$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 63 of 305
Late registration and re-entry closed at the outset of level 9. With registration closed, the field size is final and the prizepool and payouts have been released.
The top 36 players will earn at least a min-cash of $378, but the top spot is worth $16,469.
$360 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 2: 50/100 Total Entries: 101
Eric Piderit (Weston, FL)
Today’s $30,000 guaranteed prize pool was never in question from the moment cards when in the air. The $360 Black Chip Bounty event brought players out early on a Sunday morning/afternoon and the guarantee was topped minutes after rolling into the second level of the day.
“We’re going to triple that guarantee,” said one player as he set his line.
Former SHRP champion Eric Piderit is one of early players and looking to add another trophy to his 2013 Lucky Hearts Poker Open title.
$360 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
It’s bounty time in the ballroom. For while most of the ballroom will be taken up by the Event 10 restart, the two new events on the schedule today put a price on each player’s head.
Event 11 is a $360 buy-in tournament where $100 of each entry is paid to the person who knocks that player out. A player could very well be making a profit long before they hit the payout portion from the normal prize pool.
The tournament has a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and each entrant starts with a 15,000 stack out front. The one-day tournament will play 30-minute levels throughout and late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm.
It will be a fast moving affair with the added incentive to loosen up to collect those $100 cash chips and we’ll have our next new champion in no time.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood Event #11 $350 No Limit Hold’em Total Entries: 317 Prizepool: $95,100 April 10, 2016
Gilbert Silva Wins $350 No Limit Hold’em
After nearly 16 hours of No Limit Hold’em, the $350 No Limit Hold’em, ended in a six-way deal, with Gilbert Silva taking credit for the win and earning $15,167 along with the trophy. He topped a field of 317 players to earn the title.
“It feels great,” said Silva. “It’s been a long time coming. Just hopefully we win some more.
At the outset of the final table, Silva was near the top of the chip counts. He continued to chip up and never really seemed short on chips as the final table continued along.
As the clock neared 4 a.m., there were still six players remaining and the talks of a deal surfaced and by that point, Silva had overtaken the chip lead. The negotiations last almost 15 minutes and Silva wouldn’t accept a deal unless he received at least $15,000.
Eventually, a deal was reached and Silva was declared the winner.
Silva, a 36-year old security manager at the Miami International Airport, takes poker as a serious hobby. He plays all around the South Florida area, putting in around 15 hours a week on the felt, mostly tournaments.
Even though he is an amateur by definition, he has his sights on playing with the best in the world.
“I’ve had a few chops here and there,” said Silva after his win. “I obviously just want to try and take it to the next level and play some bigger tournaments.”
Silva earns the biggest score of his career and will have some extra cash in his bankroll to play bigger events if he wants, but for now, he is trying to get some sleep before getting back to his airport grind.
I’m just so tired right now,” said Silva. “I need to be at work in the morning.”
Here is a look at the results:
1st: Gilbert Silva – $15,167 2nd: Jay Romano – $12,000 3rd: Justin Custer – $11,500 4th: Timothy Bullard – $9,500 5th: Rodney Rodrigue – $9,000 6th: Thomas Clements Jr. – $9,000 7th: Carlo Rodriguez – $3,709 8th: David Poces – $2,805 9th: John Depersio – $1,902 10th: Timothy Harrell – $1,236 11th: Benoit Barral – $1,236 12th: Leonard Clavel – $1,236 13th: David Reeder – $1,022 14th: Robert Williams – $1,022 15th: Yigal Hen – $1,022 16th: Mark Bernstein – $813 17th: James Woodruff – $813 18th: Daniel Gonzalo – $813 19th: Jose Del Cid Contreras – $666 20th: Yakima Palmero – $666 21st: Travis Jackson – $666 22nd: Walter Bravo – $666 23rd: Jose Tronilo – $666 24th: Daniel Li – $666 25th: Michael Ferrer – $666 26th: Jorge Gomez – $666 27th: Juan Mubarak Peralta – $666 28th: Elliott Merlin – $590 29th: Alex Ortiz – $590 30th: Luiz Stadler – $590 31st: Matthew Silva – $590 32nd: Scott Sommer -$590 33rd: David Melman – $590 34th: Patrick Heneghan – $590 35th: Edgar Varas – $590 36th: Karthik Ramakrishnan – $590
After about a half hour of discussions, the final six players agreed to a deal. Gilbert Silva had a significant chip lead when the numbers were discussed, and he collected the top prize of $15,000 and the trophy.
A recap of Silva’s victory will be published on Monday.
$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 317
Carlo Rodriguez
Carlo Rodriguez moved all in for about 400,000 under the gun, and Gilbert Silva re-shoved from the small blind. Rodriguez was at risk, and he was in a bad spot.
Rodriguez: Silva:
The board ran out clean, coming . Silva won the pot with a pair of kings, and Rodriguez was eliminated in seventh place.
Gilbert Silva – 1,150,000 (38 bb) Carlo Rodriguez – Eliminated
$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 317 Average Stack: 380,400
Johne Defersio moved all in from the cutoff for about 80,000 and Carlo Rodriguez moved all in for about 240,000 out of the small blind. Everybody else got out of the way and the cards were tabled.
Defersio showed and was flipping with Rodriguez’s . The board ran out and Defersio rivered the nut flush to double up.
Johne Defersio – 165,000 Carlo Rodriguez – 135,000
$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 317 Average Stack: 380,400
There is a slight pause in the action as the players are re-drawing for seats at the unofficial final table of 10. Tom Clements is the chip leader at the outset of the final table with 624,000 in chips.
Everybody is guaranteed $1,236, but they are all within arm’s reach of the $25,673 first place prize.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts:
Seat 1: Gilbert Silva – 460,000 Seat 2: John Defersio – 115,000 Seat 3: Tim Bullard – 255,000 Seat 4: Carlo Rodriguez – 242,000 Seat 5: Tom Clements – 624,000 Seat 6: David Poces – 274,000 Seat 7: Jay Romano – 425,000 Seat 8: Timothy Harrell – 315,000 Seat 9: Rod Rodriguez – 550,000 Seat 10: Justin Custer – 365,000
. Silva won the pot with a pair of kings, and Rodriguez was eliminated in seventh place.
, and Rodriguez’s ace-high was good enough to win the pot. Poces was eliminated in eighth place.
, and Custer won the pot with a set of sixes. Depersio was eliminated in ninth place.
. The board ran out 
and Defersio rivered the nut flush to double up.