$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante Players Remaining: 30/95
Ryan Dunn (Tallahassee, FL)
Ryan Dunn, who took the $2,650 single re-entry title outright just two days ago, is in action late in Event 14. Dunn looks to continue his winning ways here in South Florida and is running well in today’s $350 big stack. His 15,000 starting chips transformed to over 70,000 with 30 players remaining and dinner break right around the corner.
$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante Players Remaining: 47/95
Event 14 of the 2016 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a $350 big stack no limit hold’em tournament, drew a field of 95 players. The property added $1,500 to the prize pool to get to the guaranteed $30,000 kiddie. The top 18 finishers head home with prize money of at least $450. Payouts escalate from there before topping out in an $8,700 first prize.
$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Beginning of Level 9: 300/600/100 Ante Players: 95
Steve Raeman
The second break came and went and registration is closed in Event 14, today’s 11 a.m. $350 big stack no limit hold’em. Out in front of the field is Steve Raeman with just under 92,000 chips. The next closest stack appears to be that of Rob Saunders’. Saunders has turned his 15,000 starting chips into about 81,000. Other notables still alive include Jeremy Costa and Ryan Dunn. Ory Hen, meanwhile, is among those who hit the rail.
The complete prize structure will be posted after it’s finalized.
$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 3: 75/150 Players: 45
Jeremy Costa (Decatur, GA)
Jeremy Costa has been one of the biggest supporters of Seminole Hard Rock Poker over the last couple months. The Decatur, GA resident spent much of December in Tampa for the Winter Poker Open and has been here in Hollywood for the majority of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Costa has recorded four cashes over the two series including a 68th-place finish in the 741-entry WPO opener and a 37th-place finish in the $1,100 LHPO WPTDeepStacks Main Event.
Costa is giving it one final go here in Event 14. His stack sits just under 30,000 and he’s almost doubled up during the first few levels.
“I’ll be the first one to 100, I promise you,” he said as staff passed the table.
$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
It’s the final day of the 2016 Lucky Hearts Poker Open and cards are in the air for the 14th of 15 primary events. The $350 big stack no limit hold’em tournament affords players 15,000 chips to start and 30-minute levels throughout. Late registration/re-entry is available until the start of Level 9 and this tournament is structured to play out in one day.
2015 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open” $250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
December 1st, 2015
Total Entries: 53 Total Prizepool: $11,130
Peter Cleven Event 14 Champion
Recap:
A steady performance throughout the day and superb heads-up play by Peter Cleven propelled him to his first title here in Event 14 at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n Roll Poker Open”.
53 players started off the day and the final table got underway with David Hassen out in front and Gary Johnson and Cleven hot on his heels. Joel Harwood was also making another final table appearance in solid shape to make a run at the title.
Bob Mangino’s short stack was the first to quickly fall in 9th place and then Gary Flur was taken out by Cleven in 8th place. Then the shocker took place as after a few brutal hands, Elsie Rodriguez dismissed David Hassen in 7th place sending the former chip leader to the payout window.
Christian Ivens and his short stack was the next to fall in 6th place at the hands of Gary Johnson. In the meantime, Peter Cleven and Elsie Rodriguez had found their way as the top two stacks in the tournament. Johnson was then whittled down and eliminated in 5th place. Then Allen Green came up one card short in Razz against Cleven and exited in 4th place. Joel Harwood then found himself in a difficult spot between the two chip leaders and Elsie Rodriguez finally sent him to the rail in 3rd place setting up the heads-up showdown between Cleven and Rodriguez.
Rodriguez was the chip leader to start things off but Cleven quickly applied the pressure and began to whittle her down. Cleven hit two big straights to put her in trouble but Rodriguez managed to win two hands to put herself in a competitive position. But the relentless aggression by Cleven turned out to be too much and Cleven won a Razz hand to put away the championship.
Cleven looked back at his run on the final table. “The final table I played very aggressive. I had a big stack and was trying to take out the little stacks but they just kept doubling up on me. I actually got short at one point and had to play tight for about two or three levels and then from there hit a couple big hands and started rolling people over again. Heads up I flopped two straights two hands in a row and she had pocket kings on one of them. I took half of her stack on those two hands and it really solidified the win for me.”
Cleven was thrilled to bring home a title here at the Semionle Hard Rock “Rock ‘n Roll Poker Open”. “It’s great. We really both wanted the trophy so I’m really happy with the win. It was very tough competition. I’ve been here for most of the other tournaments as well and Hard Rock’s put on a great set of tournaments. I’m really happy with the result.”
Congratulations to our Event 14 Champion – Peter Cleven!
Results: 1st: Peter Cleven (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – $3,450 2nd: Elsie Rodriguez (Homestead, FL) – $2,449 3rd: Joel Harwood (Hallendale, FL) – $1,558 4th: Allen Green (Weston, FL) – $1,113 5th: Gary Johnson (Pembroke Pines, FL) – $890 6th: Christian Ivens (Miami, FL) – $668 7th: David Hassen (Dania, FL) – $557 8th: Gary Flur (Plantation, FL) – $445
After a dominating heads-up performance, Peter Cleven finally put away the Event 14 title.
Playing Razz and Elsie Rodriguez down to her last 30,000 chips, the chips went into the middle with Rodriguez turning up and Cleven with . Rodriguez ran out for ten-hign but Cleven’s hand ran out giving him a six-high and the championship.
Peter Cleven wins the Event 14 title and $3,450 while Elsie Rodriguez finishes in second place taking home $2,449.
Congratulations to our Event 14 Champion – Peter Cleven!
Peter Cleven – Event 14 Champion ($3,450)Elsie Rodriguez – 2nd Place ($2,249)
The final hand before the break turned out to be the last one for Joel Harwood.
Harwood’s chips ended up in the middle on sixth street against Elsie Rodriguez with Harwood holding but Rodriguez had for a set of jacks. Harwood got no help with the on the river sending him to the rail.
Elsie Rodriguez will lead the heads-up match with 285,000 against Peter Cleven with 245,000.
Joel Harwood finishes in 3rd place winning $1,558.
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