Event 16: Anthony Barbera Sends a Short Stack Home

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 87

Anthony Barbera

Anthony Barbera raises from the hijack and the player in the big blind moves all in for about 7,000. Barbera calls.

Barbera shows As3s and has the big blind’s 5s3h dominated. The board runs out Tc6h2s6dAd and Barbera drags the pot.

Barbera has slightly above average stack and the field is only a two eliminations away from the final two tables.

Anthony Barbera – 70,000

Event 16: Marcus Stein Fires Two Barrels

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 87

Marcus Stein

Marcus Stein raises to 2,400 from under the gun and the player in the big blind calls.

The flop is QcTc3c and the big blind checks. Stein bets 3,000 and the big blind calls. The turn is the 9c and the big blind checks again.

Stein bets 9,000 and the big blind quickly folds. Stein mucks his hand and chips up to about an average stack as the level passes its halfway point.

There will be a 40-minute dinner break at the end of the level. Cards will be back in the air around 7:10 p.m.

Marcus Stein – 36,000

Event 16: Carlos Loving Chipping Up At Evan Teitelbaum’s Expense

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 87

A player in middle position raises to 2,000 and Evan Teitelbaum three-bets to 6,000 from the cutoff. Carlos Loving four-bets out of the small blind to 18,000 and the original raiser quickly folds.

Teitelbaum calls and they are heads-up to a flop of Ad8s6d]. Loving moves all in for effectively Teitelbaum’s approximately 22,000 remaining.

Teitelbaum quickly folds, Loving mucks his hand, and drags the pot.

Carlos Loving – 76,000
Evan Teitelbaum – 22,000

Event 16: Ira Schwartz Triples Up

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 87

The player under the gun raises to 2,400 and the player in early position calls, Dylan Drazen calls from the hijack, and the player on the button calls as well.

Daren Stabinski is in the small blind and three-bets to 9,000. The original raiser folds, the player in early position calls, Drazen folds, and Schwartz moves all in for 11,000.

Stabinski and the player in early position both call. Any further action would create a side pot between Stabinski and his opponent in early position.

The flop is Qc9s8c and Stabinski checks. His opponent bets 15,000 and Stabinski shakes his head in disgust before folding AxKx face-up.

Schwartz shows 9h7d, good for middle pair and needs to improve against his opponent’s QhJh. The turn is the 3c and the river is the 7c to give Schwartz two pair, the best hand, and the pot to more than triple up.

Ira Schwartz – 39,500

Event 16: “Paulie All In” Triple Up Through Evan Teitelbaum and Alik Sitnyakovsky

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 87

“Paulie All In”

There is a three-way preflop all in between Evan Teitelbaum in the small blind, Alik Sitnyakovsky in middle position, and a player who goes by “Paulie All In” from the hijack.

Sitnyakovsky is all in for 10,800, “All In” commits his last 10,000 to the middle, and Teitelbaum has both players covered.

Teitelbaum shows AsQc and is up against Sitnyakovsky’s 6c6s and “All In’s” 8c8d.

The board runs out 9s7c3s4s7h and “All In” triples up. Sitnyakovsky wins a tiny side pot and has just a couple big blinds remaining.

“Paulie All In” – 31,700
Evan Teitelbaum – 18,000
Alik Sitnyakovsky – 1,600

Event 16: Registration Closes With 87 Entries

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 87

Level 9 is underway and the green chips have been colored up and raced off. The blinds are now 300/600 with a 100 ante and late registration and re-entry has closed for this event.

There are officially 87 entries in the field, generating a prizepool of $26,100. The cage is calculating the payouts and the official payouts will be released shortly.

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Ambassador Wally Maddah, Daren Stabinski, Marcus Stein, Solomon Ponte, Carlos Loving, and Brian Phillis are all among the 87 entries still remaining.

Event 16: Big Stack Underway

$360 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 29

Nancy Thomas

The $360 Big Stack tournament is underway in The Poker Room and they’re taking a little time getting warmed up. Event 16 playing out on the second floor with a few dozen in the game including Nancy Thomas trying to bookend her series with two big results.

The SHRP regular started her LHPO series off on a big note when she final tabled the massive Ultimate Re-Entry event and was part of a four-way chop that saw her officially take second place for a nice six-digit payout.

Event 16: Closing Out LHPO

$360 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

It comes down to the final tournament on the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule. The last chance for players to hop in a game and walk away with a trophy.

Event 16 is not complicated. It has a $360 buy-in to play some big stack No Limit Hold’em for a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool. A fine way to close out a very successful series.

Each entrant will begin with a 15,000 starting stack and the tournament will run with 30-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm and players may re-enter as often as they’d like during that time. There is a dinner break scheduled around 6:30pm and they will play down to a champion after they return.

Cards go in the air at noon and we will be here to follow along with the last trophy event.

  • $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 16 Structure Sheet

LHPO Day 14 Schedule

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 15 – $300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

Takes place in the poker room

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 15 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 16 – $360 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Takes place in the poker room

  • $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 16 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 9 Day 2 – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)