$150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 312
Michael Newman
Here are the pre-final table results, highlighted by seven-time SHRP trophy winner Michael Newman, who was down to one big blind on the money bubble. (Click here for details of Newman’s comeback.) He made it three pay jumps before busting in 19th place.
$150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 24 of 312
Richard Rodriguez
There was a three-way preflop all-in situation at Table 40, and these were their hands in descending order of chip counts:
Richard Rodriguez (middle position): Anthony Askey (middle position): Dinyar Irani (cutoff):
The board came , and Rodriguez spiked a seven on the river to win the entire pot with a full house, sevens full of fives, eliminating both of his opponents from the tournament.
Rodriguez (seated in seat 9) admitted that he didn’t realize Askey (seated in seat 1) was in the hand, and thought he was just up against Irani, who was all in for about 135,000.
“If I was paying attention,” said Rodriguez, “none of this would have happened.”
But the mistake worked out for Rodriguez, who is now sitting on 710,000 in chips.
Richard Rodriguez – 710,000 (71 bb) Anthony Askey – Eliminated in 25th Place ($280) Dinyar Irani – Eliminated in 26th Place ($280)
Richard Rodriguez spiked a seven on the river to win a huge three-way pot.
With 24 players remaining from a field of 312, the average chip stack is around 260,000 (26 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $325 each.
With 27 players remaining from a field of 312, the average chip stack is around 231,000 (23 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $280 each.
$150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 35 of 312
Michael Newman dropped in his 7,000 as he moved all in after the Money Bubble burst.
Michael Newman was down to 7,000 when the Money Bubble began, and he would have been forced all in from the big blind on Hand #4.
But as it happened, somebody at another table was eliminated in Hand #1, and Newman survived the Money Bubble to make it into the money.
The first hand after the bubble, Newman got it all in from middle position against two other players, and they checked all the way down on a board of .
UTG+1: (two pair, queens and fives) Big Blind: (two pair, aces and queens) Michael Newman: (two pair, aces and queens)
With the king on the board, neither kicker played, so Newman and the big blind chopped the pot between them.
Michael Newman – 15,000 (3 bb)
The next hand, the under-the-gun player limped for 6,000, and Newman moved all in from UTG+1 for 15,000. A player in middle position called, as did the UTG player.
The two players checked all the way down on a board of , and all three players turned over their cards.
UTG: (pair of threes) Middle Position: (ace high) Michael Newman: (pair of jacks)
Newman woke up with a surprisingly strong hand, and his jacks held up for him to win the pot and triple up in chips.
Michael Newman – 54,000 (9 bb)
A few minutes later, Newman appeared to have doubled up again, as he had more than 100K in chips. He lost a bit of it after that, but when Level 18 began with blinds of 4,000-8,000, he had about 105,000 in his stack.
Michael Newman – 105,000 (13 bb)
With 35 players remaining from a field of 312, the average chip stack is around 178,000 (22 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $245 each.
Michael Newman sitting with about 105,000 in chips.
$150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 39 of 312
Anthony Askey
In the first hand of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, the player on the button moved all in for 54,000, and Anthony Askey called from the big blind with .
The button turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.
But the board came , and Askey rivered an ace-high diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate his opponent on the Money Bubble.
Anthony Askey – 200,000 (33 bb)
A one-hand Money Bubble, and the remaining 39 players are in the money, guaranteed at least $245 each. As a reminder, here is the list of payouts:
$150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 42 of 312
Chipleader Nabil Matta
The field is just a few spots away from the Money Bubble, and there are a handful of players with more than 250K in chips.
But only one of them has more than 300K, and that’s chipleader Nabil Matta, who is sitting on a stack of 335,000 (67 big blinds) three spots away from the money.
With 42 players remaining from a field of 312, the average chip stack is around 149,000 (30 big blinds). The final 39 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $245 each.
$150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 54 of 312
Final Six Tables of Event 25
Shortly before Level 15 began, the field dropped down to the final six tables — 54 players. Only the final 39 will finish in the money, so we are 15 eliminations away. The Money Bubble approaches.
With 54 players remaining from a field of 312, the average chip stack is around 116,000 (29 big blinds). The final 39 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $245 each.
2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 25 $150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 312 Prize Pool: $36,816 (+ $3,500 Championship Seat) November 24, 2022
With 312 entries, the $150 Holiday Deep Stack NLH tournament more than tripled the $10,000 guarantee with a prizepool worth $36,816.
As a bonus, the winner will also receive a $3,500 seat into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship.
The final 39 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $245, all the way up to a top prize of $7,816 plus that $3,500 seat.
, no help to Rodriguez, ending his tournament in ninth place.
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(two pair, queens and fives)
(two pair, aces and queens)
(pair of threes)
(ace high)
(pair of jacks)
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