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
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
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 25: Blinds 15k/30k/5k
With the Championship final table locked up for tomorrow, we can attention to the only other event left in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open”.
Event 19 is down to the final table after six hours, starting the day with 85 and only 10 remain.
Seat 1: Errol Massey Seat 2: Aaron Frei Seat 3: Justin Lee Seat 4: William Ryan Seat 5: Rene Martinez Seat 6: Luke Doolittle Seat 7: A. Nonymous Seat 8: Francisco Regaldo Seat 9: David Light Seat 10: Stuart Greenbaum
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
It took exactly zero rounds of hand-for-hand action to get the field in the money. As staff were stopping the action, a table in the corner was playing out their last hand.
Melvin Suero did all the work getting them in the money when his flopped trip Fives against and for the double elimination.
It’s impossible to get an accurate count of Suero’s stack at the moment since it’s just a massive, messy pile of chips at the moment but there are just 45 players left in the field as they head off on break.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
While most of the attention is on the Championship final table, Event 19 is playing out on the other side of the poker room. Day 2 began with 85 players alive for the title but just 46 remain with 47 getting paid.
They are close to playing hand-for-hand and we’ll follow along.