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Event 19: New Faces

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$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 3: 75/150

As expected, today’s field is full of players coming to town for the Big 4 Championship weekend and the Turbo is turning in a nice star-studded affair.

The big splash comes from the current WSOP Main Event leader on a four-month break. Joe McKeehen holds (almost) all the chips going into the November Nine final table later this year and he dominated the Main Event on that final play down day.

He’s taken his seat in the Turbo, sitting alongside Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Michael Laake.

We also found Esther Taylor-Brady, the better half of the Brady Family Poker Machine with husband Matt Brady. She made the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open final table in January and followed that up with a deep run during this spring’s WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

Shawn Cunix is also back and can only improve his finish in last year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship by a few spots. The three-time WPT final table member finished third in last year’s champion behind Mike Leah and Dan Colman for $747,313 and the biggest cash of his career.

Michael Laake and Joe McKeehen
Michael Laake and Joe McKeehen
Esther Taylor Brady
Esther Taylor Brady
Shawn Cunix
Shawn Cunix
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Event 19: Turbo Freeze-Out

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$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 1: 25/50

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship is almost upon us and we have a little warmup for those getting ready to play the big $5,000,000 Guarantee. There are satellites running all day throughout the ballroom but we have a fast-paced tournament for those already holding a ticket to the Championship.

Event 19 is a No Limit Hold’em Turbo tournament with no re-entries and 15-minute levels from start to finish. Registration will close after the first break, around 2:15pm, and it will move quickly. That will give one player enough time to win the tournament and still be rested up for tomorrow’s feature event on the schedule.

We expect to see some new faces in town for the Big 4 weekend and it should be a talented field.

Cards are about to get in the air and get the Turbo underway.

 

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Event 19 Recap

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Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$150 No Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-entry)
$50,000 Guarantee

Total Entries: 543
Total Prize Pool: $65,160

Event 19 Champion Ade Adeyemi
Event 19 Champion
Ade Adeyemi

Recap:
After two days of wild play and a final table filled with high emotion, one of the good guys took down the Event 19 title.  After a deal was made between the final six players, Ade Adeyemi ended up with the biggest stack of the remaining players and was declared champion.

The most important hand of Adeyemi’s night came when he was in a four-way pot pre-flop and decided to risk it all after a raise, a call and re-raise.  Holding jacks, Adeyemi pushed his stack and got the other three players to lay their hands down and in a event where the chips stacks ended very close it turned out to be the big winner.

Adeyemi couldn’t have been happier after the victory.  “It feels pretty good.  It’s a pretty nice win and a nice trophy.”

After the win, Adeyemi announced he would be making a donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help combat a disease that has affected him and his family personally.  “I’m trying to help raise funds to help raise funds for cancer.  We have to beat this disease for all of us and our kids.”

Adeyemi had nothing but great things to say about his poker home here in Florida.  “They are the best.  You can’t beat it.  I love it here – this is my home.  I play every tournament here all the time and every single tournament in this series.  So it’s nice to be able to take one trophy home.”

Congratulations to our Event 19 Champion – Ade Adeyemi!

Final Table Results:
1st –  Ade Adeyemi (Pembrook Pines, FL) – $11,310
2nd – David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) – $10,800
3rd – Homero Molina (Hollywood, FL) – $7,437
4th – Andreas Athanasopoulos (Tamarac, FL)- $6,808
5th – Larry Baxter (Parma, MI) – $4,920
6th – Devin Delatorre (Miami, FL) – $2,769
7th – Iman Dan (Los Angeles, CA) – $2,118
8th –  Bradley Mixson (Miami, FL) – $1,531
9th – Lawrence Israel, Jr. (Northbrook, FL) – $1,108
10th –  Andreas Corneliusson (Stockholm, Sweden) – $847

 

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Event 19: Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments

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$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 19 drew 543 players with 69 returning for Day 2.

TableSeatFIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
51SHERAZNASIREDMONTONAB166,000
52ORYHENCOOPER CITYFL136,900
53ANTHONYELENPLANTATIONFL60,600
54LARRYBAXTERPARMAMI35,800
55YIGALHENCOOPER CITYFL42,000
56ADEWALEADEYEMIPEMBROKE PINESFL177,300
57MARCKROPFPEMBROKE PNESFL98,700
59JONATHANOUNJIANDELRAY BEACHFL49,800
61CARLOSCITARAMIAMIFL45,300
62ANDREASCORNELIUSSONSWEDENFL100,500
63MIGUELMCDONALDMARNIE PARK197,100
64SHAUNGLENNONMIAMIFL56,100
65CHRISTOPHERWEBERCHICAGOIL88,800
66NEALROCKLINBAY HARBOR ISFL129,900
67LUISMANTILLAMIRAMARFL78,300
68ANDREASATHANASOPOULOSTAMARACFL32,000
69STEFANALVAREZHOLLYWOODFL27,100
71AMYDALINBOYNTON BEACHFL113,500
72JOSHUAGERZOGMIAMLFL19,400
73MARITZACUARTASMIAMIFL68,400
74REINOLDSCASTROHIALEAHFL68,200
75YVESFEQUIEREMIAMIFL112,300
76AHMADFLEMINGTALLAHASSEEFL56,400
77JEFFREYDOANDAVIEFL26,800
78LAWRENCEISRAELNORTHBROOKIL108,600
79MICHAELMERISIERNORTH LAUDERDALEFL87,800
81JOSHUAKINCHLAKE WORTHFL53,100
82DAVIDSHMUELMIAMIFL85,700
83KARLRADOVANHOLLYWOODFL45,200
84ELIKOHNBROOKLYNNY210,000
85ALEKSANDRGORELIKSUNNY ISLESFL72,500
86IMANDANLOS ANGELESCA139,200
87JeffreyGellertMARBLEHEADMA46,600
88MARCUSSTEINPEMBROKE PINESFL114,800
89BRADLEYMIXSONMIAMIFL244,900
131CHRISTOPHERBROWNPLANTATIONFL64,600
132TIMOTHYKEGELHOLLYWOODFL72,600
133NORMANZAPCZYNSKIFORT LAUDERDALEFL59,300
134JOSEPHBECERRAWESTONFL66,000
135JACOBTHOMASSURFSIDEFL181,500
136ABBEYDANIELSCORAL SPRINGSFL144,200
138NOAMBEN-ARIEFORT LAUDERDALEFL33,600
139JosephAlesnaLAKE JACKSONTX58,600
141MARCSACHELIMIAMI BEACHFL20,700
143SETHWEINBERGFORT LAUDERDALEFL112,600
144SAMUELEDELMANAVENTURAFL81,400
145JORGEGOMEZMIAMIFL76,600
146DANIELWALSHHOLMDELNJ62,000
147PETERBEJUSCAFORT LAUDERDALEFL50,100
148FROILANSANCHEZ-GONZALOMIAMIFL33,300
149RichardSanchezMIAMIFL183,200
151DAVIDALBERTSONCORAL SPRINGSFL72,000
152BROOKSLONGLEWESDE29,100
153DEVINDELATORREMIAMIFL218,900
154ALEXANDERMILLERBALTIMOREMD60,400
155kENNETHBERMANHALLANDALEFL125,500
156HARSHITPATELHILLSBOROOR106,300
157BOBBYBINSKYHOLLYWOODFL48,200
158CALVINFERREIRACAPE COP213,200
159SORINELLUPASCUBUCHAREST27,000
161ALANGOODMANBROOKLYNNY89,600
162PAULNUNEZDEVILLAVICENCIOWESTONFL68,100
163BRIANRAIKCORAL SPRINGSFL37,900
164DOLPHUSPOWERSWESTONFL64,900
165RAYMONDRUSZKOWSKIMIAMIFL82,300
166HOMEROMOLINAHOLLYWOODFL318,000
167RICHARDRIVIELLOPENN YANNY21,000
168ONEILMC CALLAMIRAMARFL56,600
169StevenPollackCITY OF SUNRISEFL124,100
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Event 19: Day 2 Starting Chip Counts

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$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 19 drew 543 players with 69 returning for Day 2.

FIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
HOMEROMOLINAHOLLYWOODFL318,000
BRADLEYMIXSONMIAMIFL244,900
DEVINDELATORREMIAMIFL218,900
CALVINFERREIRACAPE COP213,200
ELIKOHNBROOKLYNNY210,000
MIGUELMCDONALDMARNIE PARK197,100
RichardSanchezMIAMIFL183,200
JACOBTHOMASSURFSIDEFL181,500
ADEWALEADEYEMIPEMBROKE PINESFL177,300
SHERAZNASIREDMONTONAB166,000
ABBEYDANIELSCORAL SPRINGSFL144,200
IMANDANLOS ANGELESCA139,200
ORYHENCOOPER CITYFL136,900
NEALROCKLINBAY HARBOR ISFL129,900
kENNETHBERMANHALLANDALEFL125,500
StevenPollackCITY OF SUNRISEFL124,100
MARCUSSTEINPEMBROKE PINESFL114,800
AMYDALINBOYNTON BEACHFL113,500
SETHWEINBERGFORT LAUDERDALEFL112,600
YVESFEQUIEREMIAMIFL112,300
LAWRENCEISRAELNORTHBROOKIL108,600
HARSHITPATELHILLSBOROOR106,300
ANDREASCORNELIUSSONSWEDENFL100,500
MARCKROPFPEMBROKE PNESFL98,700
ALANGOODMANBROOKLYNNY89,600
CHRISTOPHERWEBERCHICAGOIL88,800
MICHAELMERISIERNORTH LAUDERDALEFL87,800
DAVIDSHMUELMIAMIFL85,700
RAYMONDRUSZKOWSKIMIAMIFL82,300
SAMUELEDELMANAVENTURAFL81,400
LUISMANTILLAMIRAMARFL78,300
JORGEGOMEZMIAMIFL76,600
TIMOTHYKEGELHOLLYWOODFL72,600
ALEKSANDRGORELIKSUNNY ISLESFL72,500
DAVIDALBERTSONCORAL SPRINGSFL72,000
MARITZACUARTASMIAMIFL68,400
REINOLDSCASTROHIALEAHFL68,200
PAULNUNEZDEVILLAVICENCIOWESTONFL68,100
JOSEPHBECERRAWESTONFL66,000
DOLPHUSPOWERSWESTONFL64,900
CHRISTOPHERBROWNPLANTATIONFL64,600
DANIELWALSHHOLMDELNJ62,000
ANTHONYELENPLANTATIONFL60,600
ALEXANDERMILLERBALTIMOREMD60,400
NORMANZAPCZYNSKIFORT LAUDERDALEFL59,300
JosephAlesnaLAKE JACKSONTX58,600
ONEILMC CALLAMIRAMARFL56,600
AHMADFLEMINGTALLAHASSEEFL56,400
SHAUNGLENNONMIAMIFL56,100
JOSHUAKINCHLAKE WORTHFL53,100
PETERBEJUSCAFORT LAUDERDALEFL50,100
JONATHANOUNJIANDELRAY BEACHFL49,800
BOBBYBINSKYHOLLYWOODFL48,200
JeffreyGellertMARBLEHEADMA46,600
CARLOSCITARAMIAMIFL45,300
KARLRADOVANHOLLYWOODFL45,200
YIGALHENCOOPER CITYFL42,000
BRIANRAIKCORAL SPRINGSFL37,900
LARRYBAXTERPARMAMI35,800
NOAMBEN-ARIEFORT LAUDERDALEFL33,600
FROILANSANCHEZ-GONZALOMIAMIFL33,300
ANDREASATHANASOPOULOSTAMARACFL32,000
BROOKSLONGLEWESDE29,100
STEFANALVAREZHOLLYWOODFL27,100
SORINELLUPASCUBUCHAREST27,000
JEFFREYDOANDAVIEFL26,800
RICHARDRIVIELLOPENN YANNY21,000
MARCSACHELIMIAMI BEACHFL20,700
JOSHUAGERZOGMIAMLFL19,400
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Event 19 Recap

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Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll Poker Open”
Event 19:  $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed

November 30 – December 2, 2014

Total Entries:  655
Total Prize Pool:  $78,600

Francisco Regaldo Event 19 Champion
Francisco Regaldo
Event 19 Champion

Recap:

Event 19 was one of the last events of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” and the small buy-in tournament drew a nice crowd. There were 655 entrants over the two starting days looking for part of the $50,000 guaranteed prize pool but it was Francisco Regaldo who was the last player standing to earn the top prize of $16,592 and the framed picture from IMPDI.

There were 264 entrants for the first flight but the second one drew a huge 391 entrant field as the last time to play in the series. Only 85 players were able to bag chips and returned to play Day 2. It took six hours but the made it down to the money bubble with just 45 getting paid.

They were quickly in the money when Melvin Suero knocked out two opponents with trip Fives and the action picked up the pace.

Three players dropped at the start of the 10-handed final table including Justin Lee and Aaron Frei. The seven remaining players took their turns pushing chips around the table but they were finally able to finish it up in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

With Stuart Greenbaum sent out in 7th place and the blinds climbing, the six players left at the table decided on an ICM chop of the remaining prize pool with Francisco Regaldo getting the title for having the biggest stack. He earned $16,592 for the win plus the trophy and custom, framed print from IMPDI.

Final table results:

1st: Francisco Regaldo – $16,592
2nd: Rene Martinez – $10,385
3rd: William Ryan – $8,360
4th: Errol Massey – $7,423
5th: David Light – $5,725
6th: Luke Doolittle – $4,999
7th: Stuart Greenbaum – $2,437
8th: Aaron Frei – $1,729
9th: A. Nonymous – $1,258
10th: Justin Lee – $943