Event 15: Slow Sledding

$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 12: 600/1200 100 Ante

The eleven remaining players could be in for a long afternoon.  Only Roman Valerstein and Zo Karim started under 30,000 in chips and with Valerstein essentially doubling up a short time ago, the blinds won’t be putting much pressure on most of these players anytime soon.

Chip leader John McDonald has done his job to start picking up two of the biggest hands to start the afternoon and pushing his stack to nearly 300,000 to open up his lead.

Event 15: Cards In The Air

$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 500/1000/100 Ante

And we are underway in Event 15!  Eleven players remain for this Eight-Handed title.  Adding more drama is the fact that only eight players will cash the event.   With the money bubble and final table approaching, it should be an exciting afternoon here are the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open – Hollywood, FL!

Event 15: Bagged & Tagged

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 11 :  Blinds 500/1k/100 ante (25:56 remaining)

They reached the magical hour of 3am with 11 players remaining, who have bagged their chips for the night.  They will return at 3pm Tuesday for the finale.

Only the final 8 will get paid, so three returning players will be disappointed.  John McDonald is the chip leader with 266,600.

Here are the seat assignments and chip counts for Day 2:

Table 1

Seat Player Chips

  1. Joe Reddick 96,100
  2. Michael Wang 52,800
  3. Roman Valerstein 29,600
  4. Ardit Kurshumi 146,800
  5. Steele Sutter 224,900
  6. Zo Karim 23,700

Table 2

  1. Justin Zaki 82,900
  2. John McDonald 266,600
  3. Victor Sbrissa 76,600
  4. Konstantinos Pantaridis 64,000
  5. Matt Shepsky 105,100

 

PAYOUTS

1: $38,609
2: $24,687
3: $17,141
4: $11,700
5: $9,068
6: $7,020
7: $5,265
8: $3,510

Event 15: A Home Game Feel

$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 8: 250/500 50 Ante

Table 65 is quite the sight to see right now.  Having Zo Karim (#brownmagic) is always interesting.  Then add in some hilarious table banter, four big stacks, two guys eating chicken finger dinners, one player having a water and a soda sharing space and a dancing player getting a message.  This table has a definite home game flair to it to say the least.

Then to top it off, Alexander Haber called the all-in of the player he’d just doubled up through holding Ad9d against AhKs.  The board ran out with Haber hitting a straight and a diamond flush.  Haber called out the straight before it was pointed out he actually hit the nut flush.  Haber said “I’ll just take the straight.”

Have fun, Table 65.  It’s going to be an interesting night….

Event 15: The “Ya Man” Dance Debuts

$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 7: 200/400 50 Ante

You do what you have to do.  Jamaican Alexander Haber was racing for his tournament life with pocket sixes against ace-king.  To entice the cards to go his way, he decided to break out in dance.  Swinging his hips and circling his arms with a big smile, another six came on the flop and Haber stayed alive and is apparently trying to start a new dance craze he called the “Ya Man”.

We’ll see if Haber’s dance moves can get to the final table.  34 players remain in Event 15.

Alexander Haber

Alexander Haber