Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,000/4,000
After the elimination of Daniel Klein, the final table for Event 8 has been set. Here is the new seating draw for the last ten players:
Seat 1 – Nick Gelsomino
Seat 2 – Joseph Patalono
Seat 3 – Bruce MacGregor
Seat 4 – Garry Kilpatrick
Seat 5 – David Whalen
Seat 6 – David Palmer
Seat 7 – David Jacobs
Seat 8 – Mike Bozeman
Seat 9 – Marc Sacheli
Seat 10 – Andrew Donovan
$350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
Level 9: 400/800/100 ante
Registration is now closed for the Day 1B flight in Event 7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open and there are 192 players. Notables in the field include Corey Burbick and Jose Manuel Nadal.
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,000/4,000
Angel Vu may have a new side business – frog rental.
Vu stopped by Event 8 and just when her friend Mike Bozeman was getting short, she loaned him her now-legendary lucky frog. Not surprisingly, Bozeman was all-in for his tournament life shortly after the frog’s arrival and he held on to double up keeping his hopes alive for the Event 8 title.
In the meantime, Vu has purchased the domain RentAFrog.com.
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,200/2,400
Greg Masterson started it, Brian Baris built it up and Bruce MacGregor finished it.
In the biggest hand of the tournamen in quite a while, Greg Masterson fired his last 8,700 into the middle and was called by Baris and MacGregor. Off a 
flop, Davis fired in 27,000 and MacGregor made the call. The rest of the board ran out 
and the rest of MacGregor’s chips ended up in the middle with a call from Baris.
MacGregor: 
Baris: 
Masterson: 
The river had saved MacGregor giving him the wheel and the scoop. Baris was then eliminated shortly after the huge hand and we are now down to twelve players left in Event 8.
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$1,650 Buy-In Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
January 25 – January 26, 2014
Total Entries: 68
Total Prize Pool: $102,000
> Download complete list of event results.
Recap:
The final table of eight from Event 6 returned to determine a champion at 3 p.m. this afternoon at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, and despite the deep stacks that players held thanks to the blind structure it didn’t take too long to determine a champion. That was thanks in large part to the fact that the final three players decided to chop the prize pool shortly after reaching three-handed play. That chop made Zack Goodman the winner, and he took home the largest portion of the prize pool along with the Seminole Hard Rock guitar pick trophy.
Florida professional Victor Figueroa took second place and Sam Panzica was awarded third place in the agreement. The last player to bust out of the tournament due to an elimination was Michael Laake. He was forced to move all in on a short stack with 
in the hole against Panzica, who held pocket jacks. The board ran out 
and Laake was eliminated in fourth place to bring the field down to the final three.
All the players at the final table kept commenting about how deep the stacks were at the final table, and play was slow and measured to kick off the action as a result. “The tournament actually has a pretty good structure, which is one of the reasons I decided to play it. Everyone was deep, I think the average stack the entire tournament today was 40 bigs,” said Goodman about the blind structure. A notable elimination from the early going was Abbey Daniels, who exited the field in sixth place.
Goodman survived two all-ins during the early going at the final table, and that gave him the chips when it mattered the most when it was time to discuss a chop. Goodman now has an eye on the events coming up later this week, and ultimately the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event. “I think they run a pretty good circuit, they have a great staff here and they run the tournament right. I will probably play the $350, and I will for sure play the $3,500,” said Goodman after the victory.
Final Table Results:
1st: Zack Goodman – $34,680
2nd: Victor Figueroa – $19,278
3rd: Sam Panzica – $13,311
4th: Michael Laake – $10,200
5th: Justin Swilling – $7,650
6th: Abbey Daniels – $5,712
7th: Michael Masella – $4,437
8th: Zoltan Czinkota – $3,570
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,200/2,400
It’s been a slow road to the final table of Event 8 as only one player fell in Level 12. Brian Gelrod took a rough beat and was left with only 800 chips after the dust settled. He was then sent out the door on the next hand leaving fifteen players still alive for the championship. We’re off to Level 13 as Event 8 rolls on.
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,200/2,400
With the elimination of Ronald Halperin in 17th place right before the break, sixteen players are still alive for the Event 8 championship with David Palmer out in front. Here are the chip counts as players return to play on Level 13:
Table 23:
Gregory Masterson – 25,000
David Palmer – 125,600
Brian Baris – 54,300
Bruce MacGregor – 63,000
David Jacobs – 110,000
Marc Sacheli – 79,300
Garry Kilpatrick – 53,000
Don Todd -35,200
Table 24:
Michael Bozeman – 22,800
Brian Gelrod – 26,800
Andrew Donovan – 88,000
Michael Barry – 36,000
Daniel Klein – 13,600
Ryan Gelsomino – 69,600
Joseph Patalano – 77,600
David Whalen – 27,200
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Event 1: $570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
January 22 – January 26, 2015
Total Entries: 1,724
Total Prize Pool: $1,000,000
> Download complete list of event results.
