Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll Poker Open”
Event 15: $250 Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
November 28, 2014
Total Entries: 228
Total Prize Pool: $47,880
PAYOUTS
1: $13,405
2: $7,900
3: $4,549
4: $3,687
5: $2,873
6: $2,394
7: $1,915
8: $1,436
9: $958
10-12: $622
13-15: $527
16-18: $479
19-27: $431
$250 Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Level 2: Blinds 50/100
This event is growing fast. Already up to 90 of the 143 needed to cover the guarantee.
Among those in action today are:
Richard Clayton
Jeff Silverstein
Julian Gallo
Edina Pantinchin
An early Tweet from Edina
Playing the Holiday DeepStack at @shrpo , first hand that I played was AA and the turn gave me Quads! Lol Good Start!
— Edina Pantinchin (@RealPokerBunny) November 28, 2014
$250 Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
Today’s Holiday Deep Stack event is underway! Players began with 20,000 chips and levels 1-12 will last 20 minutes each. Levels 13+ will last 30 minutes each.
Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 13 (about 3:20pm). This is a one-day event, so they’ll play until a winner is determined.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 15: $1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
August 25-26, 2014
Entries: 78
Prize Pool: $117,000
RECAP
With three players remaining and their stacks close to even, the trio decided on an even chop of the money and let the chips decide the placement. Steele Sutter (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) had the most chips and he takes 1st place and $26,812, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy, and the custom framed 16×20 photograph provided by IMPDI.
Joe Reddick gets second place honors and $26,812. Third place goes to Konstantinos Pantaridis, along with $26,812.
Most notable at this final table was Michael Wang, who finished 6th. This is Wang’s fifth cash of this series and third final table. One of those cashes was in a satellite, winning his seat in the $10 Million Guaranteed Championship event.
This event drew 78 entrants and created a total prize pool of $117,000 which would be paid to the final 8. Day 1 closed at 3am after 12 hours of play with eleven players remaining. They returned at 3pm Tuesday and resumed play for another 8 hours before it was over.
Steele Sutter makes his living in Real Estate, but has been here at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open since the beginning. He made the final table of Event 1, finishing 7th for $26,765.
“It’s been awesome…this has been the best tournament series I’ve ever played. I’ve enjoyed myself. It’s five-star. It’s the best,” Sutter said. About his trophy, he said “It feels good. I can tell my family that I’m not just a compulsive gambler, there’s some skill to this…this is proof.”
FINAL RESULTS
1. STEELE SUTTER (PALM BEACH GDNS, FL): $26,813
2. JOSEPH REDDICK (BRONX, NY): $26,812
3. KONSTANTINOS PANTARIDIS (BELLE ISLE, FL): $26,812
4. ARDIT KURSHUMI (PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL): $11,700
5. JOHN MCDONALD (JACKSONVILLE, FL): $9,068
6. MICHAEL WANG (LIVINGSTON, NJ): $7,020
7. ROMAN VALERSTEIN (NEWTOWN, PA): $5,265
8. VICTOR SBRISSA (SAO PAOLO): $3,510
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: Blinds 2k/4k/500 Ante
As the chips counts got closer among the final three, a chop was suggested and agreed up in record time. Each player will collect $26,812.
As the chip leader, Steele Sutter takes the win, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy, and the custom framed photograph provided by IMPDI.
Second place goes to Joe Reddick and Konstantinos Pantaridis gets 3rd.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: Blinds 2k/4k/500 Ante
After Joe Reddick limped from the small blind, Konstantinos Pantaridis shoved from the big for 76,500 straight. Reddick snapped and showed 
. Pantaridis was trailing with 
.
The board ran out 
giving Pantaridis a straight and the double-up to 154,500.
Then Pantaridis got all-in holding pocket 8s and racing against Steele Sutter’s A9 off. The board ran clean for Pantaridis as it came 6 5 4 4 K. He doubled up to over 300k.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: Blinds 2k/4k/500 Ante
On a flop of 
Steele Sutter checked, Ardit Kurshumi bet, and Sutter called. Turn was the and Sutter checked again. Kurshumi jammed about 100k and Sutter called, having him covered.
Kurshumi: 
Sutter: 
Sutter had turned a set of Jacks and Kurshumi was drawing with an open-ender and flush draw.
River was the 
and not one of Kurshumi’s outs. He busted out in 4th place, earning $11,700.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2000/4000/500 Ante
Joe Reddick, Konstantinos Pantaridis and Steele Sutter played one of the biggest pots of the night as we stand four-handed in Event 15.
The action blew up on the turn with a 
board. Pantaridis checked the turn and Sutter fired 110k into an already sizable pot. Reddick made the call and Pantaridis got out of the way.
With the 
river, Sutter check and Reddick pushed his remaining stack into the middle. Sutter shook his head and folded his hand. Reddick showed 
for the flush and raked in a pot that has now put him out in front of this Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em event.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: Blinds 2k/4k/500 Ante
John McDonald opened for 11k utg only to have Konstantinos Pantaridis shove from the big blind. McDonald called, showing A2 offsuit. Pantaridis had A8 suited and was dominating.
The board reeled out 8 7 2 3 6 and Pantaridis doubled up to ~100k. McDonald dropped to ~140k.
On the next hand, Joe Reddick opened from the button and McDonald shoved from the big blind. Reddick called showing AK off. McDonald had JT suited.
The board came K 8 4 3 2 and it was all over for the start of Day 2 chip leader. McDonald busted out in 5th place, earning $9,068.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2000/4000/500 Ante
The second hand back from the break brings a finish to another player as Michael Wang fell in a three-way pot to end his run here in Event 15.
Wang pushed his last 30,500 in and saw Konstantinos Pantaridis also go all-in with his 37,000 and both were called by Ardit Kurshumi.
Wang: 
Pantaridis: 
Kurshumi: 
With Wang in major trouble, it got even worse as the flop came 
giving both his opponents a pair of kings. Wang managed to catch a heart flush draw with a 
turn but the ended it and Wang was out in 6th place with a $7,020 payout.
This is Wang’s fifth cash of this series and third final table. One of those cashes was in a satellite, winning a seat in the $10 Million Guaranteed Championship event.
Michael Wang (Livingston, NJ) – $7,020