$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 124
Clint Dunn called off the last of his stack holding 
on a 
board. The straight was no good as he was up against the 
fullhouse of Reuben Rosenthal. Dunn busted 10th earning $632 while Rosenthal grew his holdings to 161,000
Reuben Rosenthal – 161,000 (53 bb)
Clint Dunn – Eliminated in 10th place ($632)
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 124
The Seniors are down to the final 10 with Domenic Amore out in front. If he hopes to hold on and snag a win, he’ll have to go through a tough finale that includes one of last year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year contenders, Paul Balzano.
Here’s how the final 10 stack up:
Seat 1: George Davis – 50,000
Seat 2: Paul Balzano – 135,000
Seat 3: Larry Bass – 47,000
Seat 4: William Vo – 175,600
Seat 5: Clint Dunn – 86,800
Seat 6: Domenic Amore – 296,500
Seat 7: Reuben Rosenthal – 175,000
Seat 8: Robert Levin – 35,000
Seat 9: Nancy Burgess – 42,500
Seat 10: Ira Horowitz – 172,800
1st – $9,173
2nd – $5,375
3rd – $3,162
4th – $2,530
5th – $1,897
6th – $1,581
7th – $1,265
8th – $949
9th – $711
10thth – $632
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 124
From 124 starting, the Seniors field is down to 18 and in the money. It took a few rounds of hand-for-hand play, but William Vo took control picking up 
and busting the 
of an unknown opponent. The pair got the money in preflop and Vo spiked an ace to guarantee the remaining 18 players a payday.
As he was quick to point out, Vo is no stranger to deep tournament runs. He finished 5th in last August’s WPT Legends of Poker Main Event for more than $113,000.
We will take another look at the Seniors when they reach the final table. In the meantime, here are the tournament payouts:
1st – $9,173
2nd – $5,375
3rd – $3,162
4th – $2,530
5th – $1,897
6th – $1,581
7th – $1,265
8th – $949
9th – $711
10th-12th – $632
13th-15th – $553
16th-18th – $474
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 124
Seniors Event players are on their 40-minute dinner break with 21 players remaining, 18 getting paid, and one taking home the trophy. Dominick Amore leads the way when they return with Reuben Rosenthal not far behind.
Dominick Amore – 144,500 (90 bb)
Reuben Rosenthal – 135,500 (85 bb)
Robert Allan – 95,900 (60 bb)
William Vo – 93,000 (58 bb)
George Davis – 82,000 (51 bb)
Clinton Dunn – 76,000 (48 bb)
David Coughlin – 71,400 (45 bb)
Ira Horowitz – 61,800 (39 bb)
Paul Balzano – 60,800 (38 bb)
Joseph Warlen – 59,700 (37 bb)
Greg Inman – 55,100 (34 bb)
Lawrence Bass – 49,200 (31 bb)
Ronald Magers – 45,000 (28 bb)
Robert Levin – 33,800 (21 bb)
Peter Bronstein – 33,200 (21 bb)
Anonymous – 32,000 (20 bb)
David Ring – 25,000 (16 bb)
Brian McKane – 23,000 (14 bb)
Steve Leahy – 19,100 (12 bb)
Glenn Menne – 17,000 (11 bb)
Nancy Burgess – 15,500 (10 bb)
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 124
Registration closed on the Seniors Event and the tournament drew a very nice crowd of 124 entrants. They created a prize pool worth $31,620 with the last 18 players earning a piece. A min-cash will take home $474 but everyone is aiming for the top prize of $9,173.
2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open”
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 3
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 124
Prize Pool: $31,620
November 18, 2016
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200 with a 25 Ante
Total Entrants: 103
The Seniors Event more than doubled in size by the time they hit the first break and crossed over 100 entrants when they returned to their seats.
Marsha Wolak is among the crowd today and trying to earn her fifth career title. The four she has are impressive on their own. She owns a WSOP Circuit ring and an SHRP Seniors Event title from the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, but Wolak hit her biggest score (and “trophy”) when she captured the WSOP Ladies Championship bracelet in 2011.
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Total Entrants: 50
Seniors Event players are having a good time, plenty of laughs between hands with some needles flying. The only joking complaint was the tournament location.
“Why did you put us back in the corner!” one player laughed with tournament staff. “That’s a long walk for us old guys.”
The entrant count matched the age requirement soon after the start including Jeff Kessler trying for another title in this event. It’s been a while (he had to check with us for the exact year) but he earned the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” title back in the glory days of 2013 when the series was held in the Poker Room.
$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
You have to get up pretty early to play in the Seniors Event and you have to be 50 years old as well. Event 3 has a 10am start time in the ballroom and we expect a nice crowd for a little morning poker fun.
The Seniors Event is always a good time and it will keep the room hopping.
The tournament has a $300 buy-in and each player will sit down to a 10,000 starting stack. They will play 30-minute levels all day long with late registration and unlimited re-entries open until the start of Level 9 at 2:30pm. This is a one-day tournament and we’ll find our second champion of the series before the night is complete.
Main Event Schedule
10AM: Event 3 – $300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 1 Day 1E – $360 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 1 Day 1F – $360 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
9AM: Event 18 – $90 Event 1 Turbo Mega Satellite (1-in-5)
3PM: Event 19 – $200 Deep Stack Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
7PM: Event 20 – $150 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)