Main Event Final: 11th Place, John Piscopo $10,628

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante

It took just 30 minutes of play to drop down to 10 players remaining and the unofficial final table.

Tyler Stafman opened the action from middle position to 32k before John Piscopo three-bet all-in for 280k total in the small blind. Waxman asked Stafman how much had behind then moved all-in when he heard the “about 700k” answer. Stafman took a long time to make his decision but eventually folded ThTc.

Waxman tabled QhQd which was well ahead of Piscopo’s Ac7h. The board brought little drama for Waxman but the rest of table gave a chuckle at Td6d6s flop. Stafman would have flopped a boat and then turned quads with the Ts. No save on the  3s river and Piscopo was the next out in 11th place for $10,628.

Staff paused the clock to redraw for the unofficial final table.

John Piscopo, 11th place
John Piscopo, 11th place

Main Event Final: 12th Place, John Cynn $10,628

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante

Mark Morono opened for 100k before John Cynn moved all-in over the top for just under 500k. Morono quickly called and it was two big hands against each other.

Cynn was all-in with JhJd and in trouble against Morono’s KhKs. The Tc8c3d flop did not improve Cynn’s hand but he picked up an open-ended straight draw with the 9c turn. Morono dodged 10 outs to send Cynn out of the tournament in 12th place for $10,628.

John Cynn, 12th place
John Cynn, 12th place

Main Event Final: 13th Place, Michael Landress $8,676

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante

Table 40 produced another quick knockout. Michael Landress began the final day with just 98,000 and he put them in the middle with KdQs. Kevin Spires, another short stack, called the bet with the dominating AcQc.

Landress was stuck looking for a miracle but the dealer provided none when the board ran out 9d8h3h3s4d. Spires needed a lot of love and look to move up the tables but was eliminated in 13th place for $8,676.

Michael Landress, 13th place
Michael Landress, 13th place

Main Event Final: 14th Place, Nigel Murray $8,676

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante

It didn’t take long to lose our first player and it was a regular here in The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock. Nigel Murray opeedn the action to 37k and Matt Waxman came along to the AsKd7s flop.

Murray snap-called a 40k bet from Waxman to see the Td turn and then checked-called another bet of 110k. The Ah came on the river and Murray called after Waxman put him all-in. Waxman tabled 7d7c for the full house while Murray flashed an Ace, not good enough and he was our first player out today in 14th place for $8,676.

Nigel Murray, 14th place
Nigel Murray, 14th place

Main Event Final: Cards Away

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante

Play is underway on the final day of the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Main Event. Just 14 players remain of the starting 482 and one of them will walk away with $145,321.

Matt Waxman begins the day with the chiplead and followed closely by Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi.

Stay tuned for live updates throughout the day.

2013 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Event 19 Results

Event 19: $150 NLH Turbo Double Stack
December 1, 2013
Entries: 141
Prize Pool: $16,920

PLACE
NAME
FROM
WINNINGS
1JONATHAN OUNJIANDELRAY BEACH, FL$3,730
2TRACY ALBEETRACY, CA$3,434
3WILLIAM DEJESUSKISSIMMEE, FL$3,411
4PETER STRIANO IIIPARKLAND, FL$1,396
5GEORGE GRAFASJERICHO, NY$1,074
6MARK BERNSTEINHOLLYWOOD, FL$838
7LYNETTE ROBINSONMIAMI, FL$660
8EFTHIMIOS PIPERAKISPEMBROKE PINES, FL$491
9ANDRES GUANIPAMIAMI, FL$338
10MARIO NICIFOROLOMAS DEL MIRADOR$279
11BRIAN REINERTLAWRENCEVILLE, GA$279
12BRETT TAYLORFORT LAUDERDALE, FL$279
13MICHAEL HERMANDAVIE, FL$237
14ALLAN BIELERSUNRISE, FL$237
15WANLOP PHONPHORNWITHOONCORAL SPRINGS, FL$237

Main Event Seating Assignments And Quick Bios

$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event

Some quick bios pulling player information from Hendon Mob:

Table 40 Players

Michael Landress
No Hendon Mob Results

Kevin Spires
$168,969 in career earnings
Best finish 127th in $10,000,000 Guaranteed at Seminole Hard Rock for $14,544

Tyler Stafman
Career Earnings $1,100
Best finish 34th place in Isle Casino $400 NLHE tournament for $1,100

Darryl Fish
$1,250,617 in career earnings
Best finish 6th in LAPC WPT Event for $235,350. Also finished 3rd in 2013 WSOP tournament for $215,286.

