$360 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry) End of Level 12: 800/1,600 Players Remaining: 16 of 76
Level 12 is complete, and the 16 remaining players have reached their scheduled dinner time. A quick vote was conducted, though, and everyone agreed to a shortened 20-minute snack break.
Play resumes just before 8:00 PM local time and will continue until a winner is determined.
$360 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry) Level 11: 600/1,200 Entries: 76
Registration is now closed, and the numbers are in. The series’ seventh event officially drew a field of 76 entries, putting a prizepool worth $22,800 up for grabs. That money will be shared by the final nine players thusly:
The Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” schedule has two new events today, one a multi-day event for those sticking around over the Thanksgiving holiday and a single day tournament for those who want to get in, win a trophy, and head out.
Event 7 will bring out the specialists. It is a $360 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha/8 tournament that gets the attention of a very select group of players. They will come out this afternoon to battle it out with four hole cards and split pots until we have another RRPO champion.
Each entrant will sit down with a 10,000 starting stack and the tournament will run 30-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm and a short dinner break is scheduled for 6:30pm. They will continue playing until one person has all the chips to earn the RRPO trophy.
Cards are in the air already and we’re waiting to see how many players take a shot.
Players begin with 10,000 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
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood Event #7 $570 No Limit Hold’em / Pot Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry) Total Entries: 94 Total Prize Pool: $28,200
Harold Mahaffey Earns The Trophy and $6,981 Event 7
Harold Mahaffey made his way down to South Florida specifically for two tournaments – the $300 HORSE and the $570 No Limit Hold’em / Pot Limit Omaha.
The 53-year-old business owner from South Carolina made the most of those two tournaments. After a fourth place finish in the HORSE on Monday evening, Mahaffey came back on Tuesday for the only other event he planned on playing.
More than 12 hours of poker, Mahaffey took $6,981 and a trophy back to his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina after besting a field of 94 players and earning the win in a three-way chop.
“It feels wonderful,” said Mahaffey of the win. “I got lucky with one hand with quad tens and got paid off for it. I pretty much kept the chip lead from then on.”
Mahaffey flopped quad tens in Pot Limit Omaha with two tables remaining. He got all in on the turn against both opponents and had one players full house and the other’s flush drawing dead.
He never relinquished the chip lead and was able to outlast the rest of the field all the way down to a chop with Bradley Young and Cesar Fuentes.
“The structure was fairly good,” said Mahaffey. “I was able to keep around 700,000 the whole time and I was never really below that number. I was able to have chips to play and just be patient.
“I’m leaving in the morning and to be lucky enough to final table both of them and to win one of them is wonderful.”
Mahaffey’s entrepreneurial ventures have allowed both him and his wife Renea the freedom to travel around playing poker tournaments.
“We own our own businesses and have been our own bosses for about 22 years,” said Mahaffey. “We travel around a good bit playing poker.”
Having a poker playing wife has been good for Mahaffey. He even owes her a bit of the credit for his win at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
“She’s actually the one who taught me how to play Pot Limit Omaha,” said Mahaffey with a laugh.
Here is a look at the results:
1st: Harold Mahaffey – $6,981 2nd: Bradley Young – $6,821 3rd: Cesar Fuentes – $4,809 4th: Schneur Borenstein – $2,538 5th: Jon Brody – $1,974 6th: Marc Levy – $1,692 7th: Mark Gaudino – $1,410 8th: Asher Conniff – $1,128 9th: Barry Gallaher – $846
$570 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 94
Harold Mahaffey
After several minutes of discussing a deal, the final three players have decided to chop up the remaining prize money.
Harold Mahaffey has the chip lead and will get credit for the win. He takes home $6,981 for the win. Bradley Young finishes in second place and earns $6,821, while Cesar Fuentes takes home $4,809 for a third place finish.
$570 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 94
Schneur Borenstein
Pot Limit Omaha
Harold Mahaffey limped in on the button and Schneur Borenstein potted it to 40,000 out of the small blind. Cesar Fuentes folded his big blind and Mahaffey called.
The flop was and Borenstein moved all in for about 60,000. Mahaffey called.
Borenstein showed and was up against Mahaffey’s .
The turn was the was the , giving Mahaffey Broadway. The river was the and Mahaffey’s straight bests Borenstein’s two pair.
Borenstein was eliminated in fourth place and took home $2,538 for his final table appearance, while Mahaffey gets back some of what he lost in Fuentes’ double up.
Harold Mahaffey – 800,000 Schneur Borenstein – Eliminated
$570 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 94
Pot Limit Omaha
Harold Mahaffey raised under the gun and Schneur Borenstein called on the button. Cesar Fuentes potted it out of the small blind and Mahaffey put in another raise and Fuentes got his last 139,000 into the middle.
Fuentes showed and was up against Mahaffey’s .
The board ran out and Fuentes shipped a double up.
and Borenstein moved all in for about 60,000. Mahaffey called.
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, giving Mahaffey Broadway. The river was the 
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and Fuentes shipped a double up.
, and Fuentes doubled up with queens up.