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Event 11: Dinner Break

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$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 ante

The Black Chip Bounty tournament is moving right along with just 12 players remaining as they went off on their dinner break. There were 85 entrants registered with the final nine making the money.

Eliyou Levy – 228,100
Sheldon Gross – 175,600
Vasilii Leshchenko – 168,000
B.Nonymous – 161,300
Gregory – 148,900
Neal Freeman – 133,500
Lisa Levy – 91,400
Joseph Patalano – 44,900
Carlos Loving – 35,000
Filipp Khavin – 34,200
Paula Alibrandi – 28,500
A.Nonymous – 25,600

Table 57
Seat 1: A.Nonymous – 25,600
Seat 2: Sheldon Gross – 175,600
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: Filipp Khavin – 34,200
Seat 5: Empty
Seat 6: Lisa Levy – 91,400
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Empty
Seat 9: Paula Alibrandi – 28,500

Table 58
Seat 1: Vasilii Leshchenko – 168,000
Seat 2: Eliyou Levy – 228,100
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Gregory – 148,900
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: Carlos Loving – 35,000
Seat 8: Neal Freeman – 133,500
Seat 9: Joseph Patalano – 44,900

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Event 11: Black Chip Bounty

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$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

Aggressive players love mixing it up in bounty tournaments and today brings the first one on the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule. It’s possible for players to finish short of the money yet profit if they knock enough opponents out of the event.

The tournament has a $350 buy-in with $200 of that going to the prize pool and $100 as a bounty on each player. Knock someone out, tournament staff will toss you a black chip worth $100. There is a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool with this event and players may only re-enter once if they are eliminated.

They begin with 15,000 stacks and 30-minute levels. Late registration and that one re-entry is available until the start of Level 9. This is a one day tournament and should play to completion.

Player instructions are complete and cards are in the air.

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Event 11 Recap

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Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll” Poker Open
Event 11: $250 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)

November 23, 2014

Total Entries: 171
Total Prize Pool: $18,810

Alexander Daranyi Event 11 Champion
Alexander Daranyi
Event 11 Champion

 

 

 

 

 

He was actually signed up for a cash game, decided he didn’t want to wait anymore and signed up for Event 11.  The rest of the field wished he hadn’t as Alexander Daranyi steamrolled his way to a Seminole Hard Rock “Rock N’ Roll” Poker Open Championship.

Daranyi controlled this tournament from the outset and entered the final table with over 33% of the chips in play.  He eliminated 3 more players before the rest of the field realized it was time to take whatever they could walk away with and agree to a chop.

With a deal in place, Daranyi walked away with $4,900 and the championship.  David Rodriguez had the second largest stack and took 2nd place honors and $3,500.  He was followed by 3rd place finisher Yakou Beim, Jason Levine in 4th, Gedas Bertulis in 5th and Jose Chapui in 6th.

“I ran great and played great.  The biggest threat was the guy to my left (Rodriguez) and the ace-five vs. kings hand against him was probably the one less-than-marginal play I’d made all night.  Otherwise every hand I was in was a flip or I was ahead and thank goodness every flip I had I won.”

On the final hand, Daranyi was holding jacks and decided to flat against two players then drawing the last one in setting up the double elimination that essential ended the tournament and sealed his victory.  After both players hit an open-ended straight draw to create the sweat, the final two cards ran out in his favor and sent everyone away happy but especially Daranyi.

“It’s a pretty good score – I’ll take it.  Now I’m going to head home and get some sleep.”  Primarily a cash game player, the win is Daranyi’s first major tournament title.  And as handily as he won, it will be one he and his opponents will never forget.

Congratualtions to Alexander Daranyi, our Event 11 Champion!

Event 11 Results

1st – Alexander Daranyi (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – $4,900
2nd – David Rodriguez (Colombia) – $3,500
3rd – Yakou Beim (Brooklyn, NY) – $1,947
4th – Jason Levine (Weston, FL) – $1,544
5th – Gedas Bertulis (Hollandale Beach, FL) – $1,265
6th – Jose Chapui (Pembroke Pines, FL) – $1,100
7th – Joseph Marchese (Coral Springs, FL) – $621
8th – Anthony Basile (New York City, New York) – $451
9th – Jessica Metcalf (Belle Rive, IL ) – $433

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Event 11: Daranyi Takes The Title After 6-Way Deal

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$250 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1000 ante

It was a night to remember for Alexander Daranyi.

