$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
Blinds 3K/6K Antes 1K
His real name is Lenny Duvdivani but he goes by Lenny Dove (@dovelenny on Twitter). “Just easier to say,” he grinned as he eyed his large stack of nearly 700K, which is probably good for 2nd in chips at this point. You might not know who Lenny is but the best poker professionals in South Florida do:
Just wanted to give my boy @dovelenny. Best player over 50 in SFlorida…true grinder …having dinner with him.started my career vs Him!
— Michael Mizrachi (@TheGrinder44) December 2, 2013
@TheGrinder44 @DoveLenny not only did I start my career w papa @DoveLenny, he gave me my 1st job dealing! Def best over 50 in s fla! #yup
— David Rheem (@ChinoRheem) December 2, 2013
I hereby nominate local legend @dovelenny for best player over 50 in Florida, get your votes in people!
— Darryll Fish (@DarryllFish) December 1, 2013
That’s some pretty high praise. Mizrachi told me that when he first started playing poker he would go up against Lenny. “Learned a lot from him,” he smiled. He has had some tournament success including a cash in the $10,000,000 Guaranteed back in August but his forte is in cash games. Grinder, and Lenny’s wife Regette, told me that Lenny is a true grinder that has been playing cash games from years. His best tournament score is $12,033 at a Venetian Deep Stack event. He’s looking good to topple that mark in this tournament.
and had a chip stack of 900K sitting in front of him. Fish went on to tell the story of how Stafman’s 7-2 had hit trip deuces on the river to crack another players pocket Aces. The player who had the Aces cracked was still at the table and let that be known by growling… “I’m still at the f***ing table”. Stafman is the chip leader at the present time.
and Pham led out for 31K. Waxman called with little hesitation. The turn was the 
and Pham sat there stoic, the only motion coming from the quick shuffling of a stack of chips in his right hand. Cong took a quick glance at Pham and then pushed out a stack of 20 orange 1K chips with five 5K chips stacked on top for a total bet of 45K. Waxman responds by staring down at the felt, occasionally taking a glance at the board. He puts together the same stack and pushes it out slowly to make the call.
and Cong asks Waxman “how much you have?” Matt responds by moving his hands up in the air and pushing forward his stack of 5K chips ever so slightly. Pham responds by announcing that he was all in and the dealer tossed the red ALL IN guitar pick towards him. Waxman asks Pham “how much you have left” and finds out that Cong has 185K. “So you have me covered,” Waxman whispers under his breath. Matt tosses a chip onto his cards and asks Pham “Big hand? You got a big hand over there?” He studies Cong a bit more and asks one last question “Just barreling off with nothing?”
for Queens and Fives. Waxman responds with a blunt “No good” and turns over pocket Kings. Pham lets out a little smile and tells Waxman “nice hand”. Matt thanks Cong as he stacks his new found chips. He’s up to 540K after the double up while Pham was left with just a little over 20K.
before yelling when he revealed the 
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was done in by a flopped set of Threes. We expect action to accelerate now with the short stacks getting their chips in the middle for the double or cash out.