Event 15: Adam Brancato – 5th Place ($1,315)

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 4 of 60

Adam Brancato – 5th Place

Stud 8

Dave Phillips: XxXx6h8s8s4hXx
Adam Brancato: XxXx2d4s2cQsXx

A series of bets and raises between Dave Phillips and Adam Brancato culminated with Phillips showing 8s5s4c for eights full of fours.

Brancato showed an inferior full house and was down to just a few thousand, busting two hands later.

Dave Phillips – 420,000
Adam Brancato – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,315)

Event 15: Al Green – 6th Place ($995)

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 5 of 60

Al Green – 6th Place

Stud 8

Al Green was all in on third street against Larry Germain and Harvey Feldman.

Germain: XxXxAc
Green: XxXxJs
Feldman: XxXx3h

Here were the runouts up until fifth street:

Germain: XxXxAc2d10s
Green: XxXxJs7cJs
Feldman: XxXx3h9h9c

On fourth street, Germain bet with the better board and Feldman called.

On fifth street, Green made an open pair of jacks, putting the action on Feldman who bet. After some thought, Germain open folded Ad2c for aces up.

Green: Qh5dJs7cJs
Feldman: 3c3d3h9h9c

Feldman was well ahead with threes full of nines and held up to eliminate Green in sixth place.

Harvey Feldman – 195,000
Larry Germain – 80,000
Al Green – Eliminated in 6th Place ($995)

Event 15: Cheryl Parker – 8th Place ($655)

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 60

Cheryl Parker – 8th Place

Omaha 8

Adam Brancato raised from under the gun, Cheryl Parker three-bet all in for 10,500 from the hijack, Dave Phillips called from the big blind and Brancato called.

The flop was Ac8c4h and Phillips check-called a bet from Brancato.

The turn was the 9h and Phillips check-called another bet from Brancato.

The river was the 5c, Phillips led out and Brancato folded.

Phillips tabled 8h6c3c2h for a club flush and a wheel, while Parker showed a defeated KcKsJs10d to bust in eighth place.

Dave Phillips – 110,000
Cheryl Parker – Eliminated in 8th Place ($655)

Event 15: Derrick Rose Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 8 of 60

Omaha 8

Derrick Rose in middle position, Adam Brancato in middle position and Al Green in the big blind were each in for 10,000 and saw a flop of Kc10h4c.

Green checked to Rose who bet his remaining 1,000.  Both Brancato and Green called.

The turn was the 2d and Green check-called a bet from Brancato.

The river was the 5d and both players checked.

Here were their hands:

Rose: AsAdQh7s
Brancato: AhQs10c2c
Green: Ac6c6d4d

Brancato had tens and deuces for the high, Green had a 6-5-4-2-A for a low and Rose couldn’t beat either to bust on the money bubble.

Adam Brancato – 110,000
Al Green – 99,000
Derrick Rose – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Event 15: Down to One Table

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 9 of 60

Event 15 is down to the unofficial final table of nine players, but only eight will cash.

Here is the lineup:

Seat 1: Dave Phillips – 81,500
Seat 2: Derrick Rose – 11,000
Seat 3: Adam Brancato – 103,000
Seat 4: Aron Dermer – 40,000
Seat 5: Harvey Feldman – 93,000
Seat 6: Cheryl Parker – 10,500
Seat 7: Lenny Germain – 126,000
Seat 8: Al Green – 94,500
Seat 9: Adam Stone – 160,000

Payouts:
1st: $5,890 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $3,925
3rd: $2,615
4th: $1,815
5th: $1,315
6th: $995
7th: $790
8th: $655

Event 15: Dinner Break

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,500/3,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 21 of 60

Ari Engel (left) and Phil Hui (photobomb, right) are still in the OE event on dinner

Level 11 has come to an end for Event 15 and the 21 remaining players are now taking a 40-minute dinner break. Plenty of time to visit the various eating establishment or relax by the pool.

They’ll have some work to do with they get back with only eight of the set to take home some of the prize pool.

Event 15: Prize Pool and Payouts with $5,890 to the OE Champ

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 1,200/2,400 Limits
Players Remaining: 28 of 60

Registration closed on the $360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 tournament and it drew 60 entries to create a prize pool worth $18,000. The last eight players will get a portion of the prize pool with a min-cash earning $655 and the OE champ will take home $5,890 along with the Showdown trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries: 60
Prize Pool: $18,000
April 11, 2019

1st: $5,890 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $3,925
3rd: $2,615
4th: $1,815
5th: $1,315
6th: $995
7th: $790
8th: $655

Event 15: Cory Zeidman Joins

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2: 150/300 Limits
Entries: 31

Cory Zeidman

The OE field is slowly building as the morning cruises along and we have some talent in the game including Cory Zeidman.

The WSOP bracelet earned that honor in the 2012 $1,500 Stud 8 tournament and he also owns a Coco Poker Open H.O.R.S.E. title along with his 2014 Poker Showdown 8-Game mix win. That’s a lot of games to master.

Event 15: More Mix Games

$360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/200 Limits

The final weekend of the series is nearly upon us including the WPT Poker Showdown Championship but we will still bring you the non-hold’em games you want. Today will be a smaller but talented field of players in the Event Center to play some Omaha 8/Stud 8 mix and 10am.

Event 15 has a $360 buy-in and the OE players will sit down to 12,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30pm and there is an early dinner scheduled at 4pm. This is another one-day tournament so we will crown our first of two new champions later today.

  • Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 15 Structure Sheet