Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Event 3: $300 H.O.R.S.E. November 15, 2014
Total Entries: 33 Total Prize Pool: $8,415
Luis Santoni, Event 3 Champion
Recap:
A stellar and patient performance led to a come-from-behind victory for Luis Santoni in Event 3. Santoni survived a wild three-handed H.O.R.S.E showdown to hold off Winnipeg’s Stephen Reed and Michael Moed to seal the deal.
Moed appeared to have things well in hand but Moed ran into a difficult string of hands doubling up Reed twice, lost another big hand to him and then Santoni got in the action and got two more hands from Moed which left him stunned and short-stacked. Moed finally fell to Reed ending his night leaving the Puerto Rico native and the Canadian to shoot it out.
Santoni managed to chip away to take a 5:1 lead but Reed would not go away finding ways to hang on and keep his hopes alive. But it was not meant to be as Santoni finally put Reid in with a weak hand and earned the win. Santoni, the 12th place finisher in the 1994 World Series of Poker, won his ninth career title and added on to his over $1,000,000 in lifetime earnings.
After the win, Santoni said it was “about time” he finally put Reed away. “I was up and down the whole tournament and Reed is a very steady player that I admire. But I felt very good about my game and it was a pleasure to be first.” When asked how he was going to celebrate the win, he simply said “I’m going home”.
Congratulations to our Event 3 winner, Luis Santoni!
Event 3 Results: 1st – Luis Santoni – $3,534 2nd – Stephen Reed – $2,020 3rd – Michael Moed – $1,262 4th – Hyon Chun – $905 5th – Cameron Reid – $694
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 Ante
Ken B. took a chance and scored big.
Already one of the chip leaders in the room, Ken called a player who seemed to want to not return tomorrow and picked off around 80,000 chips to cement himself as the top stack from Flight 1F.
Ken made the pre-flop call with and saw the gift of an turned over by his opponent. An ace on the flop sealed the win and put Ken up to 322,000 to finish off the night.
The only other stack to emerge over 200,000 was Danielle Howe. Howe made a skyrocketing run from 50,000 to 241,500 late in the night good for the second highest total of the evening.
Overall, 77 players advanced out of 368 entries in Flight 1F and will return for tomorrow’s Day 2 and the chance for a massive score in this Event 1 $500,000 guaranatee.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 Ante
The final level of Flight 1F is underway and will conclude all of Day 1 play for Event 1. With the $500,000 guarantee crushed in Flight 1E, expect these players to make a wild push to chase down their share of what should be a terrific prize pool tomorrow.
It took a little longer than expected but poker veteran Luis Santoni claimed his ninth career championship taking down Canadian Stephen Reed.
Santoni chipped away at Reed through two levels before finally finishing him off in Omaha 8.
Reed: Santoni:
Reed was already in trouble and it got worse on a flop. The board ran out and Santoni claimed the title and the top prize of $3,534. Reed picked up $2,020 for his runner-up finish.