$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Level 14: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 26 of 114
The players are coming back from break with 26 players remaining and 11 eliminations from the money. David Jackson is leading the pack with 114,000 in chips and is just one of two people with a chip count north of 100,000.
Here is a look at some of the bigger stacks:
David Jackson – 114,000 Steve Diamantas – 112,300 Andrew Blake – 84,000 James Gilbert – 80,000 Staffan Lind – 74,700 Thomas Aloom – 65,000 Mukul Pahuja – 65,000
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Level 11: 400/800 with a 100 Ante Players Remaining: 42 of 114
Registration closed on the two-day $1,100 Six-Max Event 4 and the tournament drew 114 entries to create a prize pool worth $110,580, easily surpassing the $75,000 guarantee.
The last 15 players will earn a piece of the prize pool with a min-cash taking home $2,488 and the next champion walking away with $32,621, the Showdown trophy, and a seat in the $10K WPT Finale/$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship freeroll.
2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL Event 4 $1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em Entries: 114 Prize Pool: $110,580 March 19 – 20, 2017
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Level 8: 200/400 with a 50 Ante Entries: 99
Jason Song
The $1,100 Six-Max took another walk away from the tables while later registration and Event 1 eliminations continue to run the numbers up. The tournament easily surpassed its $75,000 guarantee prize pool and it’s approaching $100,000.
Jason Song is the current leader with Jean Leblond, Charlemagne Benjamin, and Don Lehn all sport +40K stacks.
They’ll play three more levels, take a 40-minute dinner, and registration will close when they return.
Top stacks and notables:
Jason Song – 43,200 (108 bb) Jean Leblond – 41,500 (104 bb) Charlemagne Benjamin – 41,350 (103 bb) Don Lehn – 40,000 (100 bb) John DePersio – 30,800 (77 bb) Patrick Quinn – 27,000 (68 bb) TK Miles – 23,450 (59 bb) Mike Graffeo – 23,000 (58 bb) Mike Chiappetta – 22,000 (55 bb) David Jackson – 22,000 (55 bb) Jake Schwartz – 17,700 (44 bb) Patrick Eskandar – 17,375 (43 bb) Paul Balzano – 15,000 (38 bb) Elliott Zaydman – 13,875 (35 bb) Brett Bader – 13,000 (33 bb) Ryan Van Sanford – 11,450 (29 bb) Dan Suied – 10,575 (26 bb) Richard Rice – 10,000 (25 bb) Marcus Stein – 4,500 (11 bb)
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Level 6: 100/200 with a 25 Ante Entries: 90
Benoit Barral
While the big Event 1 field is playing through the money in the ballroom, a talented group players took their seats in the meeting room across the hall. A more intimate affair for the $1,100 Six-Max players.
They recently returned from their first break of the day and Frenchmen Benoit Barral held the biggest stack among the 90 players mixing it up. The structure is slow and deep so there was little movement though more than a few were able to double up their 12,000 starting stack.
Also in the crowd are Mike Chiappetta, Dan Suied, Staffan Ling, Harrison Gimbel, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member/defending champ Michael Laake. There are no obvious soft spots in this game.
Top stacks and notables:
Benoit Barral – 38,000 (190 bb) Mike Chiappetta – 34,400 (172 bb) Jean Leblond – 30,500 (153 bb) Fran Tosques – 30,000 (150 bb) Patrick Quinn – 28,300 (142 bb) Brett Bader – 27,900 (140 bb) Mike Graffeo – 23,000 (115 bb) Charlemagne Benjamin – 21,200 (106 bb) John DePersio – 18,325 (92 bb) Richard Rice – 17,000 (85 bb) Paul Balzano – 16,000 (80 bb) Dan Suied – 15,000 (75 bb) Michael Laake – 13,600 (68 bb) Nigel Murray – 12,500 (63 bb) Patrick Eskandar – 12,075 (60 bb) TK Miles – 12,000 (60 bb) Harrison Gimbel – 11,000 (55 bb) Scott Zakheim – 6,900 (35 bb) Staffan Lind – 6,700 (34 bb)
Defending Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $1,100 Six-Max winner and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mike Laake is in search of another title. His defense got an early start as he was one of the first entries into this year’s event with a field of 35 and growing.
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
Our first big buy-in tournament on the schedule is set to run at 3pm and we should see some top talent show up for the game. Event 4 has a $1,100 buy-in with a healthy $75,000 and two-day schedule. The format is Six-Max No Limit Hold’em to keep the action moving throughout the day.
Each entrant will sit down to a 12,000 starting stack and the tournament will play 30-minute levels at the start, switching to 40-minutes with Level 16. Late registration is open until the start of Level 11 after dinner break and players are limited to a single re-entry option if they bust a stack. The tournament is set to pause after Level 16 and survivors will return on Monday for Day 2.
$75,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 12,000 in chips
Levels 1-15 last 30 minutes; Levels 16+ last 40 minutes
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 11
Day 1 will end after Level 16 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.
2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Event 4 $570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Total Entries: 165 Prize Pool: $82,500 January 17, 2017
Event 4 Champion Soheb Porandarwala
Hollywood, Fla. (January 17, 2017) – Event 4 of the 2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a $570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) , drew a field of 165 entries and generated a prize pool of $82,500. After about 10 hours of play, a deal was reached between the final five players. Soheb Porandarwala was the big chip leader entering the final table and was still on top of the counts when numbers were agreed upon, giving him the officially victory.
Residing in Norwalk, Connecticut, the 26-year-old father of 2 has now amassed more than $360,000 is career tournament winnings. This was only Porandarwala’s second trip to the Seminole Hard Rock, as he prefers to play locally in the northeast.
“I don’t travel much for poker. I guess that’s kind of an anomaly these days, but I wanted to be somewhere warmer than back home,” said Porandarwala. “My family and I were in India recently, and my wife and kids are still there. I didn’t really want to go back to Connecticut without them, so I figured I would come here and visit some friends. I knew the series was going on, so I figured I would play in a few events.”
That decision certainly paid off with his victory tonight, and he’ll be back at it tomorrow in Event 5.
“I’ll play in the Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 5) tomorrow and try to go back to back, and I’ll also play the Main Event. Then my family will be returning from India and I’ll be back home with them.”
$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 20 of 165
While most are watching the Ultimate Re-Entry final table, we picked up a nice group of players in the $570 Six-Max event. Registration closed and the tournament drew 165 entries to beat the $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. They combined to create a prize pool worth $82,500 with the last 18 players getting paid, a min-cash taking home $1,073, and the winner bagging $20,226.
2017 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL Event 4 $570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Entries: 165 Prize Pool: $82,500 January 17, 2016
It didn’t take long for Event 4 to reach its $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and begin growing it bigger. They hit 100 entries in Level 3 and each new one will run it higher.
We’ve witnessed several players already making their way to the rail, including Dmitiry Agrachov and Steven Richardson, but SHRP regular Howard Mash is among those grinding. He has a nice track record around the state, including back-to-back Coco Poker Open titles in 2015, but is still looking for his first title here.
