2022 Everglades Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  35
Prize Pool:  $7,315
September 20, 2022

Event 6 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open was a $250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry). There were 35 entries, creating a prize pool of $7,315. A heads-up deal was made and as the chip leader, George Kraynak was the official winner for $2,558.

*denotes heads-up deal

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 35

Before heads-up play began, George Kraynak and Maksim Pisarenko agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

George Kraynak  –  331,000  (17 big bets)
Maksim Pisarenko  –  194,000  (10 big bets)

Here were the resulting payouts:

George Kraynak  –  $2,558
Maksim Pisarenko  –  $2,270

As the chip leader, George Kraynak is the official winner of Event 6 of the 2022 Everglades Poker Open!

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 35

Stud 8

On fifth street, Efthimios Piperakis was all in with for a flush draw against Maksim Pisarenko with for sixes and fives.

Piperakis failed to improve on his flush draw, busting in third place.

Maksim Pisarenko  –  194,000  (10 big bets)
Efthimios Piperakis  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($1,097)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 35

Stud 8

Short-stacked, Donny Rubinstein was all in on third street in stud 8 and in the end made a pair of sixes, but fell to the pair of sevens of George Kraynak to bust in fourth place.

Georg Kraynak  –  195,000  (16 big bets)
Donny Rubinstein  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($805)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 35

Stud

Mark Hurst:  (X-X)  / 
Donny Rubinstein:  (X-X)  / 

Mark Hurst completed all in for 6,000 and Donny Rubinstein isolated the action with a raise.

Hurst:    / 
Rubinstein:    / 

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Hurst:    /    / 
Rubinstein:    /    / 

Rubinstein’s pair of queens held throughout, eliminating Hurst in fifth place.

Donny Rubinstein  –  74,000  (6 big bets)
Mark Hurst  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($585)

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 35

Seat 1:  Mark Hurst  –  9,000  (< 1 big bet)
Seat 2:  Donny Rubinstein  –  60,000  (5 big bets)
Seat 3:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  164,000  (14 big bets)
Seat 4:  George Kraynak  –  182,000  (15 big bets)
Seat 5:  Efthimios Piperakis  –  110,000  (9 big bets)

1st:  $2,999 + Guitar Trophy
2nd:  $1,829
3rd:  $1,097
4th:  $805
5th:  $585

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 35

Hold’em

Maksim Pisarenko raised to 10,000 from the hijack, Michael Soroka three-bet all in for 14,500 from the button, and Pisarneko called.

Pisarenko: 
Soroka: 

The board ran out , giving Pisarenko a pair of eights on the river to eliminate Soroka on the money bubble.

Maksim Pisarenko  –  130,000  (10 big bets)
Michael Soroka  – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 35

Hold’em

Donny Rubinstein raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, Dmitriy Strunin called all in for 5,500 from the button, and George Kraynak called in the big blind.

The flop was and Kraynak check-called 5,000 from Rubinstein.

The turn was the , Kraynak led out for 10,000, and Rubinstein folded.

Kraynak showed queens and treys, leading Strunin’s .

The river was the , no help to Strunin, ending his tournament.

George Kraynak  –  100,000  (10 big bets
Donny Rubsinstein  –  120,000  (12 big bets)

Joel Harwood and Matthew Lessor were eliminated shortly beforehand, putting the tournament on the money bubble.

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  4,000/8,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 35

Seat 1:  Mark Hurst  –  32,000  (4 big bets)
Seat 2:  Donny Rubinstein  –  118,000  (15 big bets)
Seat 3:  Joel Harwood  –  30,000  (4 big bets)
Seat 4:  Dmitriy Strunin  –  40,000  (5 big bets)
Seat 5:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  120,000  (15 big bets)
Seat 6:  George Kraynak  –  77,000  (10 big bets)
Seat 7:  Michael Soroka  –  43,000  (5 big bets)
Seat 8:  Efthimios Piperakis  –  56,000  (7 big bets)
Seat 9:  Matthew Lessor  –  9,000  (1 big bet)

1st:  $2,999 + Guitar Trophy
2nd:  $1,829
3rd:  $1,097
4th:  $805
5th:  $585

2022 Everglades Poker Open
$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  4,000/8,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 35

Razz

Michael Soroka:  (X-X)  / 
Caleb Piderit:  (X-X)  / 

Third Street:  Soroka completed, Piderit raised, Soroka called.
Fourth Street:  Soroka bet, Piderit called.
Fifth Street:  Soroka bet, Piderit called all in for 5,000.

Soroka:    / 
Piderit:    / 

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Soroka:    /    / 
Piderit:    /    / 

Soroka’s nine-seven-five just beat Piderit’s nine-seven-six to score the elimnation.

Michael Soroka  –  43,000  (5 big bets)
Caleb Piderit  –  Eliminated