$2,200 Pot Limit Omaha Level 8: 800/1,600 Players Remaining: 23 of 95
Registration has closed for the $2,200 pot limit Omaha with 95 players in the event. That generates a prizepool of 190,000 with the top 12 players earning a cash.
A min-cash is worth $4,754, but the top spot will take home $60,277.
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Level 1: 100/100
A lot of players are looking forward to some four-card poker this evening with a $2,200 buy-in to juice up the action. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements is the defending champion and we’ll be on the look out for his again.
The two-day tournament will draw a group of players, both local and from abroad, who specialize in Pot Limit Omaha to make this a talented field.
Entrants start with 20,000 stacks and the tournament will run 40-minute levels throughout. Later registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 at 9:30pm. Their day will come to an end after Level 12 and survivors will bag up their chips for Day 2 on Wednesday.
Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
Day 1 will end after Level 12 or Tournament Director discretion
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Property Update
Preparations are underway for the development of an iconic hotel tower and resort:
Parking – Poker players are encouraged to park in Winner’s Way Garage to access both the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament space and The Poker Room
The Poker Room – Players may access the poker room by entering through the main lobby or via the exterior entrance on the opposite end of Winner’s Way Garage.
Inside hotel – Services and amenities inside the hotel will remain open along with regularly scheduled events and entertainment.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood Event #29 $250 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Total Entries: 175 Prize Pool: $36,750
Jeremy Costa won the final open event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the 40-year-old Massachusetts native.
Costa was in bad financial shape before the final event, but found a way to outlast a field of 175 players to take home the title and $10,657.
“To be honest with you, I was almost dead broke,” said Costa after his win. “I was just deciding if I was going to just go back and regroup before Borgata or if I was going to play this last one.”
Costa made the right decision. He is leaving the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino with a five-figure score and his first career tournament win.
Costa has been surrounded by tournament success the last few weeks. His two roommates, Frankie Flowers and Charbel Azzi, booked a very successful series here in South Florida. Just 15 hours earlier, Flowers won a tournament of his own and Azzi made a deep run in the $3,500 WPT Main Evnet.
While many would be motivated by their friends’ success, Costa just continued to look within himself for the motivation to succeed.
“It was really just believing in myself and telling myself ‘You know what? there’s still one more tournament. If I got a chip and a chair, I’m going to try and win.’ That’s really what happened,” said Costa.
Away from the table, Costa is trying to put his money to good use. He started a company called Poker For a Purpose, which offers an understanding of the game for people who are looking for an alternative path in their life.
“You know, I didn’t have the greatest life growing up and stuff like that,” said Costa. “So I just want to give back to the community. This win will actually help me start doing that. I’ve got some motivational gear and some motivational things that I’ll be able to do now.”
Costa is from the northeast originally, but has been putting in lots of time at the tables at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.
After having several close calls earlier in his poker career and a failed shot in the $3,500 WPT main event after satelliting in, he’s just grateful for the win.
“It’s just a blessing,” said Costa. “To be able to be here and win one of these trophies. It’s one of my favorite places to play and it just feels unbelievable.”
Here is a look at the results:
1st: Jeremy Costa – $10,657 2nd: Andy Spears – $6,248 3rd: Eric Kolodny – $3,675 4th: Jorge Gomez – $2,940 5th: Jerry Humphrey – $2,205 6th: Mario James – $1,838 7th: Michael Newman – $1,470 8th: Maurice Roy – $1,103 9th: Charles Dunker – $827 10th: Sheila O’Connor – $735 11th: Michael Lavoie – $735 12th: Adam Weinraub – $735 13th: William Massey – $643 14th: Francis Margaglione – $643 15th: Marsha Wolak – $643 16th: Thomas Neientimp – $551 17th: Thomas Gari – $551 18th: Richard Roeper – $551
$250 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 42 of 175
With the start of level 15, registration is closed and the prize pool is finalized. There are 175 entries in the last open event of the series, which generated a prize pool of $36,750.
The $25,000 guarantee prize pool was met and surpassed. The payouts will be released shortly.
$250 Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown has just about run its course. The series is down to one final, new open event on the schedule and it will be a fun, fast tournament. Event 29 is a $250 turbo with a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool and structure built to find us a champion before too long.
Entrants sit down to 15,000 big starting stacks and the levels jump every 15 minutes. Late registration is open until the start of Level 15 at 4pm and unlimited re-entries are available during that time. We should have a nice crowd taking another shot at a trophy and they are starting to take their seats.
$25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 15
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion