$2,200 Six-Max NLH 
Blinds 1,500/3,000/500 ante
5 Players Remaining 297k avg (99 bb)

George Dolofan three-bets Evan Teitelbaum from 6,500 to 22k. Teitelbaum moves all in and Dolofan snap calls for ~170k.

Dolofan:
Teitelbaum:

Flop: [X] (Dolofan, set)

The turn and river are also hearts to give Teitelbaum the winner, runner-runner flush.

Teitelbaum is now the chip leader with ~475k.

Dolofan finishes in 6th place for $11,000 and it’s his second payday of the series after he earned $1,000 in Event 1 as the Flight D chip leader. He says he suffered a bad beat on Day 2 when he flopped a set of Aces, but lost to QJ when his opponent hit a straight.

Dolofan is looking forward to playing in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event (April 10-16).

$2,200 Six-Max NLH
Blinds 1,500 /3k/500 ante
6 Players Remaining, 248k avg (95 bb)

Evan Teitelbaum opens to 6k, Jonathan Marks moves all in for 35k. George Dolofan calls, Teitelbaum reshoves all in and Dolofan open folds pocket 6s.

Teitelbaum:
Marks

Flop:

Turn: (Dolofan cringes at would’ve been a set)

River:

Teitelbaum wins the hand with a full house, Kings full of fours.

“But I have a full house too,” laughs Marks, who finishes in 7th place for $8,800.

This is Marks second final table of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown after finishing third in the Seniors event for $2,294.

“I’m thrilled,” says Marks, “back-to-back final tables isn’t too bad. I got into this on a $250 satellite, so for a $500 investment I’ve got more than $10,000,” he says about the combined entry fees for both tournaments. “Not bad at all.”

$2,200 Six-Max NLH
Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
7 Players Remaining, 212k avg (88 bb)

To avoid playing three-handed on one of the remaining tables, the six-max is now at a 7-handed final table.

Seat-Name

1 Jeff Trudeau
2 Justin Zaki
3 Jonathan Marks
4 Chad Eveslage
5 Zo Karim
6 George Dolofan
7 Evan Teitelbaum

$2,200 Six-Max NLH
Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante
7 Players Remaining, 212k avg (88 bb)

Vlad Varlashin moves all in under the gun for 38k with pocket 2s and is in bad shape vs the KK of Jeff Trudeau.

Varlashin doesn’t improve and is out in 8th place for $7,200.

This is Varlashin’s first tournament since finishing second in the $1k at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open at Seminole Coconut Creek in February.

Since then his wife gave birth to their first child, Nikita.

$560 No Limit Hold’em
Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante
32 players remaining, 56k avg (46 bb)

Big Stacks

Michael Pickett 153k
Michael Sessum 111k
Chad Brown 97k
Jason Leet 92k

Notables

Elliott Zaydman 59k
Vitor Coelho 33k
David Nowling 31k
Travell Thomas 31k
Michael Laake 13k
Luke Doolittle 5k

$2,200 Six-Max NLH
Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante
8 Players Remaining, 186k avg (93 bb)

Guillermo Hamilton is all in for 35k and at risk against Zo Karim.

Hamilton
Karim

Flop: (Hamilton still leads)

Turn: (Karim, gutshot straight draw)

River:

Karim hits his Ace-high straight on the river to get the knockout.

Hamilton finishes in 9th place for $6,000.

$2,200 Six-Max NLH
Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante
9 Players Remaining, 165k avg (83 bb)

Lane Phillips is all in for 23k with against Jeff Trudeau’s .

The board runs out and Trudeau wins the pot with trip Aces.

Phillips busts on the bubble as the remaining nine players are in the money for a min cash of $6,000 and playing for the top prize of $68,000.

$2,200 Six-Max NLH
Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
10 Players Remaining, 149k avg (93 bb)

Corey Burbick moves all in for 39k and George Dolofan calls. Zo Karim moves all in over the top and Dolofan quickly folds.

Burbick:
Karim:

Flop:

Turn: (Burbick, gutshot straight draw)

River:

Burbick bricks the river to finish in 11the place, two spots from the money. The remaining 10 players are now on the bubble and playing hand-for-hand.