Samuel Wynder vs. Sheddy Siddiqui

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/367

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui opened for 100,000 from middle position and Samuel Wynder called from the small blind.

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Wynder checked. Siddiqui bet 115,000. Wynder called.

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Both players checked.

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Wynder lead for 250,000. Siddiqui took a minute or so to think before he plopped in calling chips. Wynder flipped over AsQc and took the pot with top-top.

Samuel Wynder – 5,250,000
Sheddy Siddiqui – 4,000,000

Wynder Check-Calls Pahuja, Takes Chip Lead

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/367

Samuel Wynder opened the cutoff for 125,000. Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja called from the button. The blinds folded and Wynder was heads up against Pahuja.

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Both players checked.

9h9c7d2h

Wynder lead for 175,000. Pahuja called.

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Wynder checked. Pahuja reached into his stack for a bet of 325,000. Wynder called and Pahuja surrendered.

“Nice hand,” he said flipping over AhJc for ace-high.

Wynder turned over QhTh and took the pot with his rivered pair of 10s. The hand put him over 5,000,000 chips and he appears to have taken the lead from Sheddy Siddiqui. Pahuja, meanwhile, solidified his post at the bottom of the counts.

Samuel Wynder – 5,030,000
Mukul Pahuja – 1,075,000

Siddiqui Leads Final Six with $148K Up Top

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/367

Sheddy Siddiqui
Sheddy Siddiqui

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui leads the way as six remain in the $1,650 Deepest Stack. Siddiqui is in the midst of his third final table appearance in as many years in this event. He claimed victory in 2013 and finished 4th in last year’s installment.

Cards are freshly in the air for the final session and those players still in contention mark all that’s left of a 367-entry starting field. Each has locked up $26,699 with the tournament’s winner earning $148,627, a Seminole Hard Rock guitar trophy and an added $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship seat.

Seat 1: Scott Heiligman – 3,360,000 (67 bb)
Seat 2: Gil Haim – 1,800,000 (36 bb)
Seat 3: Sam Wynder  4,785,000 (95 bb)
Seat 4: Mukul Pahuja – 1,500,000 (30 bb)
Seat 5: Marcus Stein – 1,930,000 (38 bb)
Seat 6: Sheddy Siddiqui – 4,930,000 (98 bb)

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699

Updated Results

Mukul Pahuja
Mukul Pahuja

Joining Siddiqui on Day 2 is fellow team member Mukul Pahuja who rounds out the counts as the shortstack. One other notable storyline developing is that of Scott Heiligman. Heiligman late registered Day 2, took a few orbits off and first took his seat to roughly 35,000 chips. From those couple big blinds, he’s spun up a stack of 3,360,000 good enough for third overall.

Scott Heiligman
Scott Heiligman

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Levels are 90 minutes in length through the event’s conclusion. When cards went in the air just moments ago, 42:30 remained in Level 26.

Updates throughout the event’s conclusion will be available right here at SHRPO.com.

Sunday Concludes; Holiday Deep Stack Wraps Series Monday

Sunday’s a wrap at the Deep Stack Series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood. Action starts up again Monday at 11 a.m. with the series closer, a $250 buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed Holiday Deep Stack.

Monday’s full schedule:

  • 11am: $250 Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em – One-Day Event
  • 6pm: $250 Second Chance Turbo No Limit Hold’em

In addition to the above new events, the $1,650 Deepest Stack returns for a  third and final day of play at 2 p.m. More on that tournament is available one post below.

Full Series Schedule and Structure Sheets

Deepest Stack Hits Hard Stop; Play Resumes Monday at 2pm

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/367

The remaining six players in the Deep Stack Series $1,650 Deepest Stack event hit the 3 a.m. hard stop and are headed for a good night’s sleep. Cards go back in the air Monday at 2 p.m. with each remaining assured at least $26,699.

Headlining the action is chip leader and Seminole Hard Rock team member Sheddy Siddiqui.

