500313
LUKEPOLJAK41,000314
DIMITRYAGRACHOV232,500315
VENDELJOHNSON144,000316
DARENSTABINSKI78,500317
JAMESSALMON162,000318
DANECASSIDY40,500319
SHARIFFNASSAR17,000331
SEBASTIANANDRES168,000332
BRANDONSINAWI176,500333
KYLEHARRY45,500334
ADEWALEADEYEMI222,500335
KEITHWAGNER35,000336
STEVENDOCKSWELL56,000337
MICHAELORTIZ110,500338
CARLOSPEREIRA103,000339
JOHNSCIGLIANO40,000341
WILLIAMDICKINSON102,000342
SHAWNVRENNA93,500343
GABRIELMORALES169,500344
ALLANBIELER239,000345
JOHNMAGNETTA64,500346
JOSIASSANTOS160,500347
FREDERICOSAVIO DABUS66,000348
HILARYFREEMAN108,000349
NORMANZAPCZYNSKI70,000351
CRAIGWITZ91,500352
MOHAMMED ADIBTARKMANI116,500353
ROBERTTANNER78,000354
ONEILMC CALLA105,000355
JOHNPALACE135,500356
ANTHONYSOLARES342,500357
EVANLASH44,000358
JOANNCOLINY53,000359
MARKBONACHEA48,000361
JAIMERODRIGUEZ181,500362
SPENCERCHAMPLIN119,000363
FRANCISCOPULIDO CASTILLO74,500364
LUISGONZALEZ188,000365
ADAMMORCK147,500366
STUARTGREENBAUM190,500367
JUANGARCIA II97,500368
REBECCADELLAGLORLA94,000369
SERGIOPEREZ22,000371
IFTIKHARMEMON40,500372
ANDREWTOUCHETTE103,500373
DAVIDBARBIERI123,500374
JOSHUAWASSERMAN117,000375
URIKADOSH180,000376
DYLANDRAZEN168,000377
PATRICKBIANCONE185,000378
ELLIOTTZAYDMAN154,500379
CARLOSTORRES VAZQUEZ75,500381
VESELINKATRANDZHIEV99,000382
DAVIDCOUGHLIN145,500383
STUARTNEWMARK169,000384
SCOTTBALDELLI76,500385
ARIELROSELLO QUINTANA191,000386
THANHLONGNGUYEN72,000387
GERMANZAGA RAMOS46,000388
LEANDROPEIRANO44,500389
MARYONHARPER41,500391
RICHARDGETTINO82,000392
RONALDHIGGINS JR55,000393
JAMES C.LOVE71,000394
CRAIGTREVENNA95,500395
JEAN ELIEJOSEPH70,000396
GABRIELCABALLERO30,000397
RICHARDCONTELL49,500398
RANDYBURSTEIN68,100399
SAMUELSALDIVIA87,500401
EDWARDMANDEL41,500402
AARONHEMPHILL236,500403
LARRYSTODDARD100,000404
JAMESGIORDANO117,000405
DANIELKILLI79,000406
BRANDONAGELOFF58,000407
KIMBERLYUNGER49,000408
JOSEPHDUCHMAN128,500409
CHANGFEICUI28,000411
ERICWARD100,000412
RICHARDLEGER35,400413
KEVINKALAYCIAN46,000414
JESSICAFRANCIS56,000415
ANTONIOREY93,000416
DENISEBOHRER77,500417
BRADLEYTREASURE51,500418
MICHAELNEWMAN100,500419

Event 12: Day 2 Chip Counts

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 161 of 1,611

Flight A: 190 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight B: 236 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight C: 239 Entries, 21 Advanced
Flight D: 223 Entries, 21 Advanced
Flight E: 331 Entries, 31 Advanced

