Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 12: $2,200 Buy-In Eight Game Mix
August 24 – 25, 2014
Total Entries: 18
Total Prize Pool: $36,000
PAYOUTS:
1: $23,400
2: $12,600
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Event 8: Suckout City
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: Blinds 30k/60k/10k ante
Nick Yunis bet 180k, leaving himself only 40k behind. The player in seat 9 called (with more than 2 million behind) and after everyone else folded, exposed his 
as if Nick were all-in.
Since Nick still had chips, the flop was spread: 
. Now everyone at the table is groaning, since we know seat 9 has a set of Aces and the current nuts. He bet and Nick obliged by putting his last 40k in, showing 
.
The turn brought the 
giving Nick a flush draw, then the 
river delivers the miracle save. Nick more than doubled up with the back-door flush.
Event 11: Break it up
$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 20: 4k/8K/ 1K ante
The remaining 6 players are currently on their 15 minute break. They’ll be coming back to Level 20 Iof play. Here are their updated chip counts during the break:
Seat 1: Ilias Liapis 450K
Seat 2: James Sutherland 95K
Seat 3: Zoltan Czinkota 123K
Seat 5: Carlos Loving 347K
Seat 6: Mohamed Maghraqui 71K
Seat 7: Jonathan Marks 134K
Average stack is 203K.
Event 12: Chip Counts
$2,200 Buy-In Eight Game Mix
Level 7: Limits 400/800
Players returned from dinner and got back to the 8-game mix.
Here’s the lineup with chip counts as of dinner:
Table 64
- Robert Mackie 11,075
- Miami John Cernuto 21,475
- Christoph Haller 21,725
- Daniel Weinman 23,950
- Michael Wang 11,250
- John Racener 20,950
- Benjamin Yogul 13,225
Table 72
- Nicholas Kost 24,900
- Jared Jaffee 36,100
- Steven Wolansky 16,075
- Brandon Delnano 5,425
- John Thrower 32,050
- Robert Campbell 26,050
- Huck Seed 5,750
Event 11: 7th Place – Lehman
$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 19: 3K/6K/ 1K ante
James Lehman
On a board of 
Ilias Liapis shoves and James Lehman takes a few moments before making the call.
Lehman: 
Liapis: 
Lehman rivered a 10 high straight, but unfortunately runs into the superior Jack high flush of Liapis. Lehman is eliminated in 7th place for $1,427.
Event 8: Hastings Pauses, Sachelli Doubles
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25000/50000/5000 Ante
Chip leader Brian Hastings had to take a break from texting and a fantasy football draft to try to eliminate a player. Marc Sachelli pushed his short stack with 
and Hastings made the call with 
.
Hastings hit a jack on the flop and Sachelli started to quickly stand up but just as quickly sat back down as a king came off on the turn and Sachelli stayed alive.
No word if Hastings took Peyton Manning or a running back with his first round pick.
Event 11: Mark Gaudino Eliminated in 8th ($1,061)
$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 17: 2k/4K/500 ante
Players shoved chips around the table for a few orbits before two players found a hand to take all the way.
Jonathan Marks opened with 
and Mark Gaudino shoved in the next position with 
. Gaudino was the one at risk and managed to dodge the overcards on the 
flop. His lucked ended there as Marks hit the 
turn and the bonus 
on the river to send Gaudino out in 8th place for $1,061.
Event 11: Richard Whitebrook Eliminated in 9th ($878)
$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 17: 2k/4K/500 ante
Ricard Whitebrook was happy to make the final table and was all-in shortly after Angel Vu was sent to the rail.
He was all-in when his 
was out-flopped by Mohamed Maghraoui’s . Whitebrook picked up a flush draw but was unable to outdraw to stay alive. Whitebrook finished in 9th place for $878.
Event 8: Brian Hastings Leads
$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: Blinds 25k/50k/5k ante
Players are back from break and the orange 1k chips have been removed from play.
56 players remain. Average stack is 1.2 million (24 big blinds).
WSOP bracelet holder Brian Hastings is the chip leader with ~3.2 million (64 big blinds).
Remaining payouts:
1: $239,585
2: $155,382
3: $101,756
4: $86,507
5: $71,768
6: $57,166
7: $42,703
8: $28,928
9: $20,663
10-12: $13,775
13-15: $9,298
16-18: $7,094
19-27: $5,786
28-36: $4,890
37-45: $4,133
46-54: $3,444
55-56: $3,031
Event 11: Angel Descends
$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 17: 2k/4K/500 ante
Angel Vu keeps chasing the cash, final tables, and Player of the Year points. She cashed earlier in Event 8 before hopping in Event 11. Vu survived a rough day but made the money and the final ten-player table.
That is where her run ended for the evening when she got all-in with against Ilias Liapas and 
“I have two overs!” Vu laughed.
She missed the 
flop but picked up some outs, none of which appeared on the 
turn or river. The hand sent Vu out of the tournament in 10th and they formed the official final table.
