$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
Joe McKeehen raised to 900 on the button and Jake Dollinger called. The flop was 
and Dollinger checked.
McKeehen bet 800 and Dollinger called. Both players checked the 
turn card and the 
came on the river. Dollinger bet 1,000 and McKeehen called.
Dollinger showed 
, good for a full house and McKeehen mucked his hand. Dollinger won the pot and left McKeehen with just a few big blinds.
Jake Dollinger – 21,500
Joe McKeehen – 2,500
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
With blinds of 200/400, Joe McKeehen raised to 900 on the button and Jake Dollinger called out of the big blind. Both players check a flop of 
and the comes on the turn.
Dollinger bet 925 and McKeehen called. The river was the 
and Dollinger checked. McKeehen checked behind and Dollinger showed 
.
McKeehen mucked his hand and Dollinger dragged the pot. He is beginning to open up a sizable chip lead over McKeehen.
Jake Dollinger – 17,500
Joe McKeehen – 6,500
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 17: $1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 186
Prize Pool: $180,420
August 10-11, 2016
Seth Davies is the champion of Event 17 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. Davies defeated a field of 186 entries in the $1,100 six-max freeze-out event, claiming the trophy and the top prize of $41,604 for the outright win.
The champ is a 27-year-old professional poker player from Oregon, and he’s been playing the game full-time for about five years. Davies was a highly-recruited baseball player in college, but a trio of arm surgeries was an early indicator that he needed to pursue another career path. He took up online poker while he was recovering from one of those surgeries. Black Friday forced him to move to Mexico to maintain his livelihood, but he’s back in the States now and spending more time grinding live tournaments.
Whatever he’s doing lately, it’s working. Davies is having a career year on the felt, winning his first WPT title in the spring and continuing to rack up cashes as the year has progressed. This most recent result brings his total 2016 earnings to more than $300,000.
“I’ve been putting in a lot of work lately,” Davies said about his efforts this year. “Whenever you win live tournaments, you’re going to be running pretty well. So obviously, I’m running pretty well. But I’ve been really focused lately too.”
Though he had a strong Day 2 performance, Davies was almost eliminated late on Day 1. Down under 20 big blinds, he three-bet shoved from the small blind with four-five of hearts behind a button open. The big blind re-shoved with pocket sevens, and the original raiser ended up calling with ace-queen to put both of his opponents at risk. Davies flopped one pair and turned a second, tripling up right near the end of the night.
That pivotal pot propelled Davies into a deep run on Day 2, where he eventually found himself heads-up with a familiar foe. He first met Harrison Gimbel in 2012 when they were both at the final table of a $1,500 ante-only event at the WSOP. Davies finished seventh after losing a big pot to Gimbel, but he got revenge on his fellow WPT Champion this time around. After a long, back-and-forth duel, Davies emerged victorious, earning his second live victory and first in this building.
Final Table Results
1st: Seth Davies – $41,604
2nd: Harrison Gimbel – $28,146
3rd: Matthew Sloan – $18,403
4th: Chad J. Brown – $14,704
5th: Hussain Sajwani – $11,042
6th: Sean Stevens – $8,498
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
On a flop of 
, Joe McKeehen checked and Jake Dollinger checked behind.
The turn was the 
and McKeehen bet 900. Dollinger called and the river was the 
. McKeehen bet 2,400 and Dollinger quickly called.
McKeehen showed 
and Dollinger mucked his hand. Mckeehen takes the pot and the chips are basically even again.
Joe McKeehen – 11,500
Jake Dollinger – 12,500
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
With blinds of 200/400, Jake Dollinger raised to 800 on the button and Joe McKeehen three-bet to 2,200 out of the big blind.
Dollinger called and the flop was 
. McKeehen bet 1,600 and Dollinger moved all in for about 10,000. Mckeehen quickly folded and Dollinger mucked his hand.
Jake Dollinger – 16,000
Joe McKeehen – 8,000
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
Jake Dollinger raised to 600 on the button and Joe McKeehen called from the big blind.
Both players checked a flop of 
and the came on the turn. McKeehen checked again and Dollinger bet 1,000. McKeehen called and the river was the 
.
McKeehen led out for 1,800 and Dollinger thought for a few minutes before folding.
Joe McKeehen – 10,500
Jake Dollinger – 13,500
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
On a flop of 
, Joe McKeehen checked and Jake Dollinger bet 400. McKeehen called and the turn was the .
McKeehen checked again and Dollinger bet 1,300. McKeehen called and the river was the . McKeehen checked and Dollinger checked behind.
“I give up,” said Dollinger.
McKeehen showed 
, good for aces and tens, and Dollinger mucked his hand.
Joe McKeehen – 11,500
Jake Dollinger – 12,500
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
Joe McKeehen raises to 350 on the button and Jake Dollinger defended his big blind.
The flop was 
and Dollinger checked. McKeehen bets 350 and Dollinger called.
Both players checked the turn card and the 
came on the river. Dollinger bet 700 and McKeehen called. Dollinger showed 
and McKeehen mucked his hand.
Jake Dollinger – 16,000
Joe McKeehen – 8,000
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
With blinds of 50/100, Joe McKeehen raised to 250 on the button and Jake Dollinger three-bet to 800 out of the big blind.
McKeehen called and the flop was 
. Dollinger bet 550 and McKeehen called.
The turn was the and Dollinger checked. McKeehen bet 1,500 and Dollinger spent a couple minutes in the tank before tossing his hand into the muck.
McKeehen dragged the pot and took an early lead in the rubber match.
Joe McKeehen – 18,500
Jake Dollinger – 11,500
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 9
With blinds of 200/400, Joe Mckeehen raised to 900 on the button and Jake Dollinger called out of the big blind.
The flop was 
and Dollinger moved all in for about 3,000. McKeehen snap-called. Dollinger showed 
and needed to hit a heart against McKeehen’s 
.
“I didn’t want to see that,” said McKeehen. “I just wanted to see a six. Not a flush draw.”
The turn was the and the river was the to send the pot to McKeehen. McKeehen wins the second game against Dollinger to even out the series at one game a piece.
They start the third and final game to see who moves on to the final day.
Joe McKeehen – 12,000
Jake Dollinger – 12,000