Flight F: 392 Entries, 44 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1AnthonySolaves342,500
2RobertasZebrauskis310,000
3MarvinYoung290,000
4JesseCui281,000
5GlenCressman249,000
6AllanBieler239,000
7AaronHemphill236,500
8DimitryAgrachov232,500
9AdewaleAdeyeml222,500
10AubreyBorenstein206,000
11ArielRosello191,000
12StuartGreenbalm190,500
13EstebanGarcia189,500
14LuisGonzalez188,000
15PatrickBiancone185,000
16JaimeRodriguez181,500
17UriKudosh180,000
18RefaelKrat178,000
19CoreyBabapour177,000
20BrandonSinawi176,500
21GabrielMorales169,500
22StuartNewmark169,000
23DylanDrazen168,000
24SebastianAndres168,000
25AntonioColon167,500
26IskanderArslanov164,500
27CareyPickus163,000
28JamesSalmon162,000
29NormanGuigui162,000
30RicardoRonderos160,500
31JosiasSantos160,500
32ElliottZaydman154,500
33AdamMorck147,500
34DavidCoughlin145,500
35CrystalUtley145,500
36LazaroCapote144,500
37VendelJohnson144,000
38PaulArdaji137,000
39WayneSteele136,500
40JohnPalace135,500
41JeffRodriguez131,000
42PaulMcCaffrey129,000
43MervickNunez128,500
44JosephDuchman128,500
45MarciaSavidge126,000
46BryceMcVay125,500
47DavidBarbieri123,500
48PeterFellows123,000
49MarshaWolak121,500
50JanetFitzgerald121,500
51JamosJonos119,500
52SpencerChamplin119,000
53JoshWasserman117,000
54JamesGiordano117,000
55MohammedTarkmani114,500
56MichaelOrtiz110,500
57MatthewVetstein108,000
58HilaryFreeman108,000
59AustinRattet105,000
60AbrahamAlonzo105,000
61OniplMcCalla105,000
62JarrettVaughn104,500
63BenRobinson103,500
64AndrewTouchette103,500
65RobertKuznietz103,000
66CarlosPereira103,000
67AndrewGordon102,500
68WilliamDickinson102,000
69DevondMarshall100,500
70MichaelNewman100,500
71EricWard100,000
72LarryStoddard100,000
73FaridDhanani99,500
74VeselinKatranpzhiev99,000
75JuanGarcia97,500
76CharlesHorton96,500
77EthielGarcia95,500
78CraigTrevenna95,500
79WallyMaddah95,500
80JohnUtley95,000
81RebeccaDellagloria94,000
82ShawnVreenu93,500
83AntonioRey93,000
84CraigWitz91,500
85GregorioCorrea89,000
86MatthewBorder89,000
87SamuelSalolivia87,500
88RichardGettino82,000
89KevinDubrocq81,000
90DanKilli79,000
91DarenStabinski78,500
92PiercePicou78,500
93RobertTannen78,000
94JasonMargolin77,500
95DeniseBohrer77,500
96ScottBaldelli76,500
97CarlosVasquez75,500
98BobNielsen75,000
99FranciscoPalido74,500
100ThanhLong Nguyen72,000
101HaimToorgeman71,500
102WilliamVo71,000
103JamesLove71,000
104AlmogBiton70,500
105NormRzapcynski70,000
106JeanJoseph70,000
107RandyBurstein68,100
108DejanPetrovic67,500
109FredericoDabus66,000
110JohnMagnetta64,500
111JeramCapinpin60,500
112HagaiStein58,500
113BrandonAgeloff58,000
114J.L.Warlen57,500
115RobertBlevins56,500
116StevenDockswell56,000
117JessicaFrancis56,000
118RonaldHiggins55,000
119CorneliusRogers55,000
120JuanDimartino54,500
121JaimeKleprete53,500
122JoannColmy53,000
123AmyButterfield52,000
124VitoPolera52,000
125BradleyTreasure51,500
126OktayAltinbas51,500
127LuisPires51,000
128RichardConteu49,500
129KimberlyUnger49,000
130MarcosGarcia48,500
131MarkBonachea48,000
132GermanZaga46,000
133KevinKalaycian46,000
134KyleHarry45,500
135EricMutschler45,000
136LeandroPeirano44,500
137EvanCarl44,000
138ArifAmirali41,500
140EdwardMandel41,500
141MaryonHarper41,500
142LukePoljak41,000
143LarryKlur41,000
144DaveCassidy40,500
145IflicherMamon40,500
146JohnScigliano40,000
147BrianKicklighter39,000
148NancyBirnbaum39,000
149MarkNahama36,500
150RichardLeger35,400
151KeithWagner35,000
152ShouanDabiri34,500
153BillNapier34,500
154KuzennaOlena34,000
155RomanBorozan32,500
156BlaineMcRae32,000
157GabrielCaballero30,000
158RobertNewhouse25,000
159SergioPerez22,000
160ScottHart18,000
161JosephGenova17,500
162AnthonyNassar17,000