Event update:

Seat 1: Scott Heiligman – 3,360,000
Seat 2: Gil Haim – 1,800,000
Seat 3: Sam Wynder  4,785,000
Seat 4: Mukul Pahuja – 1,500,000
Seat 5: Marcus Stein – 1,930,000
Seat 6: Sheddy Siddiqui – 4,930,000

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699

7th: Chris Bolek – $21,470
8th: Chad Eveslage – $16,240
9th: Qasem Jamhour – $11,010
10th: Daniel Blum – $7,157
11th: Jan Ziegler – $7,157
12th: Anthony Ruttler – $7,157
13th: Jeffrey Trudeau – $5,918
14th: Jonathan Marks – $5,918
15th: Steven Wolansky – $5,918
16th: Austin Peck – $4,707
17th: Ido Ashkenazi – $4,707
18th: Alexander Gambino – $4,707
19th: Paul Domb – $3,854
20th: Matthew Yorra – $3,854
21st: Jerry Wong – $3,854
22nd: Almog Biton – $3,854
23rd: Mark Dube – $3,854
24th: Michael Newman – $3,854
25th: Harvey Freedman – $3,854
26th: Theophilus Lawson – $3,854
27th: Frederick Goldberg – $3,854
28th: Joel Harwood – $3,413
29th: Brandon Setzer – $3,413
30th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $3,413
31st: Barry Pevner – $3,413
32nd: Kevin Chan – $3,413
33rd: Phil Woerner – $3,413
34th: Robert Oxenberg – $3,413
35th: James Kirvin – $3,413
36th: John Restrepo – $3,413

Deepest Stack Final Table Update; Tight Race Six-Handed

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/367

Seat 1: Scott Heiligman – 3,500,000
Seat 2: Qasem Jamhour – Eliminated 9th ($11,010)
Seat 3: Gil Haim – 2,650,000
Seat 4: Sam Wynder  3,525,000
Seat 5: Mukul Pahuja – 2,490,000
Seat 6: Daniel Blum – Eliminated 10th ($7,157)
Seat 7: Marcus Stein – 3,125,000
Seat 8: Chris Bolek – Eliminated 7th ($21,470)
Seat 9: Sheddy Siddiqui – 3,095,000
Seat 10: Chad Eveslage – Eliminated 8th ($16,240)

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699

Chris Bolek Eliminated 7th ($21,470)

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/367

Chris Bolek
Chris Bolek

Chris Bolek got his last roughly 400,000 in the pot preflop holding QhJc against the As8c of Gil Haim. Haim owned the chip advantage and had a small edge in the hand.

The flop was 9c5d4d. The turn fell the Ad and Haim did a little celebration having secured the pot. The river fell with the meaningless 4h and Bolek busted 7th earning $21,470.

Gil Haim – 2,350,000
Chris Bolek – Eliminated 7th ($21,47)

Chad Eveslage Eliminated 8th ($16,240)

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/367

The board laid AcJh6d9d and $560 Deeper Stack runner-up Chad Eveslage got the last of his stack in the middle holding Ad6c. Although it was good for aces-up, Eveslage was second best against Marcus Stein’s Ah9s. The river fell the 2h and Eveslage busted 8th for $16,240.

Marcus Stein – 3,100,000
Chad Eveslage – Eliminated 8th ($16,240)

Wynder Rivers Two-Outer to Bust Jamhour 9th ($11,010)

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8/367

Samuel "Pro Crusher" Wynder
Samuel “Pro Crusher” Wynder

Start-of-day chip leader Qasem Jamhour was in the big blind facing off against Samuel Wynder under the gun. The board was dealt to the flop and it read Qs6h3c. Wynder had bet 375,000 and Jamhour jammed for 925,000. Wynder, who had Jamhour covered, took his time, but ultimately found a call.

Jamhour: KcKh for an overpair
Wynder: TsTd

Jamhour faded an 8d turn, but Wynder found of his two outs when the river completed the board with the Th. Jamhour stood in disgust, grabbed his phone to take a picture of the carnage and hit the rail 9th. He earned $11,010 for the deep run. Wynder is now the tournament chip leader with 5,200,000.

Qasem Jamhour
Qasem Jamhour

Samuel “Pro Crusher” Wynder – 5,200,000
Qasem Jamhour – Eliminated 9th ($11,010)

Shortstack Bolek Doubles through Blum; Blum Eliminated 10th

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/367

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Daniel Blum (left) and Chris Bolek (right)

Daniel Blum made it 85,000 from the button and the short stack at the table Chris Bolek defended his big blind.

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Bolek, who had 400,000 behind, checked. Blum bet an unknown amount and Bolek moved all in. Blum insta-called and Bolek was at risk.

Blum: Ac8c for top pair
Bolek: Tc9d for an open-ended straight draw

The board completed with the Qh and 9h and Bolek crossed the 1,000,000 while Blum went on to bust 10th a few minutes later. On Blum’s final hand, he held pocket queens versus the pocket sevens of Gil Haim. the board ran out a straight for Haim and Blum hit the rail 10th for $7,157.

Chris Bolek – 1,005,000
Gil Haim – 1,825,000
Daniel Blum – Eliminated 10th ($7,157)