$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 760
Zoltan Czinkota
After the break, John Curcuru’s stack went up, Zoltan Czinkota’s went down, and they went at each other soon afterwards. Curcuru opened under the gun and Czinkota moved all-in.
Curcuru called with to race Czinkota’s pocket eights. The board was clean for Czinkota until Curcuru hit the river to send the popular local home in 15th.
While that was going on, we lost both Neal Corcoran and Will “The Thrill” Failla from the feature table. Corcoran’s was especially brutal when he was all-in with against Matt Humphrey’s . He flopped a set on the board but Humphrey hit the four-out river to send him to the payout desk.
16th: Will Failla – $15,078 17th: Neal Corcoran – $15,078
John Curcuru – 950,000 (24 bb) Zoltan Czinkota – Eliminated in 15th place ($21,888)
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship End of Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 760
Championship players are on their first break of the day after only losing one player in 83 minutes. We’ll update both table counts while they are away.
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 760
Billy Pilossoph opened to 65,000 and Ben Keeline called from the cutoff. Fariborz Zojaji moved all-in from the button for 365,000 and Pilossoph stopped to think about it.
After a few minutes, he released his hand and Keeline called after getting some chatter from Zojaji.
“The pot made me call,” Keeline said. “Not you.”
Zojaji: Keeline:
Keeline took the lead on the flop, Zojaji stood up after the turn, then sat back down when he hit the river.
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 760
Robert Womack
Patrick Mahoney opened to 60,000 from the middle position and Robert Womack moved all-in for 250,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds took their time thinking it through but all folded before Mahoney called.
Mahoney: Womack:
Womach stood up as soon as he saw the race then saw an ace in the window of the flop. The turn was no help and he was our first eliminated today after the river.
Patrick Mahoney – 1,100,000 (37 bb) Robert Womack – Eliminated in 18th place ($15,078)
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 18 of 760
Upeshka De Silva
The penultimate day is upon us in the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship with only 18 players still here with a shot at the big title. What started with 760 entries is now down to only two tables and they return today at noon aiming for a shot at the final table.
WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva holds a huge chip lead at the restart with 6 million of the 22.8 million chips in play. His closest rival is Matthew Zaradoolas with 1.745 million and some other talented players trying to chase him down including Ari Engel, Mark Dube, Ben Keeline, and a dangerous short-stacked Will “The Thrill” Failla.
The two tables will be split between the ballroom and the Poker Night in America live-streamed feature table. They will continue playing today until only the final table six remain for their time in front of the TV cameras tomorrow.
They will get back underway at noon and we will bring you all the action.
The time has come to run the last new tournament of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” series. It concludes with a favorite among many, especially those who like to mix it up at the table.
Event 14 is a $300 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament that will rotate games between Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha/8, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud/8. A little something in there for there for everyone. It will play eight-handed and change the game every eight hands.
Entrants will sit down to 10,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels. Late registration is available until the start of Level 8 at 4pm and players can re-enter as often as needed if they bust their stack. This is a one-day tournament and we will hand out one of our last trophies of the series when it is complete.
They kick things off in the back of the ballroom at noon and we will follow them until they wrap it up.
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 12 is the final multi-day tournament on the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” schedule and this is the final day to join in. Three flights ran yesterday and drew enough players to nearly hit the $100,000 Guarantee at the halfway point.
Flights A, B, and C drew 665 entries to leave the tournament only 186 from hitting the magic six-digit number and they should get there before registration closes on Flight D. That would leave two more full flights to run the number up higher.
Each Event 12 entrant begins with a 10,000 starting stack and the tournament runs 30-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration is open for Flight D until the start of Level 7 at 2:20pm and they will play down until the end of Level 14. Survivors will bag up their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow at 1pm.
Cards go in the air at the top of the hour and we’ll keep an eye out on Event 12 throughout the day.
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
to race Czinkota’s pocket eights. The board was clean for Czinkota until Curcuru hit the 
river to send the popular local home in 15th.
against Matt Humphrey’s 
. He flopped a set on the 
board but Humphrey hit the four-out 
river to send him to the payout desk.
flop, Zojaji stood up after the 
turn, then sat back down when he hit the 
flop. The 
river.