Recap:
The opening event of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open took one day longer to complete than expected. In the end it was Evan Teitelbaum (Coral Springs, FL) outlasting 1,723 other players to win Event 1 and the $174,010 along with it.
Event 1 was a $570 buy-in Deeper Stacks No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $1,000,000 prize pool. Players had six starting flights to advance to Day 2 for a chance at some big money. The tournament drew 1,724 entrants and 380 were able to move on to the next day where 200 of them would earn a piece of the pie.
Martin Robbins made it all the way through Day 1 and most of the way through Day 2 before he was knocked out in a tough hand. He was gone in 201st spot leaving the rest of the field in the money.
The tournament picked up the pace after the money bubble but the deep stacks caught up and slowed down the eliminations. The tournament was scheduled to end on Day 2 but they had to call it a night with 11 players still alive. Those players returned for bonus Day 3 with each was guaranteed at least $11,500 for a little work then it only got richer as the day progressed. Teitelbaum was the returning chip leader and he would go wire-to-wire.
TJ Shulman (Boynton Beach, FL) is no stranger to making big field final tables but he was the first one gone once they were all seated at the same table. That started a quick parade out of the door as Michael Daniel (Hollywood, FL), Pinchas Chakchakov (Plantation, FL), and Emerson Ward (Miami, FL) were sent to the payout cage shortly after Shulman.
Pasquale Caiazza (Cooper City, FL) and Harvey Freedman (Plantation, FL) lasted a little longer but it was the fun, vocal Al Gomez (Miami Beach, FL) who was making the most noise (along with his excitable rail) before his departure. He was unable to ride his momentum to a victory and had to settle for 4th place.
Jason Wandling was the short stack for much of the final table but shocked the table after hitting a miracle river. His Aces fell behind Stewart Newman’s 
on the 
flop but he came back with a river . The hand would have sent him out in 6th place but instead kept him around to finish in 3rd.
The heads up battle between Teitelbaum and Steward Newman (Weston, FL) was relatively even at the start with Newman pulling a slight lead early. Teitelbaum turned this around quickly and was able to knock Newman out after a short match to earn the title.
“This is my home poker,” Teitelbaum commented. “I’m here all the time and I’ll be here for the rest of the series.”
“I already won my main event seat in a satellite.” he finished.
It was a long run to get there, but 200 people were able to get a share of the $1,000,000 prize pool with Teitelbaum getting the lion’s share along with the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy and custom-framed photo print from IMPDI.
Final Table Results:
1st: Evan Teitelbaum (Coral Springs, FL) – $174,010
2nd: Stewart Newman (Weston, FL) – $113,000
3rd: Jason Wandling (Iowa City, IA) – $74,000
4th: Al Gomez (Miami Beach, FL) $63,000
5th: Harvey Freedman (Plantation, FL) – $52,500
6th: Pasquale Caiazza (Cooper City, FL) – $42,500
7th: Emerson Ward (Miami, FL) – $33,000
8th: Pinchas Chakchakov (Plantation, FL) – $24,000
9th: Michael Daniel (Hollywood, FL) – $17,500
10th: TJ Shulman (Boynton Beach, FL) – $11,500
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 1,000/2,000
It’s been pretty slow sledding in Event 8 since the tournament got down to 18 players. With only Jerry Jacobs out in 18th, the rest of the group has been chopping pots and chugging along pretty quietly.
One person who has been putting up some great facial expressions as we’ve gone on is Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood regular Joseph Patalano. We caught him in one moment of surprise and other of actually having fun. We’re sure they’ll be many more as we move on through Event 8.
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 1,000/2,000
We’re down to eighteen players remaining in Event 8. Here are the new table draws:
Table 23:
Seat 1 – Greg Masterson
Seat 2 – Jerry Jacobs
Seat 3 – Brian Baris
Seat 4 – Bruce MacGregor
Seat 5 – David Jacobs
Seat 6 – Ronald Halperin
Seat 7 – Marc Sachelli
Seat 8 – Garry Kilpatrick
Seat 9 – Don Todd
Table 24:
Seat 1 – Mike Bozeman
Seat 2 – David Palmer
Seat 3 – Brian Gelod
Seat 4 – Andrew Donovan
Seat 5 – Michael Barry
Seat 6 – Daniel Klein
Seat 7 – Nick Gelsomino
Seat 8 – Joseph Patalano
Seat 9 – David Whalen