$2,200 Eight Game Mix (Single Re-Entry) Level 7: 500/1,000 Limits
The players return from their 15-minute break to begin Level 7, with increased limits of 500-1,000. With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is 18,750 (18 Big Bets).
TABLE 7 Seat 1. Jason Mercier – 26,275 (26 BB) Seat 2. Jonathan Gray – 15,000 (15 BB) Seat 3. Marcello Costa – 25,275 (25 BB) Seat 4. Michael Mixer – 26,050 (26 BB) Seat 5. Jyri Merivirta – 27,150 (27 BB) Seat 6. Robert Campbell – 9,700 (9 BB)
$2,200 Eight Game Mix (Single Re-Entry) Level 5: 300/600 Limits
Event 10 has lost its first player of the tournament — Harold Klein. That leaves 14 players to battle for the prizepool, which has just been announced. With 15 entries, the final two will finish in the money:
$2,200 Eight Game Mix (Single Re-Entry) Level 3: 200/400 Limits
Jonathan Duhamel
It took a little while to get the game going but there are now 14 runners in the 8-Game Mix including 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel. He’s joined by Jason Mercier and current WPT Player of the Year front-runner Anthony Zinno.
Anthony Zinno – 20,975 (52 Big Bets) Ben Yogel – 19,900 (50 BB) Jonathan Duhamel – 18,600 (47 BB) Cory Zeidman – 18,450 (46 BB) Harold Channing – 17,450 (44 BB) Michael Mixer – 16,675 (42 BB) Mikhail Zlotnik – 16,100 (40 BB) Jason Mercier – 14,925 (37 BB) Harley Thrower – 14,325 (36 BB) Ilya Krupin – 13,250 (33 BB) Robert Campbell – 11,825 (30 BB) Jonathan Gray – 11,750 (29 BB) Jyri Merivirta – 9,050 (23 BB) Marcello Costa – 7,725 (19 BB)
On my way to Florida for @shrpo , had a blast last time , it’s just too bad the @FlaPanthers didn’t make the playoffs!!
$2,200 Eight Game Mix (Single Re-Entry) Level 1: 100/200 Limits
It’s time for one of the more anticipated tournaments on the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown schedule. Event 10 will test a player’s skill beyond standard No Limit Hold’em when they sit to play the 8-Game Mix tournament.
The $2,200 buy-in tournament will rotate between No Limit Hold’em, Razz, Limit Omaha/8, Stud, Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, Stud/8, and 2-7 Triple Draw. They will play hour-long levels and late registration is available until the start of Level 5, approximately 7:30pm, and players can only re-enter once if they are knocked out.
Several big names were in the room early scouting the area including Jason Mercier, Chino Rheem, and Will Failla. It will be a smaller but very talented field in the ballroom today.
In a low buy-in event like this, you always expect to see some wild play and fast action. Event 10 did not disappoint as the chips flew from the first cards being dealt on Day 1A all the way through the final table. When the dust settled early Sunday morning, Pierre Rodriguez was the last player standing after a four-way chop closed out the tournament.
At the final table, two ladies had found their way to a shot at the title but Azoulay Proper took out both of them right off the bat sending Anastasiia Egorova and Lois Bovit to the rail in two quick eliminations ending the hopes of either of them being the first female to win an open event this series. Steve Anderson, who had been riding fives in some form or another throughout this entire event, had pocket fives finally betray him and was the next fall in 8th.
As play continued, the players were getting incredibly deep. One hand could make or break their tournament as Everett Gilmore found out. Gilmore had been playing very well throughout this event but took a rough beat to get knocked out in 7th.
At the players’ last break, Prosper and Tavaris Jackson were leading the way. The first discussions of a deal took place but Jackson eventually turned it down after a long break in play and it ended up costing him as Pierre Rodriguez hit a two-outer against him and then John Feore caught running straight cards to send him out in 6th place.
After that another chop discussion happened and was turned down this time by John Feore. Ironically, Feore soon found himself gone in 5th place after Matthew Friendly scored big with pocket aces against Feore’s fives. With all this going on, Rodriguez had been playing some bold poker making move after move and chipping up.
It paid off as for the final time the players finally decided the variance was too high and ended play. After the chips were counted, Rodriguez found himself as the top stack in a close race over Prosper and was crowned the winner of Event 10 outlasting the 1,335 entry field.
A very excited Rodriguez along with his rail couldn’t stop smiling as he was awarded the championship trophy. “It’s been a very long grind. Winning this tournament is just reaffirming that my decision about going pro is somewhat validated. What’s helped me a lot is discussing hands with friends like Alejandro here and my sister who were here supporting me. You have to just get out of harm’s way when you’re behind and wait for good spots.”
He also took the time to graciously compliment the staff as well saying “I’m very happy with the way the staff here conducted themselves and it feels great. I didn’t expect this and at one point I had ten big blinds. It was a great experience and looking forward to playing another tournament here at Seminole Hard Rock in the future.”
Congratulations to our Event 10 Champion – Pierre Rodriguez!
Final Table Results: 1st – Pierre Rodriguez (Miami, FL) – $26,684 2nd – Azoulay Prosper (Quebec, Canada) – $22,835 3rd – Matthew Friendly (Miami, FL) – $21,034 4th – Jason Ehlen (Miami, FL) – $17,877 5th – John Feore (Raleigh, NC) – $7,129 6th – Tavaris Jackson (Riveria Beach, FL) – $5,527 7th – Everett Gilmore (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – $4,245 8th – Steve Anderson(Yakima, WA) – $3,124 9th – Lois Bovit (Boynton Beach, FL) – $2,179 10th – Anastasiia Egorova (Moscow) – $1,570
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 31: 60,000/120,000/20,000 Ante
The third time was the charm on the chop deals as after the elimination of John Feore the players came to an agreement. And after the chips were counted, the close victory went to Pierre Rodriguez. Rodriguez nursed a short stack to the win edging out Azoulay Prosper, Matthew Friendly and Jason Ehlen to take down the title down.
Rodriguez won $26,684 for first, Prosper picked up $22,835 for second, Friendly received $21,034 for third and Ehlen scores $17,877 for 4th. Not bad for a $150 investment for everyone.
Congratulations to our Event 10 Champion – Pierre Rodriguez!
Pierre Rodriguez Event 10 Champion – $26,684Azoulay Prosper – 2nd Place ($22,835)Matthew Friendly – 3rd Place ($21,034)Jason Ehlen – 4th Place ($17,877)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 31: 60,000/120,000/20,000 Ante
With where the blinds are right now, any time someone even says “Raise” the table goes on high alert. This one was no exception and it led to the elimination of John Feore. Feore ran his smack into Matthew Friendly’s . Friendly caught a flop of to pad his lead in the hand. Feore did get a sweat with the on the turn but the ended the hand and Feore was eliminated in 5th for $7,129.
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