$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 126
Aaron Mahlfeldt open-shoved for 47,000 and Amir Dukic called at risk for less in the small blind.
Mahlfeldt: Dukic:
Dukic needed help to stay in the game, missed the flop but paired the turn to take the lead. The made a Broadway straight for Mahlfeldt and Dukic’s big comeback fell short (though he made two pay jumps with his tiny returning stack).
Aaron Mahlfeldt – 86,000 (11 bb) Amir Dukic – Eliminated in 12th Place ($3,115)
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 126
Chris Tryba open-shoved for 123,000 from early position and it folded to Kharlin Sued in the small blind. He thought for a minute, reshipped and Sheldon Gross folded his big blind.
Sued: Tryba:
Sued was ahead with his pair of tens and dodged the over cards of Tryba to send him out in 13th place.
Kharlin Sued – 290,000 (36 bb) Chris Tryba – Eliminated in 13th Place ($2,820)
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 126
Richard Menjura raised under the gun to 12,000, and Howard Mash moved all in from the hijack for 22,000. Rebekah Emmons called from the button, and Menjura also called.
Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players showed their cards.
Richard Menjura: (jack high) Rebekah Emmons: (king high) Howard Mash: (ace high)
Mash won the pot with his ace to triple up in chips.
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 126
There was no small blind this hand, and Richard Menjura raised under the gun. Amir Dukic called all in from the button for 7,000, and Rebekah Emmons called from the big blind, creating a side pot.
Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players showed their cards.
Richard Menjura: (ten high) Rebekah Emmons: (four high) Amir Dukic: (ace high)
Dukic won the pot with his ace to nearly quadruple up to 27,000.
Dukic was surprised and excited that he survived this all in, saying, “The Comeback Kid is coming!”
Amir Dukic – 27,000 (5 bb)
A short while later, Dukic moved all in from the cutoff for 16,000, and it folded to Aaron Mahlfeldt in the big blind, who thought for a bit before he also folded.
Dukic was in utter disbelief that nobody called his shove that was only about 2 1/2 big blinds.
“What? What? Why? Why?” said Dukic. Mahlfeldt pointed to his own stack, which was only about 44,000, to indicate that he was saving his chips for a better spot.
Dukic tossed his cards on the table for everyone to see — . But he nearly doubled his stack from 16K to 31K.
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 126
Zach Mullennix moved all in from UTG+1 for 39,000, Richard Menjura called from the cutoff, and Paul Domb called from the big blind. Any further betting will create a side pot between Domb and Menjura.
The flop came , and Domb thought for a while before moving all in for about 155,000. Menjura immediately called with a larger stack, and all three players showed their cards:
Richard Menjura: (overpair, gutshot straight draw) Paul Domb: (pair of queens) Zach Mullennix: (gutshot straight draw)
The turn card was the , giving Mullennix extra outs as he improved to an open-ended straight draw.
But the river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for Menjura to win the entire pot, eliminating both of his opponents.
Richard Menjura – 550,000 (92 bb) Paul Domb – Eliminated in 14th Place ($2,820) Zach Mullennix – Eliminated in 15th Place ($2,555)
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 126
At the start of play, Nashaat Antonious was moved from Table 10 to Table 9, seat 7 to balance the two tables at eight players each.
Stuart Young was all in preflop for 18,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Nashaat Antonious.
The board came — Young flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Antonious won the pot with a rivered set of eights to eliminate Young in 16th place.
Nashaat Antonious – 100,000 (17 bb) Stuart Young – Eliminated in 16th Place ($2,555)
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 126
Event 6 was scheduled to end their night after Level 15 but they played some overtime poker to take care of some business. They were on the money bubble at the time and continue through more than a level and a half before it burst.
That means 16 players return today, in the money, with 17 minutes 55 seconds remaining in Level 17. The extended bubble means we have a few short stacks that will need to run it up but Chris Perry’s lead is comfortable.
They are playing for a piece of the $122,220 prize pool with everyone guaranteed $2,555 but shooting for the $35,355 top prize.
The tables will be balanced before cards go back in the air, here’s how they stand overnight.
TABLE 9 Seat 1. Chris Perry – 442,000 (74 bb) Seat 2. Chris Tryba – 153,000 (26 bb) Seat 3. Seat 4. Stuart Young – 18,000 (3 bb) Seat 5. Raminder Singh – 297,000 (50 bb) Seat 6. Sean Shah – 110,000 (18 bb) Seat 7. Seat 8. Kharlin Sued – 285,000 (48 bb) Seat 9. Sheldon Gross – 79,000 (13 bb)
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Returning to Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 126
Day 1 of Event 6 played a little overtime as play was on the money bubble at the scheduled end of Day 1. Another level and a half was needed before the bubble burst.
The tables will be balanced at the start of Day 2, which is Monday at 2 p.m.
TABLE 9 Seat 1. Chris Perry – 442,000 (74 bb) Seat 1. Chris Tryba – 153,000 (26 bb) Seat 3. Seat 4. Stuart Young – 18,000 (3 bb) Seat 5. Raminder Singh – 297,000 (50 bb) Seat 6. Sean Shah – 110,000 (18 bb) Seat 7. Seat 8. Kharlin Sued – 285,000 (48 bb) Seat 9. Sheldon Gross – 79,000 (13 bb)
2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry) $75,000 Guaranteed Entries: 126 Prize Pool: $122,220 July 25-26, 2021
Event 6 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open drew 126 entries and generated a prize pool of $122,220.
It is a two-day event, with Day 1 scheduled to end at about 1:10 a.m.