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