Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 12: $2,200 Buy-In Eight Game Mix
August 24-25, 2014
Entries: 18
Prize Pool: $36,000
RECAP
Eighteen players answered the challenge of Event 12 – the $2,200 Eight Game Mix. When the dust settled the Day 2 Final Table with six player starting it off, Daniel Weinman ended up taking the title in a three-way chop. Weinman received $16,000 along with a beautiful Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy, a custom framed photograph with an event information plaque and commemorative pin provided by IMPDI.
The day started out with John Racener as the chip leader and Robert Campbell close behind Steven Wolansky in third. But the early levels were not kind to either Racener or Campbell. By the first break, the two of them found themselves on the short stacks and could not come back as Campbell fell in sixth and Racener, the 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up, soon followed in fifth.
As play wore on, Daniel Weinman sat by himself on one side of the table and the chips started to move there as well. By the time the players had reached the next break, Weinman had accumulated a third of the chips in play. Then Weinman turned up the heat. Picking his spots well, Weinman played very aggressively forcing Brandon Delnano, Steven Wolanksy and John Thrower to choose to play big pots against him or battle it out with each other.
His strategy succeeded as his opponents had to turn on each other and with the elimination of Delnano losing a 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball hand 
to Steven Wolansky’s 
, the three of them immediately stopped, agreed to chop the prize pool extending money to third place and ending the tournament.
After the tournament, a pleased Weinman discussed his strategy. “The big bet games are specialties and they were playing big. It seemed like the other guys were trying to avoid playing big pots in those and I took advantage. The other guys were playing too tight even though we were still one spot to the bubble. I knew were going to chop at three and it worked out.”
The 26 year-old plans to immediately hit the golf links, possibly enter the six-max on Tuesday and then is ready to fire some bullets in the Main Event. After the series, Weinman also faces a major challenge – playing a 10k tennis match using a frying pan against a 65 year-old friend.
Congratulations to Daniel Weinman – Event 12 Champion!
FINAL RESULTS
1. DANIEL WEINMAN (STATELINE, NV): $16,000
2. STEVEN WOLANSKY (FT. LAUDERDALE, FL): $13,500
3. JOHN THROWER (CUMMING, GA): $6,500