When Daranyi put up a double elimination to cut the field to six and add to his already massive chip stack, there was no question who the champion was – deal or no deal. All it took was one look by the rest of the players at the end of the table to see it was time to walk away with every dime they could. And with that, Daranyi put up the most dominating performance in an event this series on his way to the Event 11 victory.

With the chop, Alexander Daranyi takes the Event 11 title and wins $4900. The excited David Rodriguez came in 2nd and is glad he’ll be able to use SHRPO.com to prove to his wife he was here along with $3500 in winnings. Yakou Beim ended up the chip counts in 3rd and wins $1947. Jason Levine finished in 4th for $1544 followed by Gedas Bertulis in 5th taking $1265 and Jose Chapui in 6th for $1100. Also part of the agreement – the players all kept their bounties for some extra spending money.

Congratulations to all six players for a well-played tournament and our champion, Alexander Daranyi!

Alexander Daranyi - 1st Place ($4,900)
Alexander Daranyi – 1st Place ($4,900)
David Rodriguez - 2nd Place ($3,500)
David Rodriguez – 2nd Place ($3,500)
Yakou Beim - 3rd Place ($1947)
Yakou Beim – 3rd Place ($1,947)
Jason Levine - 4th Place ($1,544)
Jason Levine – 4th Place ($1,544)
Gedas Bertulis - 5th Place ($1,265)
Gedas Bertulis – 5th Place ($1,265)
Jose Chapui - 6th Place ($1,100)
Jose Chapui – 6th Place ($1,100)
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Event 11: Joseph Marchese Eliminated In 7th ($621), Anthony Basile Out In 8th ($451)

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$250 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20:  Blinds 5,000/10,000/500 ante

Things had slowed down for quite awhile since the last elimination but a double elimination struck here in Event 11.

Anthony Basile and Joseph Marchese ended up all-in and chip leader Alexander Daranyi woke up with a big hand.

Basile: Qc7c
Baranyi: JcJs
Marchese: 7d7s

Marchese and Basile had a huge flop with a 8d6d5s to pull a straight but a 3-K turn and river gave Baranyi the hand and the double elimination. Marchese finishes in 7th for $621 and Basile finishes in 8th for $451.

Joseph Marchese - 7th Place ($621)
Joseph Marchese – 7th Place ($621)
Anthony Basile - 8th Place ($451)
Anthony Basile – 8th Place ($451)
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Event 11: Rolling On

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$250 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19:  Blinds 4,000/8,000/1000 ante

It took a while to get to Level 19.  The players nearly agreed to an eight-way chop during the last level but after the numbers were run, one player disagreed and we play on.

Alexander Daranyi is still the dominant stack on the table at around 587,000 with David Rodriguez trying to chase him down at 339,000.

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Event 11: Jessica Metcalf Eliminated In 9th Place ($433)

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$250 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18:  Blinds 3,000/6,000/1000 ante

Her stack just got too short and Jessica Metcalf took a stab that didn’t work out against Yakou Beim.

Metcalf: 8d10c
Beim: AcKh

Metcalf with live cards found them dead in a hurry on a 9sKd9c flop and with the board running out 3hKc, Metcalf was gone.

She picks up $433 plus bounties for tonight’s 9th place finish.

Jessica Metcalf - 9th Place ($433)
Jessica Metcalf – 9th Place ($433)
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Event 11: Triple Double

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$250 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16:  Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante

Back from the break and fireworks started to fly quickly.

First, Anthony Basille doubled through Joseph Marchese.  Basille’s AcQc hit ace on the turn to beat Marchese’s 9d9h.  Then Jason Levine turned the tables doubling through Basille.  Levine got a call with aces vs. Basille flopped pair of sevens.  Quickly afterward, Basille doubled back up with 7h7s getting a call from Jose Chapui calling with Qd9d.

It’s been wild so far and there’s more amazing action to come tonight from this final table.

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Event 11: Chip Counts

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$250 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16:  Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante

Here are the current table final chip counts as of the end of Level 16:

1 – Joseph Marchese – 155,000
2 – Jessica Metcalf – 50,500
3 – Yakou Beim – 176,000
4 – Gedas Bertulis – 79,500
5 – Jose Chapui – 177,000
6 – Jason Levine – 91,000
7 – Arelene Vasquez – 132,500
8 – Anthony Basile – 63,500
9 – Alexander Daranyi – 423,000
10 – David Rodriguez – 317,000