SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 32: 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 847
Level 31 comes to an end, and Level 32 begins with increased blinds of 200,000/400,000 and a 50,000 ante. With two players remaining, the average chip stack is about 12.7 million (32 big blinds).
SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 31: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 847
Hand #141 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, and Jason Koon folded.
Hand #142 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies called. The flop came 
, Davies checked, Koon bet 400,000, and Davies folded. Koon took the pot.
Hand #143 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, Jason Koon moved all in, and Davies folded. Koon took the pot.
SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 31: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 847
Hand #136 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies called. Both players checked to the turn on a board of 
, Davies bet 1,100,000, and Koon called.
The river card was the 
, and both players check. Koon showed 
to win the pot with a pair of sixes, and Davies mucked.
Hand #137 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, Jason Koon reraised to 2,300,000, and Davies folded. Koon took the pot.
Hand #138 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies called. The flop came 
, Davies checked, Koon bet 800,000, and Davies folded. Koon took the pot.
Hand #139 – Seth Davies limped for 300,000, and Jason Koon checked his option. The flop came 
, Koon checked, Davies bet 300,000, and Koon folded. Davies took the pot.
Hand #140 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, Seth Davies reraised to 2,100,000, and Koon folded. Davies took the pot.
Seat 1. Seth Davies – 7,850,000
Seat 5. Jason Koon – 17,550,000
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 105
Dan Colman opened the button to 250,000, and Marvin Rettenmaier defended his big blind.
Both players checked through the turn of the 
board. Rettenmaier checked again on the river, and Colman bet 300,000. Rettenmaier check-raised to 960,000, and Colman quickly called to see a showdown.
Rettenmaier tabled 
, winning the pot with the nut flush.
Marvin Rettenmaier – 7,835,000 (65 bb)
Dan Colman – 2,645,000 (22 bb)
SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 31: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 847
Hand #130 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies called. The flop came 
, Davies checked, Koon bet 450,000, and Davies folded. Koon took the pot.
Hand #131 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, and Jason Koon folded.
Hand #132 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies called. The flop came 
, Davies checked, Koon bet 400,000, and Davies folded. Koon showed one card — the 
— as he took the pot.
Hand #133 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, and Jason Koon called. The flop came 
, Koon checked, Davies bet 1,600,000, and Koon folded. Davies took the pot.
Hand #134 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies folded.
Hand #135 – Seth Davies folded, giving Jason Koon a walk.
SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 31: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 847
Hand #129 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, Jason Koon moved all in, and Davies called all in for about 5.4 million with 
. Koon turned over 
, and Davies needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came 
, and Davies won the pot with two pair, eights and sixes, to double up in chips.
Seat 1. Seth Davies – 10,900,000
Seat 5. Jason Koon – 14,500,000
SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 31: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 847
Hand #126 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies called. Both players checked to the river on a board of . Davies checked, Koon bet 500,000, and Davies called. Koon showed 
to win the pot, and Davies mucked.
Hand #127 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, and Jason Koon folded.
Hand #128 – Jason Koon limped for 300,000, and Seth Davies checked his option. The flop came 
, Davies checked, Koon bet 300,000, and Davies called. The turn card was the , and both players checked.
The river card was the 
, and they check again. Davies showed for a pair of fours, but Koon turned over 
to win the pot with a pair of fives.
SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 31: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 847
Hand #122 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies called. The flop came , Davies checked, Koon bet 400,000, and Davies called. The turn card was the 
, Davies checked, Koon bet 1,400,000, and Davies called.
The river card was the 
, Davies checked, Koon bet 3,000,000, and Davies folded. Koon showed one card — the — as he took the pot.
Hand #123 – Seth Davies limped for 300,000, and Jason Koon checked his option. The flop came 
, Koon checked, Davies bet 350,000, and Koon check-raised to 1,000,000. Davies folded, and Koon took the pot.
Hand #124 – Jason Koon raised to 650,000, and Seth Davies folded. Koon showed as he took the pot.
Hand #125 – Seth Davies raised to 750,000, and Jason Koon called. Koon checked in the dark before the flop came 
. Davies checked behind. The turn card was the , Koon bet 800,000, and Davies folded. Koon took the pot.
Seat 1. Seth Davies – 6,950,000
Seat 5. Jason Koon – 18,450,000
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event #28: $250 Deep Stack Turbo (Re-Entry)
Entries: 137
Prize Pool: $28,770
August 16, 2016
Francis Margaglione won the 28th and final event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Tuesday in Hollywood, FL. The victory came at the hands of a 137-entry, $250 Deep Stack Turbo one-day tournament and earned Margaglione $7,000 following a four-way chop.
Margaglione is 53-year-old a real-estate investor from nearby Davie. His resume boasts over $120,000 in earnings, much of which came over the course of his three Seminole Hard Rock Poker victories.
Event 28 wrapped three-week SHRPO series that was headlined by the return of The Big 4, a four-tournament finale nominated for Innovation of the Year at the 2016 GPI American Poker Awards.
Event 28 final results:
1st: Francis Margaglione – $7,000
2nd: Richard Arno – $3,805
3rd: Brandon Andrews – $3,805
4th: Fariborz Zojaji – $3,804
5th: Mansoor Kader – $1,726
6th: Nader Bahhur – $1,439
7th: Ryan Sherman – $1,151
8th: Spencer Champlin – $863
9th: David Rosenbloom – $647
10th: Mark Gaudino – $575
11th: Brandon West – $575
12th: Ronald Flam – $575
13th: David Moreno – $503
14th: Zoltan Czinkota – $503
15th: Kathleen Liebert – $503
16th: Jeff Rodriguez – $432
17th: Hussain Sajwani – $432
18th: Mark Dube – $432
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 529
Here is a look at the chip counts at the start of heads-up play:
Bradley Snider – 6,565,000
Dermot Blain – 4,015,000