2022 Everglades Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$250 Deep Stack Seniors No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  90
$10,000 Guaranteed
Prize Pool:  $18,810
September 19, 2022

Event 4 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open was a $250 Deep Stack Seniors No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 90 entries produced a prize pool of $18,810.

Emerging victorious was Gregory Spinder, winning outright for $5,760.

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 90

Claudio Kalili raised all in for 185,000 from the button and Gregory Spinder called in the big blind.

Kalili: 
Spinder: 

The board ran out , safe for Spinder to win Event 4 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open outright for $5,760.

Claudio Kalili finished runner-up for $3,570.

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 90

Gregory Spinder raised to 45,000 on the button and Claudio Kalili called in the big blind.

The flop was and Kalili check-called 50,000 from Spinder.

The turn was the and Kalili check-called 100,000 from Spinder.

The river was the , Kalili led out for 125,000, and Spinder called.

Kalili showed for a pair of tens, but Spinder tabled for tens and fours to win the pot.

Gregory Spinder  –  1,530,000  (102 bb)
Claudio Kalili  –  270,000  (18 bb)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 90

Trent Smith raised all in for 109,000 from the button, Claudio Kalili called in the small blind, and Gregory Spinder called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Spinder bet 50,000. Kalili called.

The river was the , Kalili checked, Spinder bet 100,000, and Kalili called.

Spinder showed for eights full of sixes, besting Kalili’s holdings and Smith’s to eliminate Smith in third place.

Gregory Spinder  –  1,155,000  (96 bb)
Claudio Kalili  –  645,000  (54 bb)
Trent Smith  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($2,255)

1st:  $5,760 + Trophy
2nd:  $3,570

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 90

Gregory Spinder raised to effectively 88,000 from the small blind and Trent Smith called all in for that amount in the big blind with , leading Spinder’s .

The board ran out , giving Smith quad jacks to double up.

Trent Smith  –  188,000  (16 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  640,000  (53 bb)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 90

Gary Korkhin raised all in from the small blind about 155,000 and Claudio Kalili called in the big blind with , leading Korkhin’s .

The board ran out , no help to Korkhin, ending his tournament in fourth place.

Claudio Kalili  –  850,000  (71 bb)
Gary Korkhin  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($1,500)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 90

Gary Korkhin raised all in for 169,000 from the cutoff and Nancy Thomas isolated with the action with a re-shove from the button.

Korkhin: 
Thomas: 

The board ran out , giving Korkhin queens and treys to double through Thomas.

Down to 36,000, Thomas busted the following hand in fifth place.

Gary Korkhin  –  363,000  (36 bb)
Nancy Thomas  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($1,130)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 90

Nicholas Visconti raised all in for about 115,000 from the button and Trent Smith isolated the pot with a shove of his own from the small blind.

Visconti: 
Smith: 

The board ran out , giving Smith tens full of queens to eliminate Visconti in sixth place.

Trent Smith  –  275,000  (34 bb)
Nicholas Visconti   –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($900)

Recent Eliminations
7th:  Justo Prieto  –  $755
8th:  David Echavarria  –  $660
9th:  Theo Lawson  –  $600

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 90

Seat 1:  David Echavarria  –  140,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2:  Gregory Spinder  –  230,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3:  Nicholas Visconti  –  80,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4:  Theo Lawson  –  50,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5:  Justo Prieto  –  70,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6:  Trent Smith  –  140,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7:  Gary Korkhin  –  210,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8:  Nancy Thomas  –  275,000  (46 bb)
Seat 9:  Claudio Kalili  –  585,000  (98 bb)

1st:  $5,760 + Trophy
2nd:  $3,570
3rd:  $2,255
4th:  $1,500
5th:  $1,130
6th:  $900
7th:  $755
8th:  $660
9th:  $600

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 Seniors Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 90

Neil Blumenfield raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Claudio Kalili called on the button, and Nancy Thomas called in the big blind.

The flop was and Thomas checked to Blumenfield who continued for 10,000. Both Kalili and Thomas called.

The turn was the , and action checked to Kalili who bet 25,000. Thomas called, Blumenfield check-raised all in for 100,000, Kalili folded, and Thomas called all in for 64,000 with for the nut flush draw with a straight draw.

Blumenfield was also drawing with for an open-ended straight draw with an inferior flush draw. His hole cards were live, too.

The river was the , giving Thomas a pair of aces to double up.

Three hands later, Blumenfield was all in for about 35,000 with against Thomas’ .

The board ran out , giving Thomas sixes full of fives to eliminate Blumenfield in 10th place.

Nancy Thomas  –  275,000  (46 bb)
Neil Blumenfield  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($600)