$400 Big O (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 10: 500/1,000 Players Remaining: 32 of 78
We closed registration on the Big O tournament and it was another nice turnout for a non-Hold’em game. Event 6 drew 78 entries to create a prize pool worth $26,520.
The last 10 spots will be paid out with a min-cash taking home $815 and the Big O champ banking $8,125 plus the RRPO trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.
2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $400 Big O (Re-Entry) Entries: 78 Prize Pool: $26,520 November 23, 2019
While most people are concentrating on the huge Event 1 field, we have a fun tournament set to kick off on the side. Event 6 is a $400 buy-in game with the popular Omaha variant of Big O. Five-card Pot Limit Omaha 8, all the action you need on a Saturday afternoon.
Everyone sits down to 12,000 starting stacks and levels last 30 minutes from start to finish. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm.
This one-day tournament will crown our next RRPO champ later this evening and we will pick up the coverage once it reaches a final table.
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 106 Prize Pool: $108,650 Bounty Prize Pool: $53,000 August 4-5, 2019
A.J. Gambino, Purple Chip Bounty Champion
The $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty had the biggest buy-in of the series to date and the 106-entry field easily surpassed its $100,000 Guarantee. The two-day tournament was dominated by A.J. Gambino and he walked away with the title along with $32,605.
Event 6 had a regular prize pool worth $108,650 while the bounty prize pool was $53,000. The last 14 spots were paid out and they burst the money bubble late on Day 1.
During that time, Gambino ran up a big stack with little trouble.
“Day 1 was very smooth,” Gambino commented. “One small hiccup for a big stack then I got it right back.”
“I just ran really well and got a lot of bounties,” he continued. “Had the best of it a lot.”
Day 1 came to an end after Level 16 and Gambino had a huge lead over the other six players advancing to Day 2. His stack had a three-to-one lead on second place Carlos Guerrero and he wielded it well.
Adam Zeltser and Guerrero were two quick eliminations and they were followed by Event 1 winner David Levi. Arthur Gavrilov went out in fourth place to leave them three-handed on the first break and that is as far as the tournament progressed.
Gambino had extended his lead and held 72% of the chips, enough information to prompt a chop discussion between Scott Zakheim and Paul Domb (the other two remaining players) during the break. They decided to evenly split second and third place money leaving the full first place amount for Gambino plus the eight bounties he collected. It was an easy decision for the chip leader and he locked up the win right there. All three players agreed to each keep their $500 bounty and the tournament was complete.
“That’s a first for me,” Gambino laughed when asked about the deal.
It was a dominant performance that saw the South Florida player add a major SHRP title to his two $1,100 Big Slick wins from 2017 and this past May.
Gambino is a 12-year poker professional and briefly moved to Canada to play online poker after Black Friday. He returned to Florida and calls the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Poker Room his home.
Event 6 results:
1st: A.J. Gambino – $32,605 + SHRPO trophy * 2nd: Scott Zakheim – $16,080 * 3rd: Paul Domb – $16,080 * 4th: Arthur Gavrilov – $7,875 5th: David Levi – $6,085 6th: Carlos Guerrero – $4,995 7th: Adam Zeltser – $4,235 8th: Alexander Gofman – $3,695 9th: Scott Robbins – $3,260 10th: Ci Zhou – $2,880 11th: Ronit Chamani – $2,880 12th: Haim Toorgeman – $2,880 13th: Hans Taylor – $2,550 14th: Tyler Brown – $2,550 * – denotes results of a three-way deal
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 106
A.J. Gambino
The three remaining players went on break after Arthur Gavrilov was eliminated and no more hands were dealt.
Scott Zakheim and Paul Domb looked at the counts before deciding to split second and third place money straight down the middle while giving A.J. Gambino full first-place money. Here are the counts at the time and the final payouts with each keeping their $500 bounty:
A.J. Gambino – 1,530,000 (153 bb) Scott Zakheim – 310,000 (31 bb) Paul Domb – 280,000 (28 bb)
1st: A.J. Gambino – $32,605 + SHRPO trophy 2nd: Scott Zakheim – $16,080 3rd: Paul Domb – $16,080
Gambino picked up the win, SHRPO trophy, and $32,605 for his two days of work.
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 106
Arthur Gavrilov
Arthur Gavrilov open-shoved for 116,000 in the small blind and Scott Zakheim called from the big blind with the bigger stack.
Zakheim: Gavrilov:
Gavrilov had two live cards to double but missed the board. Zakheim’s ace played and Garvilov was sent out in third place shortly before the first break. It was a spinup for Gavrilov who spent most of the tournament in the 10 big blind range.
Scott Zakheim – 310,000 (39 bb) Arthur Gavrilov – Eliminated in 4th Place ($7,875)
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 106
Action slowed down after Carlos Guerrero was eliminated and the stacks deepened. The blinds increased to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante and the average stack is 424,000 (53 bb).
Seat 1: David Levi – 210,000 (26 bb) Seat 2: Scott Zakheim – 190,000 (24 bb) Seat 3: A.J. Gambino – 910,000 (114 bb) Seat 6: Paul Domb – 665,000 (83 bb) Seat 7: Arthur Gavrilov – 145,000 (18 bb)
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 106
Carlos Guerrero
Scott Zakheim opened the action and Carlos Guerrero moved all in for 84,000 from the button. The blinds released and Zakheim quickly called.
Zakheim: Guerrero:
Zakheim was in good shape to earn another $500 bounty with his kings and he improved to a set on the flop. Guerrero picked up a heart flush draw on the turn but the river was a blank.
“Always a sweat,” Paul Domb joked from the other side of the table.
Scott Zakheim – 240,000 (40 bb) Carlos Guerrero – Eliminated in 6th Place ($4,995)
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