$1,650 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 10: 400/800/100 ante
January 25, 2014
Total Entries: 68
Total Prize Pool: $102,000
1st: $34,680
2nd: $19,278
3rd: $13,311
4th: $10,200
5th: $7,650
6th: $5,712
7th: $4,437
8th: $3,570
9th: $3,162
$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 ante
Welcome back to Table 5.
In a wild hand, Pasquale Caiazza made a gutsy call of two all-in players pre-flop including former chip leader Gaston Miculitzki. When the cards were turned up, the table was stunned to see Caiazza holding A-7 against Miculitzki’s K-10 and another opponent’s 7-8.
Caiazza let out a loud celebration as two aces hit the board eliminating Miculitzki and crippling the other player who went out two hands later.
With those eliminations, the field has now been whittled down to 27 players. The players are on a redraw and headed to Level 28.
$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 ante
The dominoes continue to fall as another table has broken and Event 1 now has four tables in play. Three more players were also eliminated including a shocking exit by Ory Hen leaving the player count at 33.
Players are now on the 28-36 payout level for a minimun cash of $3,690.
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
January 25, 2014
Total Entries: 156
Total Prize Pool: $32,760
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RECAP:
Event 5 ($250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em) lived up to its name on Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open when the final table took just two hours to decide a champion. The final nine took their seats from the field of 156 players at 7:30 p.m. ET after a noon start time.
The winner after the brisk pace of play was Oscar Lindo from Spring Hill, Florida (45 minutes north of Tampa). He was going to start his drive home earlier today when he discovered that this tournament was about to start. “I made the decision to play and it turned out to be the right one,” said Lindo about his choice to jump into this tournament at the last minute. His decision led to a tournament win worth $10,480 and he also took home the Seminole Hard Rock guitar pick trophy.
The short stacks at the start of the final table quickly made their exit as the field quickly played down to the final five players. That was when the only slight slowdown took place. Lindo doubled up during that stretch when he spiked an ace with 
in the hole against the pocket kings of Robert Melo.
Action picked up soon after that to set up a final battle between Lindo and Melo for the tournament title. Lindo held the chip lead when the final began, and he quickly increased it to the point where Melo had no choice but to move all in on a short stack with 
. Lindo held 
and the final board ran out 
to give Lindo the tournament title.
Lindo plans on coming back for the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event later in the tournament series, but he has to return home for work for now. “The structures are amazing, and they almost always meet the guarantee. There are all these players so you’re never going to have a bad tournament,” said Lindo after the victory about his experience here at the Seminole Hard Rock.
RESULTS:
1st: Oscar Lindo – $10,480
2nd: Robert Melo – $6,061
3rd: Armando Gutierrez – $3,931
4th: Joseph Squires – $2,703
5th: Bryce McVay – $2,080
6th: Jeff Satinoff – $1,622
7th: Alfonso Perez – $1,278
8th: Jeffrey Nemes – $950
9th: Gil Morgensztern – $655
$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 ante
Olvenso Savoie was on serious life-support. With only 20,000 left, he end up in the middle of a three-way all-in with Brian Phillis and John Magnetta. Savoie could only smile and watch as the hands were turned over.
Phillis:
Magnetta: 
Savoie: 
Savoie did manage to get the best of it as the board ran out 
beating the two AK’s. Screaming happily “I’m alive!”, Savoie raked in 120,000 chips and Phillis and Magnetta split the side pot.
Unfortunately, Savoie was eliminated shortly afterward holding trips but taking the elimination on an unlucky runner-runner straight.
40 players remain here in Event 1.
$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
It’s pretty hard to miss Jason Griffin. Sporting an outstanding mohawk, he continues to fight his way through this field in Event 1 with 43 players left. Griffin even has the chipstack style to match his hair.
Griffin was reported as being eliminated earlier but he wanted to let everyone know that he’s alive and well in this one with 665,000 chips and chasing down the Event 1 title.
$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
Two players in this tournament are headed in opposite directions quickly.
John Magnetta has taken a couple of big hits including having two pair cracked on the river by a set of jacks taking him from being one of the chip leaders to just hanging on around nine big blinds.
On the other side, Scott McInnis has rallied from not being able to pay the big blind at the 4000/8000 level to 930,000 in a incredible comeback.
Another table has broken and we’re down to 45 players remaining in Event 1.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 20,000/40,000/5,000 ante
Robert Melo faced a big chip disadvantage when he was all in preflop with against the of Oscar Lindo. The board was dealt and Melo was eliminated from the tournament in second place, good for $6,061.
That made Lindo the champion of Event 5 at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open. He took home the top prize worth $10,480 and the Seminole Hard Rock guitar pick trophy. Stay tuned for winner photos and a recap of the event.
$570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
Sometime you look for cards and sometimes the cards find you.
Scott Menard continued to be the center of action as he called a short-stacked opponent’s all-in and was in decent shape to get one step closer to a final table appearance here in Event 1. After the cards were turned over, Menard was in the lead.
Menard: 
Opponent: 
But the flop came 
putting Menard behind. The 
on the turn was almost insult to the inevitable injury as the 
hit giving Menard the straight and sending another player to the payout window.
50 players remain as we continue on here at Level 25.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 20,000/40,000/5,000 ante
In the biggest hand of heads-up play, both players contribute 100,000 preflop before the first three cards fall 
. Robert Melo bet 200,000 from the small blind and Oscar Lindo called. Both players checked the 
on the turn, and then Lindo bet 300,000 after the river delivered the . Melo folded and his stack was down to 500,000. Lindo hold 1.8 million after the hand.