$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry) Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000/500 Ante
Being short stacked has its disadvantages – including running into a big blind with chips.
Yvonne McQuillan pushed the last of the her chips in and Ian O’Hara decided the price was right and made the call.
McQuillan O’Hara
An ominous board of gave O’Hara a ton of outs. McQuillan survived the but an on the river gave O’Hara the flush and ended McQuillan’s tournament on a sour note. McQuillan adds another final table to her series and $2,510.
$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry) Level 32 Paused: Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante
The final six players will return on Wednesday and play down to a new Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion. Mike Leah have the top stack when they restart while 2010 November Niner John Dolan has the shortest stack.
Players return to the Paradise Live theater in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for the final table, live-streamed to an international audience on PokerStars.tv
Seat 1: Martin Hanowski – 5,210,000 Seat 2: Joe Kuether – 7,090,000 Seat 3: Dan Colman – 10,230,000 Seat 4: Shawn Cunix – 4,870,000 Seat 5: Mike Leah – 15,455,000 Seat 6: John Dolan – 2,045,000
Chip Counts: Mike Leah – 15,455,000 Dan Colman – 10,230,000 Joe Kuether – 7,090,000 Martin Hanowski – 5,210,000 Shawn Cunix – 4,870,000 John Dolan – 2,045,000
$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry) Level 32: Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante
Mike Leah continued to play aggressive with the lead and opened for another raise. This time short-stacked Blake Bohn fought back when he moved all-in over the top for another 830,000. Action folded back around to Leah and he began working his way through the math.
Leah was talking to Bohn, considering his decision when Dan Colman called the clock after a few minutes. It didn’t rattle Leah and he eventually tossed in his chips to call.
Leah: Bohn:
Leah immediately paired on the flop and stayed ahead for the KO thanks to the turn and river.
Bohn was the last player eliminated on Day 4, out in 7th place for $249,438 while the remaining players bagged up their chips for the PokerStars.tv live streamed final table.
$100,000 Super High Roller Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) Level 9: 2500/5K/ 500 ante
Scott Seiver
Scott Seiver goes all-in on the small blind for about 11 big blinds, and is called by Ryan Fee in the big. The cards are tabled:
Seiver: Fee:
Seiver has the lead pre-flop, but the board rolls out . Fee catches one of his 3 outs and draws out an eight on the river to make 2 pair, Aces and Eights to eliminate Seiver from the event.
Scott Seiver is knocked out in 3rd and gets the $50,000 added to the prize pool.
$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry) Level 32: Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante
Mike Leah continued to apply pressure to the table with his stack and opened the action once again for a small raise. Martin Hanowski and Blake Bohn called the raise before Joe Kuether moved over the top for 3,300,000 total.
All folded until Blake Bohr called with to race against . The flop was good for Bohn but he was knocked short when the turn/river came .
Bohn was left with just over 1,000,000 and the shortest at the table.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 18: $1,100 No Limit Hold’em August 31 – September 2, 2014
Entries: 229 Prizepool: $229,000
Michael Laake
RECAP On Day 3 of what was scheduled as a two day event, Michael Laake finally came out on top of the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em tournament. The win earned him $61,250 and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy along with a custom framed photograph provided by IMPDI. “This is the second best series of the year,” said Laake, second only to the WSOP. “Best structure I’ve played, very deep, very skill intensive…that’s what makes this one so special,” he added.
Laake was the chip leader at the end of Day 1 with 38 players remaining and held the chip lead again at the end of Day 2 with eight players remaining. For him to win this event is unprecedented. When down to three players, Laake was actually the short-stack.
When heads-up play began, Laake was almost dead-even with local pro Farid Jattin, but the cards fell Laake’s way. Jattin settled for second place and $39,388. Third place and $25,190 went to Ray Leone. All three of these top finishers are Florida residents, proving that the poker talent in this state is very strong.
Thanks in part to starting at 3pm on Day 2 of the Championship event, this event drew 229 entrants. As players busted out of the $10 Million guaranteed event, they hopped right into this $100,000 Guaranteed event for a chance at redemption. They more than doubled the guarantee with a total prize pool of $229,000.
“Definitely the toughest field I’ve played and definitely the best opponent I’ve beat heads-up,” said Laake after the win. “The events were incredible, start to finish. The staff and tournament they provide are very, very good and appealing to everyone.”
Laake finished 54th of 2,767 entrants in the $1 Million Guaranteed event and then followed that up with an 11th place finish in the $350 SixMax NLH event. He did not fare well in the Championship event after winning his seat in a satellite, busting out on Day 1. He was headed home, then noticed this event was growing. He ended up firing two bullets and the second one paid off handsomely!
FINAL RESULTS 1. MICHAEL LAAKE (BOCA RATON, FL): $61,250 2. FARID JATTIN (MIAMI, FL): $39,388 3. RAYMOND LEONE SR (SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL): $25,190 4. SHANE DELANEY (SEMINOLE, FL): $18,206 5. BRANDON SETZER (CHARLOTTE, NC): $14,084 6. COREY ZEDO (DENVER, CO): $11,450 7. ELLIOTT ZAYDMAN (COCONUT CREEK, FL): $9,160 8. EL FASSY XAVIER (MIAMI BEACH, FL): $6,756 9. FARAZ JAKA (SAN JOSE, CA): $4,351 10. DARRYLL FISH (CAPE CORAL, FL): $3,321 11. RYAN FELDMAN (PLANTSVILLE, CT): $3,321 12. JUSTIN ZAKI (TIERRA VERDE, FL): $3,321 13. MUHAMMAD ABDEL-RAHIM (DERRY, NH): $2,863 14. JOHN O’SEAH (DUBLIN): $2,863 15. JONATHAN BRODY (DAVIE, FL): $2,863 16. LOUIS CONSTANT (LAKE MARY, FL): $2,519 17. MANISH PAREKH (HOUSTON, TX): $2,519 18. CHOU CHOU (LAS VEGAS, NV): $2,519 19. IGOR SKOCHILO (ASTORIA, NY): $2,176 20. WALID MADDAH (TAMPA, FL): $2,176 21. JULIAN KAPLAN (STATEN ISLAND, NY): $2,176 22. VLADIMIR KOVALCHUK (HALLANDALE BEACH, FL): $2,176 23. THOMAS MCCORMICK (FARGO, ND): $2,176 24. RORY BROWN (CO GALWAY): $2,176
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry) Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000/400 Ante
Daniel Piela loved his hand on the flop but not so much after the chips went in the middle.
Piela’s A-Q on an A-9-J flop ran smack into Steven Bennett’s flopped set of nines. Piela caught a straight draw on the turn but didn’t catch. Piela picks up $2,510.
And with that, the players have reached the final table as they keep grabbing for bounties and $37,648 for the win.
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