Event 12: Gustavo Moscon on the Move

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 10 of 139
Average Stack: 167,000 (42 big blinds)

Gustavo Moscon doubled up in a recent hand after four-bet shoving for 30,000 with Jh9h into James Hughes’ As4s. The board ran out Jd5d2sTh8c, and Moscon’s pair of jacks kept him alive.

Moments later, Joseph Cappello opened to 9,000 under the gun, and Moscon three-bet shoved for 75,000 in the small blind. Cappello called to put him at risk.

Cappello: TsTd
Moscon: AsTh

The board ran out Qd8d5cAdJs, and Moscon doubled up with a pair of aces.

Gustavo Moscon –  159,000 (40 bb)
Joseph Cappello – 65,000 (16 bb)

Event 12: Final Table Set

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 10 of 139
Average Stack: 167,000 (56 big blinds)

Jerry Wong was eliminated in 11th place, setting the final table for Event 12. Here’s how they’re laid out:

Seat 1: Joshua Beckley – 359,500 (120 bb)
Seat 2: James Hughes – 142,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Mohammad Arani – 150,000 (50 bb)
Seat 4: Brett Bader – 53,500 (18 bb)
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 177,000 (59 bb)
Seat 6: Andre Crooks – 168,000 (56 bb)
Seat 7: Gustavo Moscon – 95,000 (32 bb)
Seat 8: Jean Gaspard – 243,000 (81 bb)
Seat 9: Joseph Cappello – 133,000 (44 bb)
Seat 10: Erik Christensen – 158,500 (53 bb)

Event 12: Beckley Leads Restart

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 11 of 139
Average Stack: 142,000 (47 big blinds)

The biggest buy-in tournament played so far in the series is set to return this afternoon with 11 players remaining of the starting 139 entrants. November Niner Joshua Beckley leads the field when they return but there are plenty of top players trying to chase him down for the title.

The tournament quickly surpassed the $100,000 Guarantee and they’re playing for some big money up top plus the $500 bounty they receive for knocking someone out.

They are set to return to action at 2pm and we’ll be following along until we have our next Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champion.

Table 1
Seat 1: Jean Gaspard – 365,500 (122 bb)
Seat 2: Brett Bader – 51,500 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: Joseph Cappello – 133,500 (45 bb)
Seat 5: James Hughes – 143,500 (48 bb)
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: Andre Crooks – 168,000 (56 bb)
Seat 8: Empty
Seat 9: Empty

Table 2
Seat 1: Empty
Seat 2: Joshua Beckley – 365,500 (122 bb)
Seat 3: Mohammad Abedi Arani – 60,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: Ian O’Hara – 177,000 (59 bb)
Seat 5: Empty
Seat 6: Jerry Wong – 61,500 (21 bb)
Seat 7: Erik Christensen – 161,500 (54 bb)
Seat 8: Gustavo Moscon – 109,000 (36 bb)
Seat 9: Empty

1st: $40,308
2nd: $23,630
3rd: $13,900
4th: $11,120
5th: $8,340
6th: $6,950
7th: $5,560
8th: $4,170
9th: $3,128
10th: $2,780
11th: $2,780

Event 12: Josh Beckley Leads Final 11 Players

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 16: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Registered: 139
Players Remaining: 11

Josh Beckley
Josh Beckley

At the completion of 16 levels of play, Day 1 of the $1,650 has come to a close and it is 2015 WSOP Main Event runner-up Josh Beckley that leads the final 11 players.

The remaining players return at 2 p.m. to play down to a winner. Everybody remaining is guaranteed a cash of at least $2,780, but the winner will take home $40,308. For each bounty collected, a player will earn an extra $500 in cash.

Here are a look at the chip counts for the tournament’s final day:

Josh Beckley – 365,500
Jean Gaspard – 237,000
Ian O’Hara – 177,000
Andre Crooks – 168,000
Erik Christensen – 161,500
James Hughes – 143,500
Joseph Cappello – 133,500
Gustavo Moscon – 109,000
Jerry Wong – 61,500
Mohammad Arami – 60,000
Brett Bader – 51,500

Event 9: Derek Encenarro Doubles Through Chris Blik

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32/2,923
Average Stack: 1,825,000 (30 big blinds)

Derek Encenarro
Derek Encenarro

Derek Encenarro moved all in from early position and Chris Blik called from the big blind. Encenarro showed JhJs, but was in bad shape against Blik’s KcKh.

The dealer quickly ran out a board of 10s9d5s8s7c and Encenarro rivered a straight to crack Blik’s kings and double up. Blik loses the pot, but is still fairly healthy on chips.

