2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 4: $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Entries: 86
Prize Pool: $83,420
August 1, 2016

Barry Pevner is the champion of Event 4, defeating a field of a 86 entries to win the $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em event. For his victory, he collected the trophy and the top prize of $29,197, the largest cash on his tournament record.

The champ is a 57-year-old primary care physician from Cooper City, Florida. His day job means poker remains a part-time hobby, but Pevner is a familiar face at Seminole Hard Rock when the tournament series are running. “Every 10 to 15 years, the deck will hit me in the head and I’ll go home with something,” Pevner laughed as he described his level of poker prowess.

“I came in(to the final table) pretty short, so I was just biding my time at the beginning,” Pevner said. “I basically got lucky on some hands.” Pevner eliminated T.K. Miles in eighth place, the first of three knockouts for which he’d be responsible over the course of the day. The most crucial pot he won wasn’t a knockout, though, but a flip against Loni Harwood for his own tournament life and more than 70 percent of the total chips in play. Pevner’s pocket queens held against Harwood’s ace-king, giving him a commanding chip lead with three players remaining.

Pevner went on to eliminate Day 1 chipleader Oscar Trestini in third place, setting the stage for a final duel against Harwood. Though the two had never played together before this event, they had some unusual history between them.

“I have a picture at home of me losing to her dad,” Pevner recalled the last time he was heads up against a Harwood. “I told Loni I couldn’t handle that again. I’ve waited since 1999 to get revenge on his daughter.”

Pevner did indeed get his revenge, quickly picking off the rest of the younger Harwood’s chips to seal the victory. On the final hand, he flopped a set of fours and induced a shove from Harwood, who turned top pair of kings. She was already drawing dead when the chips went in, and the two exchanged handshakes and well wishes as the river card completed the final board of the day.

Results
1st: Barry Pevner – $29,197 + trophy
2nd: Loni Harwood – $15,850
3rd: Oscar Trestini – $10,010
4th: Stuart Greenbaum – $7,508
5th: Richard Leger – $5,839
6th: Mark Smith – $5,005
7th: John Swope – $4,171
8th: Timothy Miles – $3,337
9th: Drew Johnson – $2,503

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$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 86

On the turn of a board, Loni Harwood got the remainder of her stack into the middle with . Barry Pevner quickly called the shove to put her at risk, and his had Harwood drawing dead. The two stood and shook hands as the meaningless completed the board.

Pevner collected the last pot to win the tournament, the trophy, and the top prize of $29,197. A recap of his victory will be published shortly.

Harwood finished as the runner-up, earning $15,850.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 86

Oscar Trestini opened the button to 16,000, and Barry Pevner three-bet shoved with his big stack in the big blind. Trestini had about 160,000 chips left in front of him, and he shrugged and called all in to put himself at risk.

Trestini:
Pevner:

The board ran out , and Pevner won the pot with ace-high. Trestini, who was the early pace setter on Day 1 of this event, parlayed his big stack into a deep run, but he was eliminated in third place.

Pevner is now heads up with a commanding lead over SHR Team member Loni Harwood.

Barry Pevner – 887,000 (111 bb)
Loni Harwood – 145,000 (18 bb)
Oscar Trestini – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 86

Barry Pevner limped in from the button, and Oscar Trestini completed in the small blind. In the big blind, Loni Harwood raised to 23,000. Pevner moved all in for 367,000 total, Trestini folded, and Harwood called to put her opponent at risk.

Pevner:
Harwood:

The board ran out , and Pevner’s queens held to earn him a big double-up. That pot put him in control of more than 70 percent of the total chips with three players remaining.

Barry Pevner – 743,000 (124 bb)
Loni Harwood – 110,000 (18 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
End of Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 86

Level 19 concluded, and the three remaining players were sent on a 15-minute break. Here’s how they’ll stack up entering the new level with 3,000/6,000 blinds:

Loni Harwood – 378,000 (63 bb)
Barry Pevner – 369,000 (62 bb)
Oscar Trestini – 285,000 (48 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 86

Oscar Trestini opened to 12,000 under the gun, and Loni Harwood called on the button. From the big blind, Stuart Greenbaum three-bet shoved for 27,000 total, and both opponents called to put him at risk.

The two live players checked through the flop. The turn was the . Trestini checked again, Harwood bet 25,000, and Trestini folded. With Greenbaum at risk, the hands were shown down.

Harwood:
Greenbaum:

The best Greenbaum could hope for was a ten to get him half of the pot, but the river left him with nothing. Harwood won the pot with Broadway, eliminating Greebaum in fourth place.

Loni Harwood – 340,000 (68 bb)
Stuart Greenbaum – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 86

Oscar Trestini and Stuart Greenbaum engaged in a preflop raising war that left Trestini all in for 243,500.

Trestini:
Greenbaum:

The board ran out , and Trestini’s queens held to earn him the double. He took a significant chip lead with that big pot, leaving Greebaum dangerously short on chips.

Oscar Trestini – 494,000 (99 bb)
Stuart Greenbaum – 32,000 (6 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 86

Oscar Trestini opened the button with a raise, and Barry Pevner defended his big blind.

The flop was . Pevner checked, Trestini continued for 12,000, and Pevner check-raised all in for 104,500 total. Trestini called to put him at risk.

Trestini:
Pevner:

Pevner’s top pair held as the turn and river completed the board, and he doubled up. All four players are now within a couple big blind of each other, each of them sitting with just about 250,000 chips.

Barry Pevner – 260,000 (52 bb)
Oscar Trestini – 245,000 (49 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 86

Richard Leger opened the button to 9,000, and Oscar Trestini three-bet to 26,000 in the small blind. Leger called.

The flop was . Trestini moved all in with his big stack, and Leger instantly called all in for his last 50,000, putting himself at risk.

Leger: (pair of tens, flush draw)
Trestini: (pair of jacks)

The turn and river completed the board, keeping Trestini’s jacks in front. He won the pot, eliminating Leger in fifth place.

Oscar Trestini – 400,000 (100 bb)
Richard Leger – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 86

Mark Smith (small blind) and Oscar Trestini (under the gun) were involved in a heads-up pot on a flop. Smith led out with a bet, Trestini raised, and Smith called, leaving about 25,000 chips behind.

The turn was the . Smith checked, Trestini moved all in, and Smith committed the remainder of his stack to put himself at risk.

Trestini:
Smith:

Trestini had flopped a king-high flush, but Smith was drawing live to a superior ace-high flush. The river was the blank , though, and Smith could not catch up. Trestini won the pot, sending Smith to the payout desk in sixth place.

Oscar Trestini – 310,000 (78 bb)
Mark Smith – Eliminated