Poker Open

High Roller: Chance Kornuth Survives

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 105

Marvin Rettenmaier raised from the hijack to 65,000, Chance Kornuth was already all in from the button for his remaining ante, and both blinds released.

Rettenmaier: 3s2h
Kornuth: Kc4c

The board ran out Qh8d7cAd6c, safe for Kornuth to survive.

“My name is Marvin Rettenmaier and I play the board,” joked Kornuth after the hand.

Chance Kornuth – 40,000 (1 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,520,000 (51 bb)

High Roller: Martin Kozlov Doubles Through Chance Kornuth

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 105

Martin Kozlov raised all in for 235,000 from middle position and Chance Kornuth reraised all in from the small blind for a total of 240,000. Dan Colman folded his big blind.

Kozlov: Ah4h
Kornuth: 9d9s

The board came down Qs8c4d4cQc, giving Kozlov fours full of queens to double up.

Martin Kozlov – 535,000 (18 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 5,000 (1 ante)

Event 27: Six Remain Following Day 1; Play Resumes Tuesday at 2pm

$2,650 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Heading to Level 13: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 51

Event 27 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open played to just six remaining from 51 starting. Play recently concluded with each player remaining officially in the money. Action restarts Tuesday at 2pm with the tournament’s $42,050 top prize up for grabs.

Chip counts with seat assignments followed by the payouts:

Seat 1: Petko Tsakov – 44,000
Seat 2: Chase Steely – 259,000
Seat 3: Hok Yiu Lee – 80,000
Seat 4: PJ Walsworth – 366,000
Seat 5: Kory Kilpatrick – 60,000
Seat 6: Raj Vohra – 211,000

1st – $42,050
2nd – $28,445
3rd – $18,551
4th – $14,841
5th – $11,131
6th – $8,657

A brief recap as well as the finale results and a photo of the winner will be posted after the tournament concludes Tuesday.

Event 10: The Unofficial Final Table

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 10 of 828 players remaining

The final 10 players have combined to one table. They will play until one more player falls.

1 – Adam Krach
2 – Jordan Joeckel
3 – George Boyadjian
4 – Guy Smith
5 – Marsha Wolak
6 – Phillip Hui
7 – Daniel Buzgon
8 – Aaron Massey
9 – Cangir Elcin
10 – Ruslan Dykshteyn

Event 24: Will Givens Eliminated in 11th Place ($11,350)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 10 of 828 players remaining

Will Givens
Will Givens

Phillip Hui raised to 150,000 from the small blind and then snap-called when Will Givens jammed the big blind for what looked to be 700,000.

Hui: AsKh
Givens: 3s2s

Givens was drawing to two live cards which morphed into a flush draw on the 7hJsAs flop. Unfortunately for him, neither the 10h turn nor 3d river proved helpful and he had to settle for 11th place.

Phillip Hui – 2.6 million
Will Givens – Eliminated in 11th Place

High Roller: Short Stacks Nearing the Money Bubble

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 105

Here is a look at the shortest stacks with 16 players remaining. 14 players make the money.

Tom Marchese – 380,000 (16 bb)
Daniel Strelitz – 330,000 (14 bb)
Francisco Picasso – 260,000 (11 bb)
Nick Schulman – 255,000 (11 bb)
Andjelko Andrejevic – 240,000 (10 bb)
Martin Kozlov – 225,000 (9 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 220,000 (9 bb)

High Roller: Three in a Row for Dan Colman

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 105

Andjelko Andrejevic raised to 50,000 from the hijack, Dan Colman shoved from the button with the chip leading stack, the blinds folded, and Andrejevic folded.

The following hand, Colman shoved from the cutoff and got no action again.

The next hand, Colman raised to 50,000 from the hijack and Barry Hutter called from the big blind.

The flop fell 5h4d2s and Hutter check-folded to a contination bet from Colman.

Dan Colman – 1,575,000 (65 bb)
Barry Hutter – 1,130,000 (47 bb)

Event 24: Devon Shalmi Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,050)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 12 of 828 players remaining

Devon Shalmi
Devon Shalmi

Jordan Joeckel moved all in for 400,000 from the hijack and Devon Shalmi, who had the same amount, called off from the cutoff. Daniel Buzgon, who had both players covered, then three-bet all in over the top from the button. Both blinds folded and the cards were turned up.

Buzgon: 10c10h
Joeckel: Ad8c
Shalmi: QdQc

Joeckel seemed thrilled that his ace was in play, and while he didn’t pair it, it did make the difference as the board ran out 2d6d8d7d9h to give him a flush and the triple.

Daniel Buzgon – 1.45 million
Jordan Joeckel – 1.2 million
Devon Shalmi – Eliminated in 13th Place

Carlo Rodriguez Eliminated in 14th Place ($9,050)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 13 of 828 players remaining

Carlo Rodriguez
Carlo Rodriguez

After Jonathan Pilger was eliminated in 15th place, Carlo Rodriguez followed him out the door in 14th.

It happened when Rodriguez moved all in for 200,000 from the button and Phillip Hui called from the small blind.

Hui: Ac6h
Rodriguez: 10c6c

The board ran out 7sAs9s6dKd and Rodriguez made his way to the payout desk.

Phillip Hui – 1.3 million
Carlo Rodriguez – Eliminated in 14th Place