$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 2: 50/100
It’s a good start to the tournament with more than 125 sitting down before the start of the second level. Daren Stabinski and Robert “Uncle Krunk” Panitch.
We expect to see even more top locals to make an appearance today but not until the clock rolls around past the morning hours.
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 25/50
Now that the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is well underway, it’s time for the second biggest tournament on the series. Event 5 is a $570 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with deep stacks and the second largest guaranteed prize pool of the series.
Every entrant in the game has a chance to earn part of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and have six starting flights to take a shot. The first flight is about to start with the second chance coming this evening at 6pm.
Players will sit down to 20,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9, approximately 3:30pm, and play is scheduled to stop for the day at the end of Level 14.
Players are taking their seats and Event 5 is about kick off.
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
January 25, 2014
Total Entries: 156
Total Prize Pool: $32,760
> Download complete list of event results.
RECAP:
Event 5 ($250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em) lived up to its name on Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open when the final table took just two hours to decide a champion. The final nine took their seats from the field of 156 players at 7:30 p.m. ET after a noon start time.
The winner after the brisk pace of play was Oscar Lindo from Spring Hill, Florida (45 minutes north of Tampa). He was going to start his drive home earlier today when he discovered that this tournament was about to start. “I made the decision to play and it turned out to be the right one,” said Lindo about his choice to jump into this tournament at the last minute. His decision led to a tournament win worth $10,480 and he also took home the Seminole Hard Rock guitar pick trophy.
The short stacks at the start of the final table quickly made their exit as the field quickly played down to the final five players. That was when the only slight slowdown took place. Lindo doubled up during that stretch when he spiked an ace with 
in the hole against the pocket kings of Robert Melo.
Action picked up soon after that to set up a final battle between Lindo and Melo for the tournament title. Lindo held the chip lead when the final began, and he quickly increased it to the point where Melo had no choice but to move all in on a short stack with 
. Lindo held 
and the final board ran out 
to give Lindo the tournament title.
Lindo plans on coming back for the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event later in the tournament series, but he has to return home for work for now. “The structures are amazing, and they almost always meet the guarantee. There are all these players so you’re never going to have a bad tournament,” said Lindo after the victory about his experience here at the Seminole Hard Rock.
RESULTS:
1st: Oscar Lindo – $10,480
2nd: Robert Melo – $6,061
3rd: Armando Gutierrez – $3,931
4th: Joseph Squires – $2,703
5th: Bryce McVay – $2,080
6th: Jeff Satinoff – $1,622
7th: Alfonso Perez – $1,278
8th: Jeffrey Nemes – $950
9th: Gil Morgensztern – $655
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 20,000/40,000/5,000 ante
Robert Melo faced a big chip disadvantage when he was all in preflop with against the of Oscar Lindo. The board was dealt and Melo was eliminated from the tournament in second place, good for $6,061.
That made Lindo the champion of Event 5 at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open. He took home the top prize worth $10,480 and the Seminole Hard Rock guitar pick trophy. Stay tuned for winner photos and a recap of the event.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 20,000/40,000/5,000 ante
In the biggest hand of heads-up play, both players contribute 100,000 preflop before the first three cards fall 
. Robert Melo bet 200,000 from the small blind and Oscar Lindo called. Both players checked the 
on the turn, and then Lindo bet 300,000 after the river delivered the . Melo folded and his stack was down to 500,000. Lindo hold 1.8 million after the hand.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
Action in the turbo event continues to live up to its name at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Armando Gutierezz was just eliminated in third place and he will take home $3,931 in prize money.
That sets up a heads-up final match between the chip leader Oscar Lindo and Robert Milo for the top prize of $10,480 and the tournament trophy.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
The bustouts continued to come quickly when Joseph Squires moved all in preflop on the cutoff with in the hole. Robert Melo called under the gun holding , and the board was dealt 
. Squires was eliminated in fourth place, good for $2,703.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
Bryce McVay was all in with 
preflop on the small blind and Oscar Lindo had him covered holding 
on the big blind. The board was dealt 
and McVay was eliminated in fifth place, good for $2,080.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
Robert Melo was all in preflop for 181,000 on the button with 
in the hole and Bryce McVay called on the big blind holding 
. The board ran out 
and it rescued Melo’s tournament life. McVay was crippled after the hand with less than 50,000.
$250 Big Stack Semi-Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/2,000 ante
Oscar Lindo was all in preflop for 337,000 on the big blind holding and Robert Melo had him covered on the cutoff with 
. The board ran out and Lindo doubled up to survive. Melo dropped to 405,000 after the hand.