Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Event 4:  $1,100 No Limit Hold’em
March 30-31, 2014

Entries: 123
Prize Pool: $123,000

RECAP

A deep structure and quality field at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown led to a marathon heads up session before Jerome Bradpiece (London) and Andrew Woodmancey (Coconut Creek, FL) agreed to an even chop.

Bradpiece overcame a 4 to 1 chip deficit heads up to take the lead which helped him strike a deal for $28,587 and gave him the trophy.

“It’s a good one, we like it,” said Bradpiece who earned his 10th career title after taking two hours to chip away at the lead.

The pivotal hand came when Woodmancey river bluffed on a board of A-A-4-5-Q and Bradpiece called with King high.

“If I was wrong I still would have had 20 bigs,” said Bradpiece, who began heads up play with nearly 70 big blinds, “it’s a testimony as to how good the structure is.”

“He had all the momentum,” said Woodmancey, who is normally a cash game player, but turned a $100 satellite into $28,856. “I was just glad he offered the chop. I couldn’t catch anything.”

There were 123 entries in the largest buy-in of the 21-day, 20 event series as 19 players returned for Day 2 and a shot at the $123,000 prize pool.

Emilio Santaella (San Juan, PR) busted on the bubble which allowed 2008 WSOP November Niner Ylon Schwartz (Austin, TX), the shortest returning stack (18 bb), to make the money in 15th place.

Notables who cashed but missed the final table included last woman standing Ellen Fried (17th) and Corrie Wunstel (12th).

The stacked final table featured nearly $7 million in career recorded live tournament earnings.

The first four eliminations were all players with at least $100,000 in earnings, as Dan Heimiller (9th) was the headliner with his $4.1 million.

Woodmancey was poised for his 6th career title, but couldn’t close the deal as both players were content to play small pots heads up. Of his five previous wins, Woodmancey won four times in 2012 at the Seminole Coconut Creek Stax Poker Lounge.

Of the final six, Bradpiece was the most experienced player and the win pushed him past $900,000 in career earnings.

“It always feels good to win,” said Bradpiece who is a full time pro who is visiting friends in the states with girlfriend Sarah Berry who was on the rail. They’re now looking to extend their South Florida stay and glad they put Hard Rock and Hollywood, FL on the travel schedule.

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