$350 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000
Jeff Cookson took care of business against Andrew Donovan taking our field down to 8 players. With Donovan all-in, the cards were turned up.
Cookson: 
Donovan: 
With the very close hands in play, the board ran out 
barely giving Cookson the edge and the knockout.
Andrew Donovan finishes in 9th place for $939.
$350 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000
Jared Sandbrand came in as the short stack on our final table and is now the first to go.
Sandbrand pushed all-in against Brad Ruben and the cards were turned up.
Sandbrand: 
Ruben: 
Ruben got the best of the 
board and knocked Sandbrand out.
Jared Sandbrand finishes in 10th place for $683.
2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guarantee
August 3 – 5, 2015
Total Entries: 2,022
Total Prize Pool: $243,271
Recap:
Event 5 drew one of the biggest crowds of the young 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and it paid out big money for a small buy-in. The tournament drew 2,022 entrants and it was Joe Gale holding all the chips at the end to win the title for $35,090.
The $150 buy-in tournament had a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool which was passed before the last of the six starting flights kicked off. Players had to make it through 14 levels in their starting flight to return for action on Day 2. There were 239 players able to do just that and they played down to the money bubble in less than three hours.
The last 117 players were set to earn a piece of the $243,271 prize pool and the tournament barely paused as Perry Shiao knocked out David Somers before hand-for-hand action could commence. Shaio had an interesting story coming into this event. The former poker dealer went to Vegas this summer and won a bracelet in the 7,192-entrant WSOP Monster Stack event.
Once they were in the money, they played down quickly to the final table when our last women standing, Elizabeth Davis, went out in 10th place. The pace was fast throughout and soon they were five-handed with Joe Gale in the lead.
They agreed to split the remaining money up and chip leader Gale was declared the champion. It was a nice comeback for Gale. He was the chipleader late in the tournament but lost nearly all his stack to Jeffrey Trudeau after the dinner break. Gale battled back, built his competitive stack up, and was rewarded with the Event 5 title.
Final Table Results:
1st: Joe Gale (Staten Island, NY) $35,090
2nd: Marty Robbins (Lake Worth, FL) $29,696
3rd: Perry Shiao (Hollywood, FL) $28,717
4th: Roberto Ramirez (Humacao, PR) $24,139
5th: Jose Avila (Miami, FL) $17,039
6th: Timothy Myers (Ormond Beach, FL) $8,128
7th: David Jackson (Jonesboro, GA) $6,187
8th: Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. (Orlando, FL) $4,537
9th: Robert Wiercinski (Niwot, CO) $3,251
$350 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000
After a choatic day in the ballroom, we’ve reached our third final table of the day here in Event 9. Here is the new table draw for our remaining players:
Seat 1: Natasha Goureau
Seat 2: Lonnie Heimowitz
Seat 3: Jared Sandbrand
Seat 4: Brad Ruben
Seat 5: Andrew Donovan
Seat 6: Jeff Cookson
Seat 7: Errol Massey
Seat 8: Qui Van
Seat 9: Robert Wachtel
Seat 10: Garrett Dukes
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: 150,000/300,000/25,000 Ante
The elimination of Myers sent the remaining five players into immediate discussions of a deal. The blinds were about to climb and they were ready to call it a night.
The numbers were crunched and a deal was agreed upon. Joe Gale held the most chips and took home the biggest part of the remaining prize pool along with the title.
1st: Joe Gale (Staten Island, NY) $35,090
2nd: Marty Robbins (Lake Worth, FL) $29,696
3rd: Perry Shiao (Hollywood, FL) $28,717
4th: Roberto Ramirez (Humacao, PR) $24,139
5th: Jose Avila (Miami, FL) $17,039
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: 150,000/300,000/25,000 Ante
Timothy Myers was one of the shorter stacks for most of the final table, and the least likely to make a deal, but he was unable to advance further than 6th place.
He had just 1,875,000 when he open-shoved and Marty Robbins called in the big blind. Myers needed help with 
against Robbins’ 
but missed the 
flop.
The 
locked the hand up for Robbins and Myers was drawing dead to the 6th spot.
$350 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
After the field was whittled down to three players, a deal was made to end the tournament. The final totals were calculated and Philip Consolo was leading the way winning the Event 8 championship.
Consolo wins $7,804 and the title. David Somers, who had bubbled Event 5, turned defeat into victory finishing 2nd for $7,181. Evan Teitelbaum finished 3rd for $7,000.
Congratulations to our Event 8 Champion – Philip Consolo!
$350 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
John Valevich raised to 27,000 and David Somers decided to go for it and went all-in. Valevich made the call and found himself in a tough spot.
Valevich:
Somers: 
With Valevich needing an ace or more help, the board ran out 
ending Valevich’s run in Event 8.
John Valevich finishes in 4th place for $3,667.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: 150,000/300,000/25,000 Ante
It was a roller coaster ride for David Jackson. After a little break to talk about a seven-way deal, they finally got back to action and Jackson shoved his 1,275,000 in the middle with .
Perry Shiao called with 
to put Jackson at risk and in trouble. There was never a sweat on the 
board and Jackson went from chip leader to out in 7th place.
$350 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
James Lehman had been pushing his stack in repeatedly and finally found a taker in chip leader Philip Consolo who called after a bet of 125,000. Lehman turned over 
and was in a race with Consolo’s .
Consolo hit an ace on the flop for second time on this final table with the board coming out 
and with a harmless run-out of , Lehman was eliminated.
James Lehman finishes in 5th place for $2,754.
