2018 May Deep Stack Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $150 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 61 Prize Pool: $10,000 May 27, 2018
Luiz De Farias Guimares, Event 6 champion
The turbo moved along nice and quick and crowned a champion less than six hours after it began. Luiz De Farias Guimares was heads-up with SHRP regular Jorge Gomez and the two came to an agreement to divide up the remaining prize pool.
Luiz De Farias Guimares – 696,000 Jorge Gomez – 520,000
Gomez earned $2,424 for the runner-up finish while De Farias Guimares banked his first career tournament win for $2,750.
Full details to come later.
Event 6 results:
1st: Luiz De Farias Guimares – $2,750 * 2nd: Jorge Gomez – $2,424 * 3rd: Juan Diaz – $1,213 4th: Elliot Merlin – $820 5th: Michael Graffeo – $625 6th: Michael Gomez Cortes – $500 7th: Patricia Basilio – $415 8th: Rene Martinez – $350 9th: Itanar Lewwnsohn – $323 10th: Max Romano – $300 11th: Sara Azmi – $280 * – denotes results of heads-up deal
$150 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 61
While the Main Event was playing down in the back of the poker room, we had our last turbo event of the series going as well. The tournament drew 61 entries to miss the $10,000 guaranteed prize pool by a handful.
That means we will pay out the full $10,000 and divide it among the last 11 players with a min-cash earning $280 while the winner will earn $3,224 along with the trophy.
2018 May Deep Stack Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $150 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 61 Prize Pool: $10,000 May 27, 2018
We’ve almost reached the end of the May Deep Stack Poker Series and today is the last to play a turbo during the series. This is the third of three and it will cruise right along.
Event 6 has a $10,000 Guarantee and a turbo structure to get it moving. They’ll start out with 20,000 deep stacks and the tournament will have 15-minute levels throughout. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 around 9:25pm and they will play it out from there.
The turbo kicks off at 6pm in the poker room and the one-day tournament will end with another trophy winner.
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
Late registration available until start of Level 13
Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL Event 6 $360 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em Entries: 231 Prize Pool: $115,500 April 8, 2018
Matthew Yorra wins $570 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em
During the last major series run at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, Matthew Yorra won his first Hard Rock trophy. He won his second in the early hours of Monday morning after a grueling 14-hour day of poker than ended just after 5 a.m.
Yorra defeated 231 entries and won the $570 six-max no-limit hold’em in a five-way ICM chop, taking home $17,534 and the trophy.
“This my second $570 [win]. I won the $570 at Lucky Hearts. That was a regular nine-handed tourney, so I’m king of the $570s,” said Yorra with a laugh.
His took home $22,697 for his first win last January during Lucky Hearts, but seemed to enjoy the short-handed format a little more since it allows room for wider hand ranges.
“Six-max is funner,” said the Miami native. “You can play more hands. This is the first six-max I’ve won, so it’s nice.”
Yorra lives and works in the Miami area in the technology field, but still finds time to play “a lot of poker.” He’s a regular at the Hard Rock and is battling in most of the major series run in Hollywood.
He wasn’t the only regular at the final table. Ory Hen and Jose Reyes were both in the hunt for another trophy. Hen, one of the most successful tournament players in Hard Rock history, finished third in the chop while Reyes finished sixth.
Yorra had nothing but good things to say about both the local opposition and some of the other pros that traveled to get here.
“It was fun. We were playing with mostly regulars, but there were some really good players in the tournament too,” said Yorra. “I’m glad Ari [Engel] got knocked out earlier. But it’s a good way to start the series for sure.”
The final seven players redrew for seats at the unofficial final table, but played for nearly two and a half hours before sending someone home.
Amelio Amato hit the rail in seventh and Reyes followed him to the cashier’s cage shortly after in sixth. With blinds continuing to increase, nobody’s stack was very deep at that point. The chop negotiations ensued and the final five players agreed on an ICM chop.
“The blinds were getting so big that it just made sense to chop,” said Yorra.
The 239-entry field saw 39 players cash and here is a look at the results:
1st: Matthew Yorra – $17,534* 2nd: Joshua Gibson – $14,450* 3rd: Ory Hen – $14,365* 4th: Robert Kessler – $12,626* 5th: David Melman – $9,545* 6th: Jose Reyes – $4,463 7th: Amelio Amato – $3,362 8th: Bradley Patton – $3,362 9th: Patrick Eskandar – $2,588 10th: Jacob Ristich – $2,588 11th: Michael Elbilia – $2,037 12th: Ari Engel – $2,037 13th: Oscar Guzman – $1,641 14th: Jeffrey Higgins – $1,641 15th: Gregory Back – $1,354 16th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $1,354 17th: Michael Wang – $1,143 18th: Benoit Barral – $1,143 19th: Ira Schwartz – $990 20th: Michael Tureniec – $990 21st: Claudio Piedrabuena – $990 22nd: Deborah Farmer – $990 23rd: Scott Zakheim – $990 24th: Ryan Galpern – $990 25th: Raffaello Loccatelli – $879 26th: Douglas Decker – $879 27th: Manny Minaya – $879 28th: Matthew Bianchini – $879 29th: Jack Rolnitzky – $879 30th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $879 31st: John Courtney – $800 32nd: Joshua Lewis – $800 33rd: Raminder Singh – $800 34th: Derek Bowers – $800 35th: Pete Walsworth – $800 36th: Luis Mantilla – $800 37th: Israel de la Cerda – $748 38th: Donald Williams – $748 39th: Nick Yunis – $748
$570 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 231
The $570 no-limit hold’em six-max event is down to its final seven players and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table. With one more elimination, the final six players will receive credit for reaching a final table.
Everybody remaining is guaranteed at least $3,362, but they are all within arm’s reach of the $25,148 first place money.
There is only a minute left in the current level and here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final seven players:
Seat 1: Josh Gibson – 190,000 Seat 2: David Melman – 550,000 Seat 3: Amelio Amato – 377,000 Seat 4: Rob Kessler – 192,000 Seat 5: Ory Hen – 655,000 Seat 6: Matthew Yorra – 461,000 Seat 7: Jose Reyes – 426,000
$570 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em $50,000 Guaranteed| Payouts Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 60 of 231
The first six-max event of the series drew 231 entries on Sunday evening and is moving along at a rapid pace with just 60 players remaining from the original 231.
The final 39 players earn some money with a min-cash taking home $748 and the next Showdown champ pocketing $25,148 along with the trophy.
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL Event 6 $570 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em Entries: 231 Prize Pool: $115,500 April 8, 2018
We are closing out the weekend with some short-handed action for a nice chunk of change. Event 6 is a $570 buy-in Six-Max tournament with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. We will see the field balloon up as players exit the Event 1 restart.
Each entrant will start with a 12,000 stack and the tournament will run 30-minute levels. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm and players are limited to a single re-entry if they bust out.
This is a one-day trophy event and we will find another Showdown champion before the night is through.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/SINGLE re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
