$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guarantee | Structure Level 2: 50/100 Flight A Entries: 70
Jacquelyn Scott (left) and Andrew Rakusa (right)
The Flight A field is filling in as the Monday morning wears off. There are 70 entries in so far with late registration available for several more hours.
Some of the familiar faces in before noon include Neil Blumenfield, Charlemagne Benjamin, Jeff Kessler, Nancy Thomas, Jennifer Parker, Seniors Event champion Scott Zakheim (pictured below), and former WSOP Ladies Champion Jacquelyn Scott seated next to Andre Rakusa (pictured above).
2017 Seminole Hard Rock WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 6 $365 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Entries: 181 Prize Pool: $54,300 September 26-27, 2017
David Prociak
Event 6 was the only non-Hold’em game on the Seminole Hard Rock WSOPC schedule and the $365 Pot Limit Omaha tournament had a talented group of players. After dominating much of the tournament, former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the year David Prociak picked up his first WSOPC ring along with more than $14,000.
By the time the registration period closed, there were 181 entries in the game including SHRP champs, WSOPC ring owners, and WSOP bracelet winners. The prize pool climbed to $54,300 with the last 21 players splitting it up.
The tournament played down towards the money bubble late in the day and the slid into the money shortly before bagging chips for Day 2. Prociak had a big lead late and added even more with a double knockout of John Alegria and Kindah Sakkal on one of the last hands of Day 1.
There were 16 players remaining at the start of Day 2 and they were down to the final table ten in less than two hours. Prociak continued to lead at the start of the final table and extended it as he sent several players off in succession.
The biggest hand saw him make quads against Daren Stabinski’s full house to get the tournament down to three-handed. Six-time WSOPC champ John Holley was the short stack and went out in third as Jon Borenstein, playing his first ever PLO tournament, took a big lead going into heads-up play.
Prociak’s brief release of the lead did not last long and he soon doubled against Borenstein to take a small advantage. Two hands later, Prociak called a big four-bet from Borenstein, flopped bottom two against kings, and finished off a strong run with a WSOPC ring.
“I’m going to lose money on this deal,” Prociak joked.
“My girlfriend let me come down to play,” he continued, “As long as I bought her a car if I won.”
Prociak specializes in Pot Limit Omaha games and owns two PLO trophies from the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open and another from the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. He earned his first WSOP bracelet in 2016 when he captured the $1,500 Stud/8 title.
Now the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year has a World Series of Poker Circuit ring to go along with his bracelet and mantle full of SHRP trophies.
Event 6 results:
1st: David Prociak – $14,118 + WSOPC Gold ring 2nd: Jon Borenstein – $8,721 3rd: John Holley – $6,297 4th: Matt Kaplan – $4,625 5th: Daren Stabinski – $3,455 6th: Nicholas Vita – $2,625 7th: Jason Wells – $2,028 8th: Wally Maddah – $1,593 9th: Tim Garles – $1,271 10th: Benjamin Parker – $1,030 11th: Arnaldo Alzualde – $1,030 12th: Kyle Adams – $1,030 13th: John Palace – $848 14th: Alex Rocha – $848 15th: Jeff Trudeau, Jr. – $848 16th: Vinny Moscati – $709 17th: Steven Snyder – $709 18th: John Alegria – $709 19th: Kindah Sakkal – $602 20th: Luis Maldonado – $602 21st: AJ Kelsall – $602
$365 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Level 22: 10,000/20,000 | Payouts
David Prociak
David Prociak began the heads up battle with a huge chip deficit but quickly erased it in two big hands.
The match evened out after his chips went in after a flop with Borenstein’s ahead of . Prociak made two pair on the river to double up and get back in the game.
Three hands later, there were three pot-sized bets in the middle before the flop. Borenstein opened to 60,000 from the button, Prociak raised to 180,000 and Borenstein put in another big bet to 540,000.
Prociak called to see the flop and all the chips went in the middle.
Prociak: Borenstein:
“You have two pair?” a very surprised Borenstein asked.
Prociak was ahead with bottom two against Borenstein’s kings. Borenstein picked a flush draw on the turn but the was a blank.
They counted down both stacks and Prociak’s 374,000 barely had Borenstein and the tournament was complete.
Full recap to come.
1st: David Prociak – $14,118 + WSOPC Gold ring 2nd: Jon Borenstein – $8,721
$365 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Level 22: 10,000/20,000 | Payouts Players Remaining: 2 of 181
John Holley
Jon Borenstein opened to 50,000 from the button and John Holley moved all in from the small blind for 88,000. David Prociak called along with Borenstein.
The two live players checked down the board until it read and Borenstein bet 75,000 on the river.
“I’m dead,” said Holley.
Prociak mucked and Borenstein said “boat” before tabling for jacks over fours. Holley showed and hit the payout desk.
Jon Borenstein – 1,430,000 (72 bb) John Holley – Eliminated in 3rd place ($6,297)
$365 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Level 21: 8,000/16,000 | Payouts Players Remaining: 3 of 181
The three remaining players took off for another break in the action and they are back underway with David Prociak continuing to lead the way with half of the chips in play.
Seat 1: John Holley – 445,000 (28 bb) Seat 2: David Prociak – 970,000 (61 bb) Seat 3: Jon Borenstein – 393,000 (25 bb)
$365 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Level 20: 6,000/12,000 | Payouts Players Remaining: 3 of 181
Matt Kaplan
Matt Kaplan had the shortest stack of the four remaining players and put his last 115,000 in the middle after two bets between himself and Jon Borenstein.
Borenstein: Kaplan:
Borenstein was ahead and improved on the flop.
“You have a gutshot,” Borentstein said.
“Now you have two gutshots!” Borenstein continued after the turn.
The river missed his draws and Kaplan was sent out in fourth place.
Jon Borenstein – 275,000 (23 bb) Matt Kaplan – Eliminated in 4th place ($4,625)
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