$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 94
Lazaro Hernandez limped in under the gun, and John Dolan moved all in for 65,000 behind him. David Malka reraised to 134,000 in the small blind, and Hernandez moved all in with the covering stack. Malka folded, leaving Dolan heads up for his tournament life.
Hernandez: Dolan:
The board ran out , and Dolan tripled up with aces up. Hernandez won the side pot, essentially breaking even on the exchange.
John Dolan – 223,000 (11 bb) Lazaro Hernandez – 1,100,000
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood Event #28 $2,200 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Total Entries: 79 Prize Pool: $158,000
Scott Clements, Event 18 Champion
One of the last tournaments on the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown schedule, and the last non-Hold’em event, drew a group of talented poker players for the $2,200 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament. A total of 79 entrants came out but it was WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements outlasting them all for the title and $47,400.
Some of the best PLO players came out for the big buy-in tournament and it was a stacked final table that returned for Day 2. Scott Clements was running up his stack in the latter portions of the opening day and came back with nearly half of the chips in play, with the other half divided between eight players.
One of Clements two WSOP bracelets came during a PLO tournament but he had to deal with the second tallest stack, Chance Kornuth, who also holds a bracelet in the game. The most recent member of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team had a good chance to catch Clements but fell victim to a big wrap draw to go out in 6th place. Well short of what he expected.
Clements continued to dominate play after the return and never gave up his lead while players continued to drop around him. Charbel Azzi went out in third place and Clements made quick work of the heads-up match to send Petko Tsakov to the payout desk for a runner-up cash.
Clements continues to prove himself as one of the top players in the game. Besides his two WSOP bracelets, he’s also has a WPT title and WSOP Circuit ring winner. He can now add Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champion to his list of accomplishments.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,222 Average Stack: 6,110,000 (50 bb)
$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 37 of 625
Xiaoyan Wang
Hand-for-hand play is still in progress with Xiaoyan Wang leading the final 37 players as they come back from a 15-minute break. Wang sits atop the counts with 445,000 in chips. Eli Levy is her closest competitor with about 380,000.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,222 Average Stack: 6,110,000 (50 bb)
Matthew Haugen opened for 300,000 from middle position. Justin Young came along from the button and the blinds folded. Haugen and Young were one-on-one heading to the flop.
Haugen lead for 325,000. Young called.
Haugen lead again, this time for 750,000. Young reached deep into his stack and pulled out a raise to 1,800,000. Haugen called and it was time for fifth street.
Haugen checked the action to the raiser. Young kept the pressure on, betting 2,600. Haugen folded and Young raked a sizable pot. He is now the chip leader with 12,565,000.
Justin Young – 12,565,000 (104 bb) Matthew Haugen – 4,070,000 (33 bb)
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Level 31: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,222 Average Stack: 6,110,000 (50 bb)
Level 31 is underway with a small blind of 60,000, a big blind of 120,000 and a 20,000 ante. The average stack sits at 6,110,000 chips good for just over 50 big blinds.
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 16: 6,000/12,000
Petko Tsakov (Provincetown, MA)
Petko Tsakov was looking at a 4-to-1 chip deficit against one of the best Omaha players in the world and it ended as expected. He was able to hang on for 20 minutes of heads-up play before Clements got the best of him.
They were looking at the flop when Tsakov put in his last two barrels of 5K chips. Clements called and the tournament was on the line.
Clements: Tsakov:
Tsakov was technically ahead but more than half the deck was in Clements’ favor. He improved to two pair on the turn and Tsakov couldn’t find one of his 15 stay-alive outs on the river.
The hand sent Tsakov out in the runner-up position while Clements won the pot, the tournament, and the new Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophy.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 1,222 Average Stack: 6,110,000 (61 bb)
Hyoung Chae limped from middle position. Matthew Haugen was on the button and made it 325,000. The blinds folded and it was back on Chae. He called and they saw the flop.
Chae checked sending it to Haugen. He made it 325,000 and Chae called.
Chae checked a second time. Haugen bet 750,000 and Chae called again.
For the third time in a row, Chae checked. Haugen upped the ante, betting out 1,200,000. Chae called and saw the bad news. Haugen flipped over . Chae mucked and Haugen scooped the pot.
$250 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 42 of 175
With the start of level 15, registration is closed and the prize pool is finalized. There are 175 entries in the last open event of the series, which generated a prize pool of $36,750.
The $25,000 guarantee prize pool was met and surpassed. The payouts will be released shortly.
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 94
Fedor Holz
On the first hand of the day, action folded around to Fedor Holz on the button, and he moved all in for 186,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko called in the small blind, flipping for the knockout.
Holz: Timoshenko:
The board ran out , and Timoshenko won the pot with two pair, taking the chip lead and reducing the remaining field by one. Holz was eliminated in 13th place.
, and Dolan tripled up with aces up. Hernandez won the side pot, essentially breaking even on the exchange.
turn and Tsakov couldn’t find one of his 15 stay-alive outs on the 
. Chae mucked and Haugen scooped the pot.
, and Timoshenko won the pot with two pair, taking the chip lead and reducing the remaining field by one. Holz was eliminated in 13th place.