This morning we have a special tournament for some of the older generation starting at 11 am. Event 8 is our $400 Seniors Event and open to anyone 50 years or older.
They’ll sit down to 12,000 starting stacks and levels will last 30-minutes all day long. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm with unlimited re-entries. There is a dinner break at 6 pm and they will return to play it out.
With all the action today, we will hit the highlights then pick up coverage once they reach the final table.
Players begin with 12,000 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
2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $400 Deep Stacks NLH (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 354 Prize Pool: $120,360 January 12, 2020
Mark Dube hit a hot streak at just the right time in Event 6, and he built up a sizable lead at the final table. The final six players agreed to a deal, and as chipleader, Dube was awarded the title, the trophy, and $18,040.
“I caught fire late,” said Dube, who entered the final table third in chips. “No one busted for a long time while we were nine-handed, and I was able to accumulate chips.”
Dube put himself in such a strong position that he successfully negotiated an additional $1,500 above the ICM-calculated payouts. These were the final chip counts for the final six players:
1. Mark Dube – 2,280,000 2. John Paul Ode – 1,495,000 3. Raffaello Locatelli – 1,330,000 4. Marc Sacheli – 790,000 5. Justin Harvell – 710,000 6. Marsha Wolak – 470,000
“It was a pretty stacked final table for this event,” said Dube. “I was happy to make the deal and happy to take the trophy.”
This is the third Seminole Hard Rock trophy for Dube, who won events on back-to-back days during the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
“I love it here,” said Dube. “I consider this my home casino, and I always come here for the big series.”
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 109
After the elimination of Stanley Lee in sixth place, the final five players bag up their chips for the night, and they’ll return tomorrow at 2:00 pm to play down to a winner. We will be providing live updates here at SHRPO.com.
Here are their official chip counts, followed by the prizepool:
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 109
In the final hand of the night, Stanley Lee raised from the cutoff to 100,000, leaving himself just 4,000 behind, and Artem Zverkhovskyy moved all in from the big blind for 110,000.
Lee called all in for his last 4,000 with , and Zverkhovskyy turned over .
The board came , and Zverkhovskyy paired his ten on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Lee in sixth place.
Artem Zverkhovskyy – 223,000 (28 bb) Stanley Lee – Eliminated in 6th Place ($5,139)
The final five players have bagged up their chips for the night, and they will return tomorrow at 2:00 pm to play down to a winner. Stay tuned for official chip counts.
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 109
Chauncey Monk was just eliminated in seventh place, leaving six players in the Purple Chip Bounty with about 25 minutes remaining before they will stop for the night. Here are their updated chip counts:
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 32: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 1,404
After the nearly simultaneous eliminations of Michael Garcia in 11th place and Nick Palma in 10th place, the final nine players are set for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks Final Table, which begins at 2:00 pm EST.
Here are the official chip counts and seating positions:
The final table will be live-streamed on WPT.com, with a 30-minute delay to show hole cards, and expert commentary provided by Alex Rocha and Scott Baumstein. Baumstein won this event two years ago and is the reigning WPTDeepStacks Player of the Year. As always, there will also be live updates right here at SHRPO.com.
* First-prize amount includes a $3,000 package for the winner to play in the WPTDeepStacks Championship in April at Thunder Valley Resort & Casino.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 32: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 1,404
Jason Block raised under the gun to 350,000, Michael Garcia moved all in from the cutoff for 1,950,000, and Block thought for a bit before he called with .
Garcia turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came — both players flopped gutshot straight draws, and Block turned a jack-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Garcia in 11th place.
Jason Block – 5,975,000 (40 bb) Michael Garcia – Eliminated in 11th Place ($17,081)
When this hand ended, there was already another big hand in progress at the other table involving Nick Palma and Brian Metter.
Metter moved all in under the gun for 2,100,000, and Nick Palma called all in from the small blind for 1,200,000 with .
Metter turned over , and Palma needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came — Palma flopped a pair of aces, but Metter turned a set of sixes to win the pot and eliminate Palma in 10th place.
Brian Metter – 3,600,000 (24 bb) Nick Palma – Eliminated in 10th Place ($17,081)
The final nine players are filling out their WPT bio sheets and verifying their chip counts for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks Hollywood final table, scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm. Stay tuned for official chip counts.