$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Notables that have busted out of Event 4 ($1,100 NLHE) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open include Nancy Birnbaum and Errol Massey.
Event 4: Cliff Goldkind Busts One
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
The small blind moved all in preflop for 11,025 and Cliff Goldkind called on the hijack. The two players then tabled their hands.
Goldkind: 
Small Blind: 
Board: 
Goldkind won the hand to eliminate his opponent and he stacked up 54,500 after the dust settled.
Event 4: Break Time Big Stacks
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
They’re down to 36 players already in this event. As of the break, these were the chip leaders:
Yigal Hen 100,950
Vitor Coelho 92,950
Rick Leger 80,600
Jonathan Marks 66,725
Jie Liu 64,875
Dimas Martinez 64,250
Adl Yaacov 61,900
Dan Buzgon 59,950
Marc Kropf 54,425
Gordon Battle 52,850
Maroun Akiki 51,975
Event 4: Payouts
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Here is a look at the payouts for Event 4 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
1: $34,200
2: $18,810
3: $10,830
4: $9,120
5: $6,840
6: $5,700
7: $4,560
8: $3,420
9: $2,565
10-12: $2,280
13-15: $1,995
16-18: $1,710
Event 4: Strip Poker?
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Players are back in action following the break.
Before the break, Dimas Martinez had removed his outer shirt and was enjoying a table-side massage in his undershirt when Joe Gibbons quipped from the next table over:
“Looks like you’re playing strip poker. Every time I look over you’ve got more chips and less clothes.”
Event 4: Leger Cracks Aces Again
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
Apparently pocket Aces is not a hand you want to have against Rick Leger.
This time the flop was 8 7 3 and the player in seat 2 got all his chips in the middle against Rick. Seat 2 had the pocket aces and was in trouble against Rick’s 87 for two pair.
The last two fell 9 T and changed nothing. Seat 2 hit the rail and Rick chipped up to about 80k.
End of level 6 and players are off on a 15 minute break.
Event 4: Leger Cracks Aces
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
On a flop of 
Rick Leger (Lighthouse Point, FL) got all-in and his opponent in seat 4 called all in, showing pocket Aces.
Rick held 
for bottom pair with flush draw. The 
on the turn changed nothing, but the on the river was what Rick wanted to see.
“What am I gonna do there?” said Rick, as his opponent walked away. The local businessman chipped up to about 60k.
Event 4: No Turkey For Wang
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
Michael Wang (Livingston, NJ) was going for three cashes in a row today, but failed to complete the ‘Turkey’.
He made the final table of Event 2, Omaha H/L, finishing 8th, then jumped into Event 1, making it to day two where he finished in 137th place for his second cash in a row.
After busting out of Event 1, Michael jumped into this event, going for his third cash in a row. Unfortunately, he busted out after registration closed, so he’s missed out his ‘Turkey’.
Event 4: Break Time Big Stacks
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: Blinds 100/200/25 ante
Players are back from their break and registration has closed. The board shows 114 entries, which is unofficial. This event carried a $100,000 guarantee on the prize pool and they’ve covered that as the unofficial prize pool would be $114,000.
Once the numbers have been crunched, the payouts will be posted here in the blog.
These were the big stacks as of the break:
Vitor Coelho 110,025
Yigal Hen 86,950
Maroun Akiki 72,400
Adi Yaacov 55,825
Event 4: Break Time
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 4: Blinds 100/200
Players are off on their second break of the day. Registration will close when they begin level 5.
Vitor Coelho (Tampa, FL) is the obvious chip leader, sitting behind over 110k.