Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$570 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee
February 9th, 2015
Total Entries: 78
Total Prize Pool: $39,000
1st: $11,700
2nd: $8,190
3rd: $5,265
4th: $3,900
5th: $2,925
6th: $2,340
7th: $1,950
8th: $1,560
9th: $1,170
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll Poker Open”
Event 20: $300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
December 1, 2014
Total Entries: 182
Total Prize Pool: $28,210
Recap:
The final major event of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” was a $300 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with $100 from each entrant going to a bounty on their head. After more than 13 hours of play, Nick Pupillo picked up his second title in two days and the $8,464 that went with it.
The one-day tournament drew 182 entrants for a $28,210 prize pool plus another $18,200 in available bounties. The tournament quickly played down to the last three tables in less than six hours before slowing down on the money bubble.
It took 10 rounds of hand-for-hand action before Joseph Patalano lost a race with Queens versus the Big Slick of Mike Dinardo. The pace picked up speed once they were in the money and players dropped fast until Ariel Rosello’s elimination formed the final table.
Tyler Thren was the major threat during most of the final table action but the rest caught up to him once they were four-handed. Thren went from top to bottom before crashing out in 3rd place.
The heads up match could have been a drawn out affair but Pupillo quickly erased Jeffrey Postal’s early lead. It ended in less than one level when Pupillo’s flopped two pair turned into a full house to give him another tournament victory.
Pupillo is on quite a heater after winning a Deepstacks Extravanga event on November 14 and Event 17 Big Stack Turbo here just over 24 hours ago.
“It was a great structure.” Pupillo commented. “It was great for a one day tournament.”
The tired Pupillo collected his trophy, payout ticket, plus the six black chip bounties in his pocket to get some rest before he flies back to Chicago in the morning.
Event 20 Results:
1st Nick Pupillo – $8,464
2nd Jeffrey Postal – $4,909
3rd Tyler Thren – $3,188
4th Scott Hart – $2,059
5th Mike Dinardo – $1,495
6th Anthony Ocampo – $1,269
7th Muhammad Rahim – $931
8th Steven Diamond – $677
9th Paulius Bikus – $649
10th Brad Mixson – $592
11th Ariel Rosello – $592
12th Ari Engel – $592
13th Mike Pastein – $508
14th Antonio Hogaza – $508
15th Arlene Vazquez – $508
16th Otto Palacios – $423
17th Jonathan Borenstein – $423
18th Daiane Mendez – $423
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 27: Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000 ante
Nick Pupillo had a small chip deficit against Jeffrey Postal but he quickly erased it, took a commanding lead, and then finished it off.
The two got all the chips in the middle with Pupillo dominating Postal with 
versus 
. It was a dry, drama-free 
board to push Pupillo into a 11-to-1 lead.
Postal managed to double a few hands later when he limped on the button with 
to get a shove from Pupillo but it was soon over.
They both were in for the minimum to the 
flop when Postal was all-in with a flush draw 
against Pupillo’s bottom two 
. The tournament ended on the full house turn and Postal was done in runner-up position.
This is the second tournament win in as many days for Pupillo who won the Event 17 turbo a little more than 24 hours ago.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 27: Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000 ante
The roller coaster ride is over to Tyler Thren shortly after he moved back into the lead. It took just two hands and Jeffrey Postal did all the hard work.
Postal first doubled through Thren after his they both flopped a Queen but Postal had him outkicked to send a large chunk of chips his way.
Shortly after, Thren moved all-in for his final 425,000 with 
and Postal called with 
. Thren added a gutshot straight draw on the 
flop then missed as the board ran out 
to send the former leader out in 3rd place for $3,188.
Postal (2,200,000) and Nick Pupillo (1,400,000) are now heads up for the title.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 26: Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
No sooner was the publish button hit than they played another pot and Tyler Thren is back in the lead.
He moved all-in for 425,000 and Scott Hart called behind with just a few less chips. Nick Pupillo found something interesting and also called from the big blind.
Thren was ahead with 
against Hart’s 
and Pupillo’s 
. Thren put a stranglehold on the hand thanks to the 
leaving the other two looking for miracle running cards.
The 
left both drawing dead to send Scott Hart
out in 4th place for $2,059 while Thren almost tripled his stack.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 26: Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000 ante
The final table was bound to slow down at some point with the stacks growing faster than the blinds. It was a kind level and a half for Tyler Thren as he’s gone from chip leader to average stack after doubling up both Scott Hart and Jeffrey Postal.
They still have plenty of room to move so this could grind for a while.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 25: Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
Players are back in action after a short 10-minute color up break to get the 1k chips off the table.
Seat 2: Jeffrey Postal – 410,000
Seat 3: Nick Pupillo – 1,350,000
Seat 5: Tyler Thren – 1,400,000
Seat 7: Scott Hart – 300,000
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 24: Blinds 12,000/24,000/4,000 ante
Before anyone could blink, Thren kept up the action with the cards to go along. Mike Dinardo moved all-in preflop and Thren quickly called.
Another race with Thren’s against 
and everything looked good down to the turn with the board reading 
. It was the fatal 
on the river which sent Dinardo out on the heels of Ocampo.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 24: Blinds 12,000/24,000/4,000 ante
Just two hands after Rahim’s exit, Tyler Thren was back in action. This time he was all-in against Anthony Ocampo with a nice flip holding 
against Ocampo’s 
.
The board out all low cards 
until Thren hit the overkill on he river to send Ocampo out in 6th place for $1,269.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 24: Blinds 12,000/24,000/4,000 ante
It seemed like a harmless hand at the start. Five of the seven remaining players were in a limped pot to the 
flop and Scott Hart checked first to act.
Muhammad Rahim shipped in from his former big blind spot for 217,000 and Jeffrey Postal let his hand go. Nick Pupillo decided he would stick around and called the bet.
Not to be left out of the fun, Tyler Thren moved all-in over the top and Hart ran away. Pupillo was covered by Thren and he called the second shove but at risk this time.
Rahim was the shortest and in trouble with against Thren’s top-top but even worse against Pupillo’s flopped straight 
. Rahim was drawing dead and Thren was also after the turn.
Pupillo moved into the chip lead, Thren dropped down with the average folk, and Rahim was sent out in 7th place for $931.