Javier Prado
$15,106 in career earnings
Best finish 225th in $10,000,000 Guaranteed at Seminole Hard Rock for $8,726

Nigel Murray
$277,392 in career earnings
Best finish 3rd place at 2010 Florida State Poker Championships for $39,380

Matthew Waxman
$2,663,839 in career earnings
1 WSOP bracelet and 1 WPT Main Event win

Table 41 Players

Tom Gleason
$139,758 in career earnings
Best finish 3rd place Borgata Spring Poker Open for $34,498

John Cynn
$28,757 in career earnings
Best finish 6th place WPT Regional in Jacksonville 2012 for $16,929

John Piscopo
$1,054 in career earnings
Best finish 52nd place in 2013 Isle Open event in October, 2013 for $1,054

Michael Mizrachi
$14,526,724 in career earnings
3 WSOP bracelets and 2 WPT Main Event wins
8th All Time on Money List

Yuan Yangshen
$31,016 in career earnings
368th in this years WSOP Main Event for $28,063

Mark Morono
$2,737 in career earnings
Best finish 10th place in a WSOP Circuit Event for $1,869

John Pizano
$23,896 in career earnings
Best finish is a win in a $1,100 NLHE tournament at 2013 Battle at the Beach for $21,686

Final Day Of Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Is Today

It’s been an action packed three weeks of poker here at The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock and it all comes to a close today. 14 players will be returning to action at 1 p.m. in the Championship Event with hopes of taking down the $145,321 first place prize. Matthew Waxman is the chip leader heading into the final day with Micheal “The Grinder” Mizrachi not too far behind.

We will be providing continuous live coverage of all the Main Event action until a winner is determined. Make sure to follow our Live Updates Section and Twitter for all the excitng updates.

There is also some exciting action going on in our Leaderboard Promotion and there’s still one event left, Event 20, for players to earn points in. Event 20 is a $300 No Limit Hold ‘Em tournament with a $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. It will get underway at 6 p.m. and players will start with 8,000 in chips and the levels will be 30 minutes long. Play will continue until 3 a.m. or the final table, which ever comes first. Players may register/re-enter up to the end of Level 4. The Leaderboard Standings heading into the final event are as follows:

Leaderboard Standings

Here is information on the Leaderboard Promotion:

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Leaderboard Promotion

It’s been a great tournament series. All of us thank you for taking part and we hope to see you again soon!

December Daily Poker Tournament Leaderboard Promotion Announced

The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock is pleased to announce a Daily Poker Tournament Leaderboard promotion for the month of December. Every time you enter a poker tournament at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Hollywood, you will be awarded Tournament Leaderboard Points (TLP). When you cash in a tournament, you will receive Bonus Points (BP). How many TLP and BP you receive will vary depending on the tournament buy-in amount, the number of entries in the tournament, and what place you finished in cash and prizes.

 

You can qualify by participating in poker tournaments starting on December 2nd through December 31st, 2013. Any Seminole Hard Rock “Rock n’ Roll Poker Open” events will not count towards the Daily Tournament Leaderboard Promotion.

 

Here’s how you can participate:

By entering our daily tournaments and satellite events during the month of December, you can earn points based upon the Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock tournament leaderboard formula which takes into consideration the following criteria:

•Tournament buy-in
•Total entries
•Place finished
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Some of the prizes we will be rewarding to the top finishers include a seat into the $10,000,000 Guaranteed Hard Rock Poker Open Championship in April and seats into the Lucky Hearts Championship in February. This is just another one of many great reasons to play tournament poker at The Poker Room at Seminole Hard Rock. The more you play, and cash, the better your chances are of taking down a great prize at the end of the month. Prove your among the best and come on down and join us in December!

$10M GTD Champion Blair Hinkle
This could be you!

Event 19: Two Surge To Top Of Leaderboard Promotion – Jonathan Ounjian Gets The Win

$120 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘Em (Double Stack Turbo)

Coming into Event 19, Lance Goldenberg held a slight lead in the Leaderboard Promotion over several people just a few points behind. That lead is now gone and in fact Goldenberg has dropped to third place after Event 19 changed it all. First, Peter Striano would take 4th place in event 19 moving him into a commanding lead with 85 points. This was Striano’s third top 4 finish. Then to make matters worse for Goldenberg, when play was three handed the players did a chip count chop and Jonathan Ounjian was declared the winner. This put Jonathan in 2nd place on the Leaderboard Promotion with 70 points and moved Goldenberg into 3rd with 65. There is still one tournament remaining in the series and a number of players have a shot at the top two prizes that are awarding seats into the $10,000,000 Guarantee in April.

The updated leaderboard can be found here:

Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Leaderboard

The final results for Event 19 are as follows:

 

PlaceNamePrize
1stJonathan Ounjian$3,730.00
2ndTracy Albee$3,434.00
3rdWilliam DeJesus$3,411.00
4thPeter Striano$1,396.00
5thGeorge Grafas$1,074.00
6thMark Bernstein$838.00
7thLynette Robinson$660.00
8thEfthimios Piperakis$491.00
9thAndres Guanipa$338.00
10thMario Niciforo$279.00
11thBrian Reinert$279.00
12thBrett Taylor$279.00
13thMichael Herman$237.00
14thAllan Bieler$237.00
15thWanlop Phonphornwithoon$237.00