$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Jack Duong opened the cutoff to 50,000 and Jason Koon called form the big blind.

The flop came , Koon checked, Duong bet 135,000 and Koon called. The came on the turn, Koon checked, Duong bet 135,000 and Koon called.

The hit the river, Koon checked, Duong bet 310,000 and Koon called. Duong turned over for the rivered straight and Koon flashed for the losing two-pair.

Jack Duong  –  2,200,000
Jason Koon  –  600,000

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 8,000/16,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 117

Hometown hero Jason Mercier was eliminated in 23rd place amid a flurry of action surround the redraw.

Grayson Ramage was next to go in 22nd. Ramage three-bet shoved for 268,000 behind an Omar Zazay open, and Zazay called the rest to put Ramage at risk.

Zazay:
Ramage:

Sitting to the dealer’s left, Ramage was the first one to see the ten in the window, and the board ran out to seal his elimination.

Omar Zazay – 980,000 (61 bb)
Grayson Ramage – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 8,000/16,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 117

On a flop, John Racener got his last 200,000 or so all in against Brandon Adams.

Adams:
Racener:

Racener had flopped two pair, but unfortunately for him, Adams held a bigger two pair. Neither the turn nor river was the nine Racener needed and he bowed out before  the three-table redraw could take place.

Brandon Adams – 900,000
John Racener – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 8,000/16,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 117

Action folded to Jonathan Jaffe on the button and he just limped. After Chance Koruth folded from the small blind, Mike Leah simply moved in from the big to put Jaffe to the test. Jaffe called off for 377,000 and the cards were turned up.

Jaffe:
Leah:

Jaffe was way out in front and paired his jack on the flop. Leah was looking for a king to make Broadway, and while he didn’t catch it on the turn, he did on the river.

Mike Leah – 1,300,000 (81 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – Eliminated

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event #15
$2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 99
Prize Pool: $240,075
April 14-15, 2017

1st – $73,222
2nd – $45,014
3rd – $27,609
4th – $18,006
5th – $14,044
6th – $11,224
7th – $9,543
8th – $8,283
9th – $7,322
10th-12th – $6,602
13th – $6,002

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 8,000/16,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 117

Nick Schulman dropped out in 27th place, and there was a knockout at Table 90 immediately thereafter.

Richard Rice moved all in for 158,000 in middle position, and Alex Papazian called on the button. Joseph Cheong re-shoved for 171,000 total in the blinds, and Papazian called the extra to put him at risk, as well.

Rice:
Papazian:
Cheong:

The board ran out , and Cheong’s queens held. He essentially tripled up, eliminating Rice and taking a bite out of Papazian’s stack, too.

Joseph Cheong – 530,000 (33 bb)
Alex Papazian – 225,000 (14 bb)
Richard Rice – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Alex Foxen opened to 50,000 from early position, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Faraz Jaka moved all in for 204,000 and Charles Gomez called. Alex Foxen called as well.

Foxen and Gomez checked down the board and everyone turned their hands over.

Faraz Jaka:  
Charles Gomez :
Alex Foxen

Jaka’s pocket aces survived scoring him a big triple up to stay alive.

Faraz Jaka  –  695,000  (35 bb)
Charles Gomez – 1,100,000  (55 bb)
Alex Foxen –  660,000 (33 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 6,000/12,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 117

Dan Shak open-shoved the the cutoff, and the action froze on Chance Kornuth on the button. He pointed at Shak’s stack, indicating wanted a count.

“Looks like 207,” Mike Leah said from the small blind. Kornuth accepted that count and slid forward a matching stack.

“You know, if I didn’t like you, Mike…” Tim West trailed off from the other side of the felt. Table 92 is having more than the usual fun this evening.

“What?” Leah smirked back. “I said it looks like 207. It is 207, by the way.”

It was, and Shak was at risk for that amount.

Shak:
Kornuth:

The board ran out , and Kornuth won the pot with jacks full. Shak was eliminated, leaving 28 players in the field.

Chance Kornuth – 865,000 (72 bb)
Dan Shak – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Charles Gomez bet 76,000 from the small blind on a flop and Paul Balzano called.

The came on the turn, Gomez bet 150,000 and Balzano called. The hit the river and both players checked, Balzano turned over but was no good against the two-pair of Gomez.

Charles Gomez  –  1,350,000 (68 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  630,000 (32 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 6,000/12,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 117

Omar Zazay raised to 28,000 from the button, Isaac Haxton three-bet shoved from the big blind for about 298,000, and Zazay called after a few moments with a slightly covering stack.

Zazay:
Haxton:

The board came down , no help to Haxton, locking up the pot for Zazay.

Omar Zazay – 640,000 (53 bb)
Isaac Haxton – Eliminated