2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino 
Hollywood, FL
Event 17 $10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Million Guaranteed
Entries: 118
Prize Pool: $1,132,800

Registration has come to a close on Event 17 $10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) with 118 entries. That more than doubled the guarantee by creating a $1,132,800 prize pool that will be distributed to the top 15 players as follows.

1st: $334,176
2nd: $206,736
3rd: $123,475
4th: $79,296
5th: $60,038
6th: $49,843
7th: $43,046
8th: $37,949
9th: $33,418
10th-12th: $29,453
13th-15th: $25,488

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600/200
Entries: 115

The 40-minute recess gave us a chance to scout the room for big and notable stacks. Here are a few:

Valentin Vornicu  –  190,000  (119 bb)
Dan Colman  –  110,000  (69 bb)
Joe Cheung  –  101,800  (63 bb)
Sam Soverel  –  94,000 (59 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  49,800  (31 bb)
Isaac Haxton  –  49,100  (31 bb)
Alex Turyansky  –  45,000 (28 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  43,500 (27 bb)
David Peters  –  37,400 (23 bb)
Mike Dentale  –  32,000 (20 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier  –  31,000  (19 bb)
Mohsin Charania  –  28,000  (18 bb)
Anton Astapau  –  26,700 (17 bb)
Bryn Kenney  –  21,300 (13 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  12,100 (8 bb)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 600/1,200/200
Entries: 114

Players have been sent on a 40-minute dinner break. Action will resume at 7:10 pm EDT. Late registration/re-entry is available through the break up until start of Level 12.

Remember, with The Big 4 playing out in Hard Rock Live, the $10,000 action is here in the ballroom next to the main poker room.

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000/100
Entries: 109

2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe McKeehen raised to 2,200 under the gun and the player in the cutoff called. Kathy Lehne then three-bet all in for 7,400 from the small blind and both her opponents called.

The two active players checked both the flop and turn, and then McKeehen bet just 2,200 on the river. The player in the cutoff folded and the hands were turned up.

McKeehen:
Lehne:

McKeehen had rivered a pair of kings and that was enough to send Lehne to the rail.

Joe McKeehen – 45,000 (45 bb)
Kathy Lehne – Eliminated

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800/100
Entries: 90

A short-stacked player got their stack of 5,400 all in preflop and found themselves at risk against Valentin Vornicu, who was the first player to eclipse the six-figure mark in chips.

Vornicu:
Opponent:

It was a flip but not after the flop gave Vornicu a set. The turn kept his opponent drawing live, but the river ended up improving Vornicu to a full house.

Valentin Vornicu – 108,000 (135 bb)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800/100
Entries: 90

Cate Hall moved all in for 8,500 from the cutoff and David Stamm looked her up  from the big blind.

Stamm:
Hall:

Hall got it in good but she fell behind on the flop.  Neither the turn nor river was the ace she was looking for and she made a beeline for the door.

David Stamm – 45,000 (56 bb)
Cate Hall – Eliminated

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800/100
Entries: 90

Alan Schein – 90,000 (113 bb)
Sam Soverel – 85,000 (101 bb)
Matt Glantz – 40,000 (50 bb)
Zach Smiley – 33,000 (41 bb)
Erik Seidel – 23,000 (29 bb)
Mike Dentale – 22,000 (29 bb)
Dan Colman – 22,000 (29 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 21,000 (28 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 19,500 (24 bb)
James Calderaro – 16,500 (20 bb)
Darren Elias – 16,500 (20 bb)
David Peters – 12,000 (15 bb)
David Sands – 11,000 (14 bb)
Dan Shak – 7,500 (9 bb)
Mohsin Charania – 6,600 (8 bb)
Dan Smith – 4,000 (5 bb)
Tim West – Eliminated
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated
Joe Kuether – Eliminated

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600/75
Entries: 82

A short-stacked Nick Petrangelo moved all in for right around 3,000 from the hijack and action folded to Joseph Cheong in the big blind. He didn’t seem excited about it, but he called.

Cheong:
Petrangelo:

“That a good flop,” a smiling Petrangelo said after the flop gave him a set. The turn left Cheong drawing dead and Petrangelo shipped the double after the was run out on the river.

Nick Petrangelo – 6,000 (10 bb)
Joseph Cheong  – 14,000 (23 bb)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500/75
Entries: 78

Joe Kuether returned to the Hard Rock today having made two final tables in “The Big Four.” Unfortunately for him, both have come to an end after he finished 8th in Event #10 $1,100 NLHE for $15,749 and 9th in the Championship Event for $75,413.

Not to be deterred, Kuether has come over to Event #17 $10,000 NLHE and has entered the field.

Joe Kuether – 10,000 (20 bb)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400/50
Entries: 73

Joe McKeehen raised to 900 from the hijack and Paul Volpe  called from the button. Alan Schein opted to come along from the big blind and trio saw a flop of , which they all checked.

When the appeared on the turn, Schein led out for 1,400, McKeehen folded, and Volpe called to see the river.

Schein checked and Volpe thought for a bit before betting 5,000. Schein wasted little time in calling and Volpe simply said, “You win.”

Schein then tabled the and Volpe sent his hand to the muck.

Alan Schein  – 45,000 (113 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 8,700 (22 bb)
Paul Volpe – 7,000 (18 bb)