Derek Encenarro – 1,660,000
Chris Blik – 1,950,000

Event 12: Prizepool Announced

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Registered: 139
Players Remaining: 35

With late registration closed in the Purple Chip Bounty in the purple chip bounty event, the field size is finalized the payouts have been released.

There are 139 players in the field and the top 18 players will finish in the money. A min-cash is worth $2,085, but first place will take home $40,308. Each knockout a player earns is also worth $500 each.

Here is a detailed look at the payouts:

1st: $40,308
2nd: $23,630
3rd: $13,900
4th: $11,120
5th: $8,340
6th: $6,950
7th: $5,560
8th: $4,170
9th: $3,128
10th-12th: $2,780
13th-15th: $2,433
16th-18th: $2,085

Event 12: Crushing Another Guarantee

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 5: 75/150 with a 25 Ante
Total Entries: 115

Jeffrey Saunders leads the Purple Chip Bounty at first break
Jeffrey Saunders leads the Purple Chip Bounty at first break

We took a peek into the meeting room across the hall to see how they were going and saw they crushed the $100,000 before their first break. Event 12 has a good chance to double up the guarantee before registration closes at the start of Level 11.

Jeffrey Saunders is leading the way at the first break but has a star-studded field trying to catch him.

Top stacks and notable names:

Jeffrey Saunders – 43,200 (288 bb)
Gustavo Moscon – 40,350 (269 bb)
Zachary Mullenix – 34,350 (229 bb)
Scott Efron – 29,900 (199 bb)
Jeffrey Trudeau Jr – 22,275 (149 bb)
Joshua Beckley – 21,250 (142 bb)
Paul Stanechewski – 20,350 (136 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 17,000 (113 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 16,825 (112 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 15,025 (100 bb)
Scott Zakheim – 14,625 (98 bb)
Eli Levy – 12,625 (84 bb)
Ray Ruszkowski – 12,600 (84 bb)
Brett Bader – 12,600 (84 bb)
Erik Christensen – 12,250 (82 bb)
John Holley – 12,000 (80 bb)
Zo Karim – 11,675 (78 bb)
Michael Laake – 11,075 (74 bb)
Ryan Dunn – 9,925 (66 bb)
Darryll Fish – 8,975 (60 bb)
David Prociak – 5,825 (39 bb)

Event 12: Big Money Bounties

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

While the ballroom is full with Event 11 players and the Event 9 restart, a big buy-in bounty tournament is kicking off in the meeting room across the hall.

Event 12 is a $1,650 buy-in Purple Chip Bounty tournament with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. Each player has a price on their head and they can earn a $500 cash chip for each opponent they knock out.

They begin with 12,000 starting stacks and the first ten levels last 30 minutes each. Late registration will close at the start of Level 11 and they will switch over to 40-minute levels. Players have  single re-entry option during that time if they lose their first stack.

This is a two-day tournament and play will conclude at the end of Level 16 with the survivors returning tomorrow at 2pm.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 12,000 in chips
  • 30-minute Levels 1-10; 40-minute Levels 11+
  • Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 11
  • Day 1 will end after Level 16 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 12 Structure Sheet

Event 12: Phillip Hui Wins After Heads-Up Deal

2016 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood
$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 203
Prize Pool: $101,500
January 19, 2016

Phillip Hui (Tamarac, FL)
Phillip Hui (Tamarac, FL)

Hollywood, Fla. (January 20, 2016) – The penultimate day of the 2016 Lucky Hearts Poker Open saw a familiar face earn a victory as 28-year-old Phillip Hui topped a field of 203 in Event 12,  a $570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), following a heads-up deal.

Hailing from San Antonio, TX, and now residing in Florida, Hui usually prefers to dabble in mixed games. Still, he’s an accomplished hold’em player as this marked his fifth official no-limit-hold’em tournament victory.

Throughout the series, there has been a mix of events that have seen participants willing and eager to agree to deals and those where deals have been shot down. This one, though, was the former.

“We were pretty close in chips, and I was feeling pretty tired, so I didn’t really feel like playing anymore,” Hui told us after. “He was alright with a deal and I happened to be ahead at the time, so I’ll take it.”

Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal

1st: Phillip Hui  (Tamarac, FL) – $24,159*
2nd: Zoltan Czinkota (Davie, FL) – $21,000*
3rd: Britt Heath (Wilmington, NC) – $9,643
4th: Richard Meyer (Roscommon, MI) – $7,816
5th: Marc Sacheli (Miami, FL) – $6,090
6th: Miguel Hernandez-Alpizar (Miami Lakes, FL) – $5,075
7th: Eli Levy (Miami, FL)– $4,060
8th: Richard Katz (Pittsburgh, PA) – $3,045
9th: Seth Gilson (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – $2,030

Full results available from our friends at TheHendonMob.com.