Event 12 Flight F: Anthony Solaves Bags Chip Lead, Takes Overall Chip Lead To Final Day

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 392

With another 14 levels of poker in the books, Flight F of the $150 no limit hold’em is in the books and Anthony Solaves bagged the biggest stack of the flight.

Solaves finished the day with 342,500 and takes the overall chip lead into the final day of action. Marvin Young was the only player even remotely close to him in chips from the flight and bagged up 290,000.

The final flight brought out 392 entries, but by the day’s end, only 44 remained. It brought the total field size for all six flights to 1,611 players and 161 players will return for the second and final day of the event.

When play resumes on Wednesday, the money bubble will be on the forefront of everybody’s mind with the top 99 spots earning a cash. A min cash is worth $367, but the winner will earn $46,625 and take the trophy home with them.

Day 2 gets cards in the air on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the poker room and the field will play down to a winner. Complete chip counts will be posted shortly.

David Prociak Earns Another Hard Rock Title In $300 HORSE

2016 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 14
$300 H.O.R.S.E.

Entries: 59
Prize Pool: $15,045
November 29, 2016

David Prociak wins another trophy in the $300 HORSE
David Prociak wins another trophy in the $300 HORSE

David Prociak is making a habit out of leaving the Hollywood Hard Rock with a trophy in his possession.

During the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open last August, Prociak won a Pot Limit Omaha title and he added a second Hard Rock trophy to his collection on Tuesday night by taking down the $300 HORSE event.

Prociak topped a field of 59 players to earn $4,663 and the hardware.

“I love these trophies,” said Prociak about the new addition to his trophy case. “It’s a good way to end the series. I think it might have gotten me even for the series, so it came in a pretty timely manner.”

This is just another proverbial notch on the belt for the Orlando native. Previous to his win in August, Prociak won a bracelet in the $1,500 seven card stud hi-lo event at the World Series of Poker this past summer.

He spent his time in the desert playing and learning lots of games besides No Limit Hold’em. He takes pride in his ability to be good at a wide variety of poker variants.

“I play all the games,” said Prociak. “When I was in Vegas, I started playing all the mixed games. I feel confident that I can play all the games. When I won the bracelet in stud hi-lo, everybody was laughing at me and asking ‘What are you doing playing stud hi-lo?’ I don’t know. It’s fun.”

Prociak is obviously competent in seven card stud hi-lo, but it was a hand early on at the final table in that variant that left him very short.

“I got involved in a three-way pot where I made a straight to the seven in stud hi-lo, but my opponent hit the perfect card on the river and scooped a big pot,” said Prociak.

Prociak was in a three-way pot against Robert Campbell and Peter Cleven. Cleven rivered a flush and a better low to scoop the massive pot and leave Prociak very short.

Prociak was one of the shortest stacks at the table at hat point, but he was able to steadily climb back up the leaderboard and take a massive chip lead with four players remaining.

“I got lucky in a pot to double up,” said Prociak about a hand just after he got scooped by Cleven. “From there, I just tried to build it up as quick as I could. I knew the blinds were going up fast.”

Once Prociak rebounded from his tough beat by Cleven, it was smooth sailing. He got heads-up with David May and it didn’t take long for Prociak to finish off May and take home the trophy.

Here are a look at the results:

1st: David Prociak – $4,663
2nd: David May – $3,310
3rd: Robert Campbell – $2,106
4th: Peter Cleven – $1,505 5th: Eric Rivkin – $1,204
6th: Brandon Berkenfeld – $903
7th: Dan Chambers – $752
8th: Sandy Sanchez – $602