With the board showing on the turn, Michael P. Lee got it all in from the big blind for about 50K against Jeffrey Trudeau in middle position.
Jeffrey Trudeau: (two pair, low draw) Michael P. Lee: (higher two pair, low draw)
The river card was the , and Trudeau came from behind to river a higher two pair, and neither player made a low. Trudeau won the pot to eliminate Lee in ninth place.
Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. – 150,000 (19 bb) Michael P. Lee – Eliminated in 9th Place ($943)
After the elimination of John Creed in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here are their seating assignments and their approximate chip counts:
Seat 1. Marc Rabuse – 175,000 (22 bb) Seat 2. Gloria LoRusso – 140,000 (18 bb) Seat 3. Michael P. Lee – 54,000 (7 bb) Seat 4. Antony Vidmer – 37,000 (5 bb) Seat 5. Hal Klein – 190,000 (24 bb) Seat 6. Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. – 84,000 (11 bb) Seat 7. Joanne Granteed – 19,000 (2 bb) Seat 8. Bryce Fox – 268,000 (34 bb) Seat 9. Buddy Frezza – 55,000 (7 bb)
The math is complete and we have our Omaha 8 payout information. The tournament drew 86 entries to create a prize pool worth $29,240.
The last 11 spots will be paid with a min-cash earning $819 and the winner walking away with $9,430 plus the first trophy of the series.
2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 2 $400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry) Entries: 86 Prize Pool: $29,240 November 20, 2019
The second break is complete for the Omaha 8 tournament and registration closed when play got back underway. Event 2 has a great turnout with 86 four-card split-pot poker fans and they will compete for the first trophy of the series. We will post the prize pool and payout information as soon as it is available.
They will play three more levels before taking their dinner break at 6 pm.
Event 1 kicked off the 2019 RRPO series but Event 2 will award the first trophy. The $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament has a one-day format and we will crown our first champ later this evening.
Each entrant will sit down to a 12,000 starting stack and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as they wish during that time. There is a dinner break scheduled at 6 pm and they will play down to a winner when they return.
This the first of many non-hold’em games and should have a talented group of players.
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
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 2 $400 Limit Omaha 8 Entries: 92 Prize Pool: $31,280 August 1, 2019
Event 2 Winner David Levi: “That’s what we’re here for, we’re here to win. So when you win, it feels great.”
David Levi has won more than 30 tournaments in his career, but it was his victory in Event 2 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open that pushed his career earnings over $4 million.
When asked about the milestone, Levi said, “I’ve been around, and I’ve played a lot of tournaments.” Levi’s first recorded tournament victory came back in 1996, and this is his 195th tournament cash according to HendonMob.com. Levi continued, “I slowed down the last few years. I still need to win a really big one. I’ll keep going until I hit a big one, because I’ve never won a million-dollar tournament.”
While this one-day tournament didn’t have a million-dollar first prize, the 92 entries surpassed the guarantee to create a prizepool worth $31,280. The final 12 players finished in the money.
The day started out rough for Levi, who entered shortly before the first break. “I didn’t win a hand, and I dropped down to 500 — one chip. I was ready to leave, but I won the hand, and then boom, boom, boom. I made it to the final table, picked up a few hands, and that’s basically the way it went.”
Levi was fourth in chips when the nine-handed final table began, and even though he didn’t knock out either of the next two players, he built his stack up to the chip lead with seven players remaining. That’s when the final seven players agreed to a deal based on an ICM chop, and as chipleader, Levi was officially declared the winner, receiving the largest amount of money and the SHRPO trophy.
“I love to come here,” Levi said about the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. “I come here for a lot of the tournaments. It’s a nice atmosphere with nice people. The staff are really, really great, and they run the tournaments really good. These tournaments seem to get better and better all the time.”
Final Results:
1st: David Levi – $5,208 + SHRPO trophy 2nd: Stewart Yancik – $5,069 3rd: Aron Dermer – $4,455 4th: Jacobo Fernandez – $3,919 5th: Bryce Fox – $3,148 6th: Brian Gelrod – $2,477 7th: Robert Wachtel – $2,384 8th: Elias Nassif – $1,095 9th: Jeff Trudeau – $950 10th: Mike Soroka – $950 11th: Lee Jordan – $845 12th: Jason Lopesilvero – $780
A short while after the elimination of Elias Nassif in eighth place, the final seven players decided to run the numbers and they agreed to an ICM chop.
These were the chip counts when they agreed to the deal:
Seat 1. David Levi – 275,000 (18 bb) Seat 2. Brian Gelrod – 60,000 (4 bb) Seat 3. Jacobo Fernandez – 155,000 (10 bb) Seat 4. Bryce Fox – 100,000 (7 bb) Seat 5. Robert Wachtel – 55,000 (4 bb) Seat 6. Stewart Yancik – 260,000 (17 bb) Seat 7. Aron Dermer – 200,000 (13 bb)
And here are the updated payouts for these final seven players:
1st: David Levi – $5,208 + SHRPO trophy 2nd: Stewart Yancik – $5,069 3rd: Aron Dermer – $4,455 4th: Jacobo Fernandez – $3,919 5th: Bryce Fox – $3,148 6th: Brian Gelrod – $2,477 7th: Robert Wachtel – $2,384
Elias Nassif got it all in from the small blind for about 50,000, and he was up against Brian Gelrod in the hijack.
Brian Gelrod: Elias Nassif:
The board came , and neither player made a qualifying low, so Gelrod scooped the pot with two pair, aces and fives, to eliminate Nassif in eighth place.
Brian Gelrod – 150,000 (15 bb) Elias Nassif – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,095)
The final seven players are guaranteed at least $1,250 each, with $9,925 waiting for the winner.
In the first or second hand at the final table, Jeff Trudeau got it all in from the small blind with A-A-Q-2, but it failed to hold, and he was eliminated in ninth place by Stewart Yancik.
Stewart Yancik – 135,000 (14 bb) Jeff Trudeau – Eliminated in 9th Place ($950)
The final eight players are guaranteed at least $1,095 each, with $9,925 waiting for the winner.
on the turn, Michael P. Lee got it all in from the big blind for about 50K against Jeffrey Trudeau in middle position.
(two pair, low draw)
(higher two pair, low draw)
, and Trudeau came from behind to river a higher two pair, and neither player made a low. Trudeau won the pot to eliminate Lee in ninth place.
