Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 13: $350 Buy-In Big Stack Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
August 25, 2014
Entries: 245
Prize Pool: $73,500
RECAP
Event 13 blasted past its $30K guarantee with 245 entries, creating a prize pool of more than double the guarantee at $73,500. And when the dust settled after almost 15 hours of battling, with play ending just around 3am, Constantin Liapis was declared the champion of the Event 13 Big Stack Six-Max No Limit Hold’em tournament.
Liapis is a recreational player who likes to play whenever he has spare time away from the restaurant he owns in Georgia. His tournament journey started off badly as he busted after only his third hand. He debated whether he should re-enter, and thankfully his son Ilias convinced him that he should. Ilias Liapis placed 3rd in the previous night’s Event 11: $560 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em tournament. Ilias was Constantin’s secret weapon during his run here in Event 13, rooting on and supporting his dad the entire time. Liapis says that he had good hands and good fortune throughout the tournament, and will play more events through the rest of the SHRPO to hopefully continue his good run.
Here are some other notables who cashed in Event 13:
- Our 2nd place finisher John Robertson has over $430K in earnings with poker tournament results dating back to 2000.
- Third place finisher Darryll Fish is a well known and respected professional poker player with over $1.3 Million in career poker tournament earnings.
- Today’s 6th place finisher Abbey Daniels placed 4th in the 2011 WPT $10K Championship Main Event right here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Poker Showdown, good for $286K.
- Stuart Paterson, who placed 15th in today’s event, earned 7th place out of 2,157 entries last week in Event 5 $150 NLH (Re-entry) of the SHRPO earning over $17K. He has lifetime poker tournament earnings of $513K.
FINAL RESULTS
1. CONSTANTINOS LIAPIS (SAINT MARYS, GA): $22,044
2. JOHN ROBERTSON (LAS VEGAS, NV): $12,789
3. DARRYLL FISH (CAPE CORAL, FL): $8,306
4. ERIC NUSS (WATERLOO, ON): $5,366
5. STEVEN SNYDER (HUNTERSVILLE, NC): $3,896
6. ABBEY DANIELS (CORAL SPRINGS, FL): $3,308
7. DOLPHY GARRICKS (MIRAMAR, FL): $2,426
8. ARTHUR BOATMAN (TAMPA, FL): $1,764
9. JOHANN CASTRILLON (ORLANDO, FL): $1,691
10. NEVILLE DARRELL (SARASOTA, FL): $1,544
11. MICHAEL LAAKE (BOCA RATON, FL): $1,544
12. MATHIJS STORMS (MIAMI, FL): $1,544
13. DAVID MACNEIL (VICTORIA, BC): $1,323
14. MARK GAUDINO (DAVIE, FL): $1,323
15. STUART PATERSON (BOCA RATON, FL): $1,323
16. AARON BERMAN (WELLINGTON, FL): $1,103
17. ANGIE ROJAS (DAVIE, FL): $1,103
18. MARSHALL WHITE (GARNER, NC): $1,103
. Nuss ends up making 2 pair, but it’s no good against the flopped set of 9s of Liapis. Nuss is eliminated in 4th place, good for $5,366. 
giving Nuss Quad Queens to eliminate Snyder in 5th place, good for $3,896. 
and Liapis’ pocket deuces hold up to eliminate Daniels in 6th. She takes home $3,308 for her day’s work. 
and Robertson makes a pair of Kings to eliminate Garricks in 7th, good for $2